Yuzhnouralskaya GRES power station
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Yuzhnouralskaya GRES power station (Южноуральская ГРЭС) is an operating power station of at least 747-megawatts (MW) in Yuzhnouralsk, Chelyabinsk, Russia with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Yuzhnouralskaya GRES power station | Yuzhnouralsk, Yuzhnouralsk, Chelyabinsk, Russia | 54.455171, 61.235905 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- 10, 9, Unit 11, Unit 12, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8: 54.455171, 61.235905
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Operating[1] | fossil gas: natural gas, fossil liquids: heavy fuel oil[1] | 200[1] | steam turbine[1] | yes[2] | 1952[2] | 2027 (planned)[3][4] |
| 9 | Operating[1] | fossil gas: natural gas, fossil liquids: heavy fuel oil[1] | 200[1] | steam turbine[1] | yes[2] | 1952[2] | 2027 (planned)[3][4] |
| Unit 11 | Cancelled | coal: unknown | 225 | subcritical | – | – | – |
| Unit 12 | Cancelled | coal: unknown | 225 | subcritical | – | – | – |
| Unit 5 | Operating | coal: lignite, fossil gas: natural gas | 83 | subcritical | – | – | 2028 (planned) |
| Unit 6 | Operating | coal: lignite, fossil gas: natural gas | 100 | subcritical | – | – | 2027 (planned)[3] |
| Unit 7 | Operating | coal: lignite, fossil gas: natural gas | 82 | subcritical | – | 1959 | 2027 (planned)[3] |
| Unit 8 | Operating | coal: lignite, fossil gas: natural gas | 82 | subcritical | – | 1959 | 2027 (planned)[3] |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Inter RAO – Electric Power Generation JSC [100%][5] | Inter RAO PJSC [100.0%] |
| 9 | Inter RAO – Electric Power Generation JSC [100%][5] | Inter RAO PJSC [100.0%] |
| Unit 11 | Inter RAO – Electric Power Generation JSC [100%][5] | Inter RAO PJSC [100.0%] |
| Unit 12 | Inter RAO – Electric Power Generation JSC [100%][5] | Inter RAO PJSC [100.0%] |
| Unit 5 | Inter RAO – Electric Power Generation JSC [100%][5] | Inter RAO PJSC [100.0%] |
| Unit 6 | Inter RAO – Electric Power Generation JSC [100%][5] | Inter RAO PJSC [100.0%] |
| Unit 7 | Inter RAO – Electric Power Generation JSC [100%][5] | Inter RAO PJSC [100.0%] |
| Unit 8 | Inter RAO – Electric Power Generation JSC [100%][5] | Inter RAO PJSC [100.0%] |
Background
The Yuzhnouralskaya GRES is a six-unit, 747-MW coal-fired power plant in Chelyabinsk province, near Kazakhstan. The power plant is owned by Inter Rao- Electric Power Generation, a subsidiary of Inter RAO. It used to be part of OGK-3 until 2012 when it was liquidated upon consolidation within Inter RAO.[6]
The plant was commissioned in June 1948 by the Soviet Council of Ministers. The first unit came online in April 1952, and the plant was fully online by 1959. The plant was originally constructed with 1,000 MW capacity, but that has since degraded to 747 MW.
The plant primarily burns brown coal, but it is designed to burn natural gas as well.[7] Units 5-8 burn primarily coal with gas as a reserve fuel and (347 MW of capacity) and Units 9-10 burn gas (400MW).[8][9]
Electricity generation of the plant was 1,562 million kWh in 2021 and 1,501 million kWh in 2020.[10]
Planned retirement by 2028
In 2021, Inter RAO stated that it would decommission 747 MW of "inefficient capacity" at the Yuzhnouralskaya GRES power station by 2028, which would imply that all six units will be retired at that time and replaced by newer gas-fired units.[11][12][13]
According to Russia's Ministry of Energy 2022-2028 energy program, published in February 2022, all units are expected to be retired in 2027[14]-2028.[8] Planned retirement of the whole plant was confirmed in early 2023[9] and in the updated 2024-2029 energy program published in November 2023, with Units 6-10 to be retired by 2027 and Unit 5 by 2028.[15] The retirement of the units as mentioned again in the 2025–2030 energy program, released in November 2024.[16]
Prior Expansion Plan
The RAO UES 2006-10 five-year plan (from before the restructuring of RAO UES), which RAO management approved in January 2007, listed as a long-term project the addition of two 225-MW coal-fired units at Yuzhnouralskaya, with a completion date of 2010-12.[17]
However in May 2012, Inter RAO began construction on the first unit of Yuzhnouralskaya GRES-2 power station, a 400-MW natural gas-fired addition to the power station, located about a mile northwest of the original plant on the other side of the Yuzhnouralsk Reservoir. The project was then expanded to two 400-MW gas-fired units, with an additional third unit to possibly be built in the future. The first unit went online in February 2014, and the second unit went online in November 2014.[18][19][20][21] The new gas-fired units superseded the original proposal to build two new coal-fired units.
