Chernihiv power station
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Chernihiv power station (Чернігівська ТЕЦ) is an operating power station of at least 220-megawatts (MW) in Chernihiv, Ukraine. It is also known as Chernigov power station.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Chernihiv power station | Chernihiv, Chernihiv, Chernihiv, Ukraine | 51.45496, 31.260173 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3: 51.45496, 31.260173
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1, timepoint 1 | Retired[1][2] | coal: unknown, fossil gas: natural gas[2] | 60[1][3] | subcritical | yes[4] | 1961 | 2022 |
| Unit 1, timepoint 2 | Operating[4] | fossil gas: natural gas[5] | 60[6][7] | steam turbine[7] | yes[4] | 2022[5] | – |
| Unit 2, timepoint 1 | Retired[2] | coal: unknown, fossil gas: natural gas[2] | 50 | subcritical | yes[4] | 1961 | 2022 |
| Unit 2, timepoint 2 | Operating[4] | fossil gas: natural gas[5] | 50[6][7] | steam turbine[7] | yes[4] | 2022[5] | – |
| Unit 3, timepoint 1 | Retired[2] | coal: unknown, fossil gas: natural gas[2] | 110 | subcritical | yes[4] | 1974 | 2022 |
| Unit 3, timepoint 2 | Operating[4] | fossil gas: natural gas[5] | 110[6][7] | steam turbine[7] | yes[4] | 2022[5] | – |
CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1, timepoint 1 | CP Teplokomunenergo CJSC [100%][8] | CP Teplokomunenergo CJSC [100.0%] |
| Unit 1, timepoint 2 | CP Teplokomunenergo CJSC [100%][8] | CP Teplokomunenergo CJSC [100.0%] |
| Unit 2, timepoint 1 | CP Teplokomunenergo CJSC [100%][8] | CP Teplokomunenergo CJSC [100.0%] |
| Unit 2, timepoint 2 | CP Teplokomunenergo CJSC [100%][8] | CP Teplokomunenergo CJSC [100.0%] |
| Unit 3, timepoint 1 | CP Teplokomunenergo CJSC [100%][8] | CP Teplokomunenergo CJSC [100.0%] |
| Unit 3, timepoint 2 | CP Teplokomunenergo CJSC [100%][8] | CP Teplokomunenergo CJSC [100.0%] |
Unit-level fuel conversion details:
Unit 1: Converted from coal to fossil gas in 2022.
Unit 2: Converted from coal to fossil gas in 2022.
Unit 3: Converted from coal to fossil gas in 2022.
Background
The Chernihiv power station is a cogeneration plant that was commissioned in 1961 with two 50 MW units, followed by a third, 110 MW unit in 1974. The plant supplies heat, power, and hot water to the surrounding area of Chernihiv.[9][10]
Since 2000, the power station has been leased to Technova LLC.[11] Technova is a company related to the businessman Anatoly Shkriblyak.[12]
In 2017, civil protests (unrelated to energy) blocked transport of coal from eastern Ukraine to the west, causing some blackouts in the country, including at the Chernihiv region.[13]
In July 2021, the power station was forced to temporarily suspend operations; energy prices had fallen too low for electricity generation at the power station to be profitable.[11] The station resumed operations one week later.[14]
Transition to Gas
In December 2021 it was announced that the plant is switching to using gas due to coal unavailability.[15][16] It is understood that gas was previously a reserve fuel. Operation using gas during the 2022/2023 heating season was also confirmed in later Technova's press release.[17] Documents reporting energy sources used to produce electricity by Teplokomunenergo in 2023 and 2024 listed gas as the only fuel.[18][19][20]
War in Ukraine
Due to numerous artillery shelling, missile strikes, and air bombardments by the Russian forces in spring 2022, Chernihiv CHP suffered significant damage, leaving the city without heat and hot water.[21] Specifically, coal supply units, chemical water treatment, central panel and main thermal networks were destroyed.[22]
The critical infrastructure of the city of Chernihiv also suffered significant damage, including damaged networks and facilities of water, gas, electricity and heat, destroyed utilities equipment.[21] As a result of the shelling, 70% of the city was destroyed.[23] It was estimated that it would take at least four years to rebuild the city, given sufficient funding and speedy work.[23] In June 2022, the local and regional authorities stated that the priority is to restore these damaged facilities as soon as possible and at the latest by October 2022 in order to resume the electricity, heat, and hot water supply in time for winter.[21]
As of October, 2022, works were ongoing to restore the plant to be able to provide heating. Works were scheduled to be finished by November 30, 2022 and included a transformer, which the city purchased with its own funds, as well as window glazing for the plant building. Installation of the transformer has begun. 10% of glazing was completed, but more materials needed to be purchased. It was considered that the plant may start working to provide heating even without windows in the power plant building.[24]
Unit 1 has been undergoing a major overhaul since March 2024 in order to significantly improve reliability and manoeuvrability of the Chernihiv power station. The project was expected to be completed within 14 months.[25]
Return to Municipal Ownership
In May 2022, it was announced that the lease agreement with Technova LLC was being terminated and the Chernihiv power station will be transferred to the to the city. In autumn 2022, as the process of the transfer of the station was still incomplete, Technova LLC, was fulfilling its social responsibility ensuring the start of the heating season in Chernihiv.[26] Therefore it appeared that the plant was back in operation in some capacity, as of December 2022.
