Zaporizhia power station
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Zaporizhia power station (Запорізька ТЕС (Ukrainian), Запорожская ТЭС (Russian)) is a power station in Enerhodar, Zaporizhia, Ukraine with multiple units of varying statuses, none of which are currently operating. It is also known as Zaporizhzhya power station.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Zaporizhia power station | Enerhodar, Enerhodar, Zaporizhia, Ukraine | 47.507238, 34.625478 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- 5, 6, 7, Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4: 47.507238, 34.625478
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Mothballed[1][2][3][4][5][6] | fossil gas: natural gas, fossil liquids: fuel oil[7][8] | 800[7] | steam turbine[9][10] | yes[1] | 1975[7] |
| 6 | Retired[11][12][10][13] | fossil gas: natural gas, fossil liquids: fuel oil[7][8] | 800[7] | steam turbine[9][10] | yes[1] | 1976[7] |
| 7 | Mothballed[1][2][3][4][5][6] | fossil gas: natural gas, fossil liquids: fuel oil[7][8] | 800[7] | steam turbine[9][10] | yes[1] | 1977[7] |
| Unit 1 | Mothballed | coal: unknown, fossil gas: natural gas | 325 | subcritical | – | 1972 |
| Unit 2 | Mothballed | coal: unknown, fossil gas: natural gas | 300 | subcritical | – | 1972 |
| Unit 3 | Mothballed | coal: unknown, fossil gas: natural gas | 325 | subcritical | – | 1972 |
| Unit 4 | Mothballed | coal: unknown, fossil gas: natural gas | 300 | subcritical | – | 1973 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Operating Company of Zaporizhia TPP LLC [100%][14] | Rosatom [100.0%] |
| 6 | Operating Company of Zaporizhia TPP LLC [100%][14] | Rosatom [100.0%] |
| 7 | Operating Company of Zaporizhia TPP LLC [100%][14] | Rosatom [100.0%] |
| Unit 1 | Operating Company of Zaporizhia TPP LLC [100%][14] | Rosatom [100.0%] |
| Unit 2 | Operating Company of Zaporizhia TPP LLC [100%][14] | Rosatom [100.0%] |
| Unit 3 | Operating Company of Zaporizhia TPP LLC [100%][14] | Rosatom [100.0%] |
| Unit 4 | Operating Company of Zaporizhia TPP LLC [100%][14] | Rosatom [100.0%] |
Background
Zaporizhia power station was completed in 1972, and is owned by DTEK Energy, which in turn is owned by SCM (System Capital Management) Limited.[15] In 2024, the station's owner was revised to Operating Company of Zaporizhia TPP LLC (a subsidiary of Rosatom), as the plant continues to be occupied by Russia since May 2022.[16]
There are four coal-fired units with a total capacity of 1,250 MW. Unit 1 and Unit 3 were reconstructed in 2012 and 2014, respectively, and had their capacities increased to 325 MW. Units 2 & 4 remain at their original design capacity of 300 MW.[17]
As per DTEK's 2020 Annual report, Unit 6 was not listed as part of installed capacity, it was therefore presumed retired.[18] In 2021, the power station frequently had to perform unplanned disconnections of its units from the electrical grid due to emergencies, including in January 2021,[19] February 2021,[20] April 2021,[21] August 2021,[22] and November 2021.[23]
Zaporizhia power station, along with the Vuglegirska power station, is the most powerful thermal power plant in Ukraine in terms of installed electric capacity.
Gas-fired units
There are three natural gas and fuel oil units of 800 MW each at the station, built between 1975 and 1977.[24] It appeared that at least since 2016, the station used the gas-fired units as reserves.[25] In 2019, repair and maintenance work was done at units 5 and 7, along with the coal-fired units.[26] Unit 6 was retired in 2020.[27][18][28]
War in Ukraine
In May 2022, the plant was occupied by Russian forces and stopped operating due to running out of coal.[29] It was not possible to organize regular supplies of coal due to the occupation of the city, constant hostilities and destroyed infrastructure facilities.[30] In May 2022, the mayor of Enerhodar announced that electricity, heat, and hot water supplies to the population will not be impacted since they would be supplied from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.[29]
The nuclear plant's operations were later suspended in September 2022, but the Chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia," Vladimir Rogov, announced that suspending operations of the nuclear plant will not affect the supply of electricity, as they are replenishing the coal reserves at Zaporizhia power station, and it could operate using Russian gas if need be.[31]
In November 2022, Russian media article reported that the plant will be used for reserve power supply of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP).[32] Based on the two statements above, as of December 2022 it appeared that the plant could have been operating at some capacity by the Russian occupants, however without any official statements the units were maintained as Mothballed. In June 2023, DTEK stated that the plant has not been operating since May 2022.[33]
Although the units are not in operation, the thermal power plant plays a key role for the safety and security of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant just a few kilometres away.[34]
Despite the shutdown of the nuclear plant, the units still need a constant supply of electricity to keep the nuclear fuel inside cool and prevent disaster. The nuclear plant has only two power lines available — the Dniprovska 750 kV and the 330 kV backup.[35] The Zaporizhia thermal power station operates the 330 kV open switchyard, through which back-up power has been provided to the nuclear plant.[36] The back-up power 330 kV power line was damaged on 1 March and as of June 2023 has still not been repaired.[34] Therefore since March 2023, the nuclear power plant had been dependent on a single power line, which poses a major risk to nuclear safety and security.