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20221130155326/https://www.garant.ru/products/ipo/prime/doc/404487690/. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20211022163607/https://irao-generation.ru/stations/yuralg/. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240120035218/https://www.bigpowernews.ru/photos/0/0_hwMWLFCE8gF4WY3kGoos5DkyfTCuFMXM.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220702084734/https://neftegaz.ru/news/energy/723445-inter-rao-i-nordenergogrupp-budut-vmeste-modernizirovat-kashirskuyu-gres/. Archived from the original on 02 July 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230313035935/https://www.so-ups.ru/fileadmin/files/company/future_plan/public_discussion/2023/final/74_CHeljabinskaja_oblast_fin.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2023.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Южноуральская ГРЭС сменила владельца". 74.ru. Oct 8, 2012. Retrieved Nov 7, 2022.
- ↑ Южноуральская ГРЭС, Inter RAO, accessed December 2018 and November 2022
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Приказ Министерства энергетики РФ от 28 февраля 2022 г. № 146 "Об утверждении схемы и программы развития Единой энергетической системы России на 2022 - 2028 годы"". Garant.ru. Feb 28, 2022. Retrieved Nov 7, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Перечень электростанций, действующих и планируемых к сооружению, расширению, модернизации и выводу из эксплуатации (page 47)" (PDF). https://www.so-ups.ru/. February 2023.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ↑ "АО «Интер РАО – Электрогенерация» в 2021 году нарастило выработку электроэнергии и отпуск тепла". irao-generation.ru. February 10, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Группа «Интер РАО» ввела в эксплуатацию первый энергообъект в рамках реализации президентской программы модернизации тепловой генерации, Inter RAO, Dec. 20, 2021
- ↑ «Интер РАО» входит в парогазовый цикл, Kommersant, May 28, 2021
- ↑ "«Интер РАО» в рамках КОММод-ПГУ введёт 896 МВт на Каширской ГРЭС, выведя 747 МВт на Южноуральской ГРЭС". Peretok.ru. May 5, 2021. Retrieved Jun 16, 2022.
- ↑ "Группа «Интер РАО» и «НордЭнергоГрупп» договорились о совместной реализации проекта модернизации Каширской ГРЭС". Akm.ru. Feb 1, 2022. Retrieved Jun 16, 2022.
- ↑ "Об утверждении схемы и программы развития электроэнергетических систем России на 2024-2029 годы" (PDF). /www.bigpowernews.ru/. November 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Об утверждении схемы и программы развития электроэнергетических систем России на 2025 – 2030 годы" (PDF). SO UPS of Russia. November 29, 2024. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Investment Program of RAO UES of Russia Thermal Generation Companies for 2006-2010 and Key Power-Generating Equipment Required by OGK/TGK for its Implementation, RAO UES document, Jan. 29, 2007.
- ↑ Южноуральская ГРЭС, Wikipedia, Accessed June 2021
- ↑ Inter RAO Launches Construction of New Power Unit at Yuzhnouralsk GRES-2, Interfax, May 14, 2012.
- ↑ Inter RAO Group Launches the First Power Generation Unit at Yuzhnouralskaya TPP-2, Inter RAO press release, Feb. 17, 2014.
- ↑ INTER RAO OAO Launches Yuzhnouralsk Power Plant, Reuters, Feb. 18, 2014.
Additional data
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