According to Technova's press release from April 2023, the expert examination provided by the Institute of Thermal Energy Technologies (ITET) of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (dated 12.05.2022) stated that the equipment that remained intact after the attacks did not allow the plant to work in regular mode. However, Technova LLC with a team of experts were able to carry out all the necessary repairs of the power equipment and restore the operation of the plant, although only on gas.[17] In another press release from May 2023, Technova referred to keeping the plant running in extremely difficult conditions during the heating season 2022/2023, providing the city with heat, hot water and the region with electricity.[27]
Technova LLC considered the lease agreement to be terminated as of March 31, 2023, but according to the company, as of June 2023 the city council continued to ignore the company's request to hand over the plant. Technova LLC, realizing the social importance, continued to take all measures to prepare the plant for the next 2023/2024 heating season.[28] The city council's position appeared to be different as they referred to non-compliance with the handover requirements, such as the absence of the valuation report. Another bottleneck in the matter was the high level of debt to Naftogaz for gas that the plant has accumulated.[29][30]
In August 2023, Technova LLC announced that the transfer of the plant to the city council was complete.[31] Going forward, economic activity of the plant will be carried out by municipal company Teplokomunenergo.[32]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240515200523/https://dream.gov.ua/project/DREAM-UA-200224-7415A411/profile. Archived from the original on 15 May 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240514004209/https://tke.cn.ua/?page_id=59. Archived from the original on 14 May 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://ds.dream.gov.ua/downloads/18a4cd4f/f580375f/96604db6/fbbdde11/7c64a834/ee1f4c3c/3e18680f/9f1caeea/88814781/e1cd9fcb/a89b7a74/b06e77e7/АКТ%20генератор.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20240115011602/https://tec.cn.ua/. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240115010330/https://newch.tv/chernihivska-tets-perekhodyt-z-vuhillia-na-haz-55252/. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240115010945/https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%A2%D0%AD%D0%A6. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20211023022020/https://tec.cn.ua/about/company-history/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240115012113/https://chernigiv-rada.gov.ua/news/id-157717/. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Історія підприємства, Technova LLC, Accessed January 2022
- ↑ "Черниговская ТЭЦ — Википедия". ru.wikipedia.org (in русский). Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Черниговская ТЭЦ впервые за 60 лет остановила производство электроэнергии, Ukrinform, July 14, 2021
- ↑ "Шкрибляк Анатолий Васильевич: миллиардер на схемах и контрабанде". ukrnovosti.com.ua. February 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Ukraine declares emergency in energy sector amid coal blockade". Energy Central. 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- ↑ Черниговская ТЭЦ возобновила производство электроэнергии, Ukrinform, July 21, 2021
- ↑ "Чернігівська ТЕЦ переходить з вугілля на газ". newch.tv/. December 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Чернігівська ТЕЦ перейшла на газ: як зміниться вартість ..." chernigiv.one. December 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 17.0 17.1 "У Чернігові завершено опалювальний сезон, а Чернігівська ТЕЦ повернулась у власність громади!". tec.cn.ua. April 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Electricity". TKE. 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Report for December 2023" (PDF). TKE. December 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Report for February 2024" (PDF). TKE. February 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 "Олексій Чернишов із робочою поїздкою відвідав Чернігівщину". kmu.gov.ua. Jun 2, 2022. Retrieved Jun 21, 2022.
- ↑ "Відновлення Чернігівської ТЕЦ: як вирішуватимуть проблеми, що залишилися у спадок?". newch.tv. Jun 3, 2022. Retrieved Jun 21, 2022.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 "На відновлення Чернігова треба чотири роки, це якщо працювати швидко, - Атрошенко". LB.ua. Apr 8, 2022. Retrieved Jun 21, 2022.
- ↑ "Чи готова Чернігівська ТЕЦ до осінньо-зимового періоду?". https://chernigiv-rada.gov.ua/. October 6, 2022.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ↑ "Overhaul of the TV-60-2 type turbogenerator station No. 1, damaged as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation, of Chernihiv CHP". dream.gov.ua. March 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "КЕП «Чернігівська ТЕЦ» ТОВ фірма «Технова» забезпечить початок опалювального сезону у місті Чернігові". https://tec.cn.ua/. October 7, 2022.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ↑ "Заява з приводу підготовки КЕП «Чернігівська ТЕЦ» до опалювального сезону 2023/2024". tec.cn.ua. 31 May 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "ТОВ фірма «ТЕХНОВА» продовжує здійснювати заходи з підготовки Чернігівської ТЕЦ до опалювального сезону". /tec.cn.ua. June 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Чернігівська міськрада просить державу забрати ТЕЦ разом із боргом 1,5 млрд. грн". cheline.com.ua/. May 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Повернення ТЕЦ з оренди. Депутати прийняли низку важливих рішень". chernigiv-rada.gov.ua. June 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Чернігівська ТЕЦ повернулася у власність громади міста – Акт підписано!". /tec.cn.ua. 21 August 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Чернігівська ТЕЦ повернулася в управління міста". chernigiv-rada.gov.ua. August 2023.
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