In addition, the thermal power plant also operates the pumping stations which feed cooling water from the Kakhovska Reservoir to the nuclear plant.[36] According to IAEA update report from 11 June 2023, the level of the Kakhovka reservoir has been dropping rapidly since the downstream dam was severely damaged on June 6th, but the nuclear plant reported that it had been stable for about a day as measured at the inlet of the Zaporizhzhia power station, where the water is pumped into a channel for use at the nuclear power plant.[34][37]
In June 2023, Russia reported to IAEA attack on the thermal power station by the Ukrainian drones, with a view to damage the switchyard.[38]
In November 2023, IAEA reported that 21 gas boilers had been installed at the industrial zone near the ZNPP as a measure to provide additional heating during the winter, including for the nearby city of Enerhodar. The new boilers can provide an extra 57 MW of energy for heating. The three large-capacity diesel boilers at the Zaporizhzhia power plant and at the industrial zone are to be converted to gas within the next month. Additional heating is provided by the ZNPP Units 4 and 5 in hot shutdown, which also produce steam required for nuclear safety- and security-related activities at the ZNPP, and by over 50 mobile boilers located throughout the city of Enerhodar.[39]
In December 2023, IAEA experts were refused access to Zaporizhzhia thermal plant to assess the external backup power supply. Frequent power cuts have remained a source of serious concern for safety and security at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. Since August 2022, the ZNPP has suffered eight events with a complete loss of off-site power.[40]
Articles and Resources
References
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{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221201175726/https://biz.liga.net/ekonomika/tek/novosti/zakonchilsya-ugol-zaporojskaya-tes-v-energodare-ostanovila-rabotu. Archived from the original on 01 December 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220608055137/https://tsn.ua/ru/ato/situaciya-v-zaporozhe-okkupanty-provodyat-registraciyu-lyudey-i-menyayut-sim-karty-na-benzin-2054827.html. Archived from the original on 08 June 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-monitors-maintenance-activities-at-zaporizhia-npp-11297138.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.ans.org/news/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210507185609/https://dtek.com/content/files/IR_1HY2019_master_2509_2019_masters.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 07 May 2021.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20101213015050/http://www.ecu.gov.ua/en/activity/production/power_plant.html.
{{cite web}}: Check|archive-url=value (help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20210619095531/https://join.dtek.com/ru/facilities/dtek-zaporozhskaya-tes/. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 https://energybase.ru/en/power-plant/zaporizhzhya-tpp.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220918033412/https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%95%D0%A1. Archived from the original on 18 September 2022.
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{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220227131122/https://dtek.com/content/files/dtek-report-eng-2015-web.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220709030730/http://misto.zp.ua/article/partners/energodar-otmechaet-svoy-glavnyy-prazdnik_15446.html. Archived from the original on 09 July 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20240606041434/https://www.audit-it.ru/contragent/1185275060090_ooo-ekspluatiruyushchaya-organizatsiya-zaporozhskoy-tes. Archived from the original on 06 June 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "SCM Limited". www.scm.com.cy. Retrieved January 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Контрагент ООО "ЭКСПЛУАТИРУЮЩАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗАПОРОЖСКОЙ ТЭС"". www.audit-it.ru/. Retrieved June 2024.
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{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ↑ 18.0 18.1 Integrated Report 2020, DTEK, 2020
- ↑ На Запорожской ТЭС отключили от сети один энергоблок, 061, Jan. 11, 2021
- ↑ Запорожская ТЭС возобновила работу после аварийного отключения, Liga, Feb. 4, 2021
- ↑ На Запорожской ТЭС работает только один энергоблок, утром не работал ни один, Apr. 28, 2021
- ↑ На Запорожской ТЭС энергоблок № 4 отключили от сети, Informator, Aug. 10, 2021
- ↑ На Запорожской ТЭС снова аварийно отключился энергоблок, другой выведут из резерва, Depo, Nov. 17, 2021
- ↑ "Integrated Report," DTEK Annual Report 2014, p. 95
- ↑ "Запорожская ТЭС проводит плановые ремонтные работы блоков". TV5.zp.ua. Sep 20, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- ↑ "Запорожская ТЭС подготовилась к работе зимой". IZ.com.ua. Nov 4, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
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- ↑ Characteristic of power plant, Energy Company of Ukraine, Dec 13, 2010
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- ↑ "На Запорожье заявили, что не предвидят проблем с отоплением из-за отключения АЭС - ТАСС". TACC (in русский). Retrieved 2022-12-01.
- ↑ "Россия использует Запорожскую ТЭС для резервного энергоснабжения ЗАЭС". 1prime.ru. November 25, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "The occupiers continue to consistently destroy Ukraine's energy industry". dtek.com. 6 June 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 "https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-165-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine". www.iaea.org. June 2023.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Ukraine dam: What we know about Nova Kakhovka incident". www.bbc.com/. 9 June 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "В МАГАТЭ проверят данные РФ об атаке беспилотников на Запорожскую ТЭС". www.interfax.ru. 9 June 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Ukraine update: Energoatom reports leak, blackout at Zaporizhzhia". NuclearNewswire. November 16, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Update 204 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine". www.iaea.org. 3 January 2024.
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