Tom-Usinskaya power station

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Tom-Usinskaya power station (Томь-Усинская ГРЭС) is an operating power station of at least 1345-megawatts (MW) in Myski, Novokuznetsky, Kemerovo, Russia with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Tom-Usinskaya power station	Myski, Novokuznetsky, Kemerovo, Russia	53.781415, 87.587401 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Unit 1, Unit 10, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8, Unit 9: 53.781415, 87.587401

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year	Retired year
Unit 1	operating	coal - bituminous	100	subcritical	1958	–
Unit 10	cancelled	coal - bituminous	660	subcritical	–	–
Unit 2	operating	coal - bituminous	100	subcritical	–	–
Unit 3	operating	coal - bituminous	100	subcritical	1996	–
Unit 4	operating	coal - bituminous	124	subcritical	2014	–
Unit 5	operating	coal - bituminous	121	subcritical	2014	–
Unit 6	operating	coal - bituminous	200	subcritical	1963	–
Unit 7	operating	coal - bituminous	200	subcritical	1964	–
Unit 8	operating	coal - bituminous	200	subcritical	1964	–
Unit 9	operating	coal - bituminous	200	subcritical	1965	–

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner
Unit 1	Kuzbassenergo JSC [100.0%]
Unit 10	Kuzbassenergo JSC [100.0%]
Unit 2	Kuzbassenergo JSC [100.0%]
Unit 3	Kuzbassenergo JSC [100.0%]
Unit 4	Kuzbassenergo JSC [100.0%]
Unit 5	Kuzbassenergo JSC [100.0%]
Unit 6	Kuzbassenergo JSC [100.0%]
Unit 7	Kuzbassenergo JSC [100.0%]
Unit 8	Kuzbassenergo JSC [100.0%]
Unit 9	Kuzbassenergo JSC [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

• Coal source(s): Kuznetsk basin

Background

The nine-unit, 1,345-MW coal-fired Tom-Usinskaya GRES power station is owned by Kuzbassenergo, which in turn is owned by SUEK.

The plant’s nine units and fourteen boilers were brought online between 1958 and 1965. In 2014 a rebuilt Unit 4 with 124 MW capacity was commissioned and a rebuilt Unit 5 with 121 MW capacity was commissioned.

In 2021, the power plant produced 5,124 million kWh of electricity, in 2020 it was 6,598 million kWh. In 2022, power generation was 6,338 million kWh.

Unit 10

In 2008 a plan to build an additional 660-MW unit was announced as part of a plan to increase the plant's capacity. As of December 2019 the plan to build an additional 660-MW unit has not progressed and the project appeared to be cancelled.

Modernization project

In June 2021, SUEK announced that it would invest RUR 19 billion toward modernization efforts at the Tom-Usinskaya power station. The power plant was selected for the federal COMMod program for modernizing energy generation equipment, where selected plants will receive capacity payments for 15 years. Modernization work began at Tom-Usinskaya in December 2021 and is expected to last until 2026.

In December 2021, it was reported that the modernization would include units 6, 7 and 9, as well as other equipment at the station such as the cooling towers. The new cooling towers would support the modernized units 6, 7 and 9; the program additionally included modernization of units 8 and 3 of the station. In February 2022, unit 7 was being replaced with a new turbine. The boiler unit #12, linked to the turbine unit #7, was also under reconstruction at this time. The entire modernization project was expected to continue until 2026 with the estimated budget of RUB 30.9 billion.

In June 2022, the turbine for unit 7 was completely replaced with a new turbine unit with capacity of 200 MW. The boiler #12 was reported to be fully refurbished (although it was not replaced, only modernized).

Refurbishment of unit 6 started in July 2023.

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