Karabatan power station
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Karabatan power station (Электростанция комбинированного цикла Карабатан, парогазовая установка Karabatan Utility Solutions, ТЭЦ Карабатан) is an operating power station of at least 310-megawatts (MW) in Atyrau, Kazakhstan with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Karabatan power station | Atyrau, Atyrau, Kazakhstan | 47.34422, 52.277177 (exact)[1][2] |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- 1, 2, 3: 47.34422, 52.277177
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Operating[3][4][5] | fossil gas: natural gas, fossil gas: unknown[6] | 155[7][3][8][6] | combined cycle[6] | yes[9][10] | 2019[11][12][13] |
| 2 | Operating[3][4][5] | fossil gas: natural gas, fossil gas: unknown[6] | 155[7][3][8][6] | combined cycle[6] | yes[9][10] | 2019[11][12][13] |
| 3 | Pre-construction[14][15][16] | fossil gas: natural gas, fossil gas: unknown[15] | 310[17][15][18] | combined cycle[15] | yes[10] | 2027 (planned)[19][18] |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karabatan Utility Solutions LLP [100%][20] | Samruk-Kazyna Ondeu LLP [100.0%] |
| 2 | Karabatan Utility Solutions LLP [100%][20] | Samruk-Kazyna Ondeu LLP [100.0%] |
| 3 | Karabatan Utility Solutions LLP [100%][20] | Samruk-Kazyna Ondeu LLP [100.0%] |
Project-level captive use details
- Captive industry use (heat or power): both[9][21]
- Captive industry: Oil & Refining[9][21]
- Non-industry use: power[9][21]
Background
According to some news sources in January 2015, Doosan Heavy Industries (South Korea) signed a contract for the construction of a US$308 million, 310 MW coal-fired power plant with project sponsor Karabatan Utility Solutions (KUS). The planned start date is 2018.[22]
However, other news sources reported that the plant would be gas-fired, and in June 2015 Siemens was contracted to provide the gas turbines for the plant.[23]
According to a 2020 webinar presented by the national company Kazakh Invest JSC titled "Potential of petrochemical industry in Kazakhstan"[24], the power plant is completed.[25][26] The plant will be owned and operated by Karabatan Utility Solutions LLP.[27] The power plant officially became operational in 2019.[28][29]
The power plant is designed to provide participants of the Special Economic Zone "National Industrial Petrochemical Technopark" (SEZ NIPT) in Atyrau region with electric energy and high-pressure steam. The main fuel for production of electric energy and steam is fuel gas from the Makat-North Caucasus gas pipeline, ethane is backup fuel, which, if necessary, will be purchased from the KLPE LLP (participant of the SEZ NIPT), after its commissioning.[30]
Expansion project
In 2023, Karabatan Utility Solutions LLP has announced plans for expansion of the power plant with the construction of an additional combined-cycle generation unit consisting of two gas turbines (50 MW) and one steam turbine (65 MW). As of November 2023, the project was in the process of securing financing. EBRD and EDB have shown interest in funding the project. Another potential source of financing is through K-SURE, South Korean Export Credit Agency.[30]
The project was included into the "Electric Power Industry Development Plan until 2035", released by the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan in February 2024, with the maximum capacity increase of 310 MW (initially, 165 MW). The unit is planned to be commissioned in 2027.[31]
In July 2024, the project was listed in the National Infrastructure Plan of the Republic of Kazakhstan until 2029 with the installed capacity of 165 MW. The cost of the project is estimated at KZT 84 billion.[32] The unit will consist of 2 gas turbine generators (50 MW) and 1 steam turbine generator (65 MW). As of November 2024, the funding source is in the process of being determined.[15]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ https://www.mk.co.kr/news/english/view/2015/01/10149/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kazakhstan+Petrochemical+Industries+INC/@47.3460701,52.2751162,1238m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x41a22dc88972d2f5:0xaae1ce134672bc24!8m2!3d47.3417927!4d52.2731955.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20210702221525/https://invest.gov.kz/upload/iblock/567/5679494bff3fe3655a00ffe30ca2cdf6.pptx. Archived from the original on 02 July 2021.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210702230915/https://www.jp-kz.org/conference/webinar091020/Session1/1~4.Kazakh_Invest_eng%20v%20Petchem.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 02 July 2021.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://kus.com.kz/en/projects/realizovannye-proekty.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210702222258/https://halykgm.kz/uploads/common/files/LUAr8SRM.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 02 July 2021.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210702223744/https://primeminister.kz/en/news/16329. Archived from the original on 02 July 2021.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211113014356/http://www.mrcplast.ru/news-news_open-370029.html. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220425111752/https://rupec.ru/news/44025/. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 https://kus.com.kz/en/page/deyatelnost-kompanii.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210702224606/https://powerlinks.news/article/6edeec/pm-gets-acquainted-with-work-of-petrochemical-technopark-in-atyrau. Archived from the original on 02 July 2021.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 12.0 12.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220928003849/http://kus.com.kz/index.php/ru/proekty-kompanii/realizovannye-proekty/gtes. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220207014049/https://eenergy.media/2019/11/25/krupnaya-gazoturbinnaya-elektrostantsiya-zapushhena-v-atyrauskoj-oblasti/. Archived from the original on 07 February 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231019145120/https://pricom.kz/obshhestvo/chto-bylo-skazano-o-tek.html. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 https://kus.com.kz/en/projects/planiruemye-proekty/9.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230603070235/https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/kazakhstan-power-generation. Archived from the original on 03 June 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240413001541/https://the-tenge.kz/articles/defitsit-elektroenergii-v-kazakhstane-. Archived from the original on 13 April 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 18.0 18.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240417003056/https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/energo/documents/details/611688?lang=ru. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://kus.com.kz/en/projects/planiruemye-proekty.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125150131/https://kus.com.kz/en/page/about. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20200121083708/http://www.kus.com.kz:80/en/. Archived from the original on 21 January 2020.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "South Korean company to build thermal power plant in Atyrau Oblast," Tengrinews, 06 January, 2015
- ↑ "Power and Gas division signs a contract to provide gas turbines at Karabatan Power Plant in Kazakhstan," Siemens, June 1, 2015
- ↑ Potential of petrochemical industry in Kazakhstan, Kazakh Invest, Nov 2, 2020
- ↑ Special Economic Zone "National Industrial Petrochemical Technopark", Kazakh Invest, Nov 2, 202
- ↑ Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Special Economic Zone "NIPT", Kazakh Invest, Sep 10, 2020
- ↑ SEZ National Industrial Petrochemical Technoparc (Atyrau), SEZ Union, accessed Jul 2, 2021
- ↑ "Производство электроэнергии газотурбинной электростанцией мощностью 310 МВт". Karabatan Utility Solutions. Retrieved Nov 2, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Крупная газотурбинная электростанция запущена в Атырауской области". E2nergy. Nov 25, 2019. Retrieved Nov 2, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 30.0 30.1 "Planned projects". Karabatan Utility Solutions. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Приказ "Об утверждении Плана мероприятий по развитию электроэнергетической отрасли до 2035 года"". www.gov.kz. February 20, 2024. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Об утверждении Национального инфраструктурного плана Республики Казахстан до 2029 года (Russian)". Adilet. July 25, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
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