Zhezkazgan power station
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Zhezkazgan power station (Жезказганская ТЭЦ ТОО "Корпорация Казахмыс") is an operating power station of at least 252-megawatts (MW) in Jezkazgan (Zhezkazgan), Ulytau, Kazakhstan with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Zhezkazgan power station | Jezkazgan (Zhezkazgan), Jezkazgan (Zhezkazgan), Ulytau, Kazakhstan | 47.786036, 67.744086 (exact)[1] |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8, СС1, СС2: 47.786036, 67.744086
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 3 | Mothballed | coal: bituminous | 30 | subcritical | yes | 1959 | – |
| Unit 4, timepoint 1 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 50 | subcritical | yes[2] | 1959 | 2026 (planned) |
| Unit 4, timepoint 2 | Announced[3][4][5] | fossil gas: natural gas[2] | 50[2] | steam turbine[3] | yes[2] | –[3][2] | – |
| Unit 5 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 42 | subcritical | yes[2] | 1960 | 2026 (planned) |
| Unit 6, timepoint 1 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 50 | subcritical | yes[2] | 1963 | 2026 (planned) |
| Unit 6, timepoint 2 | Announced[3][4][5] | fossil gas: natural gas[2] | 50[2] | steam turbine[3] | yes[2] | –[3][2] | – |
| Unit 7, timepoint 1 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 60 | subcritical | yes[2] | 1969 | 2026 (planned) |
| Unit 7, timepoint 2 | Announced[3][4][5] | fossil gas: natural gas[2] | 60[2] | steam turbine[3] | yes[2] | –[3][2] | – |
| Unit 8, timepoint 1 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 50 | subcritical | yes[2] | 2018 | 2026 (planned) |
| Unit 8, timepoint 2 | Announced[3][4][5] | fossil gas: natural gas[2] | 50[2] | steam turbine[3] | yes[2] | –[3][2] | – |
| СС1 | Pre-construction[6][7][8] | fossil gas: natural gas[6] | 50[6][8] | combined cycle[6][8] | yes[2] | 2027 (planned)[7] | – |
| СС2 | Pre-construction[6][7][8] | fossil gas: natural gas[6] | 50[6][8] | combined cycle[6][8] | yes[2] | 2027 (planned)[7] | – |
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 3 | Kazakhmys Energy LLP [100%][9] | Kazakhmys Holding LLP |
| Unit 4, timepoint 1 | Kazakhmys Energy LLP [100%][9] | Kazakhmys Holding LLP |
| Unit 4, timepoint 2 | Kazakhmys Energy LLP [100%][9] | Kazakhmys Holding LLP |
| Unit 5 | Kazakhmys Energy LLP [100%][9] | Kazakhmys Holding LLP |
| Unit 6, timepoint 1 | Kazakhmys Energy LLP [100%][9] | Kazakhmys Holding LLP |
| Unit 6, timepoint 2 | Kazakhmys Energy LLP [100%][9] | Kazakhmys Holding LLP |
| Unit 7, timepoint 1 | Kazakhmys Energy LLP [100%][9] | Kazakhmys Holding LLP |
| Unit 7, timepoint 2 | Kazakhmys Energy LLP [100%][9] | Kazakhmys Holding LLP |
| Unit 8, timepoint 1 | Kazakhmys Energy LLP [100%][9] | Kazakhmys Holding LLP |
| Unit 8, timepoint 2 | Kazakhmys Energy LLP [100%][9] | Kazakhmys Holding LLP |
| СС1 | Kazakhmys Energy LLP [100%][9] | Kazakhmys Holding LLP |
| СС2 | Kazakhmys Energy LLP [100%][9] | Kazakhmys Holding LLP |
Unit-level fuel conversion details:
Unit 4: Announced conversion from coal to fossil gas in .
Unit 6: Announced conversion from coal to fossil gas in .
Unit 7: Announced conversion from coal to fossil gas in .
Unit 8: Announced conversion from coal to fossil gas in .
Project-level captive use details
- Captive industry use (heat or power): power[10][2]
- Captive industry: Other Metals & Mining[10][2]
- Non-industry use: both[10][2]
Project-level coal details
- Coal source(s): Borlinskoye coal basin & Karaganda coal basin
Background
The power plant is owned by Kazakhmys Energy, part of Kazakhmys Group.[11][12]
The electricity generated by the station is used to cover the electrical loads of the Zhezkazgan mining and metallurgical plant (ТОО «Kazakhmys Smelting») and the city. It is included in the northern zone of the Unified Energy System of Kazakhstan.[13][14]
The main type of fuel used at the station is coal from the Molodezhny coal mine mixed with industrial waste.[14]
According to company reports to consumers in 2020 and 1H 2022, the station's installed electric capacity is 252 MW and the installed heat capacity is 564 Gcal/hour.[15][16][17] There are 5 turbine units and 8 boiler units.
In June 2023, Kazakhmys Energy was fined 27 million tenge for non-compliance with legal requirements, as well as the modernization of basic equipment at this station as well as at Kazakhmys Balkhash power station.[18]
In October 2023, it was reported that Boilers 4 and 9 as well as Unit 4 were undergoing repairs in preparation for the upcoming heating season.[19]
Coal to gas conversion
Several media articles in 2021 referred to the long-term plans to convert this power station to natural gas, estimated timeline ranging from 2022-23[20] to 2026[21]. After the completion of main gas transmission pipeline Saryarka in 2019, which brings gas from the west of Kazakhstan to Nur-Sultan, the Karaganda region can also benefit from availability of gas.[20] The plant was expected to be converted to gas once an auxiliary gas pipeline is built, expected in 2022-23.[20] In December 2021, the plans to convert the station to gas were again mentioned in the news.[22]
The government decree N 871 “On Approval of the Comprehensive Plan of Socioeconomic Development of the Ulytau Region for 2022-2024” issued on November, 4 2022 mentioned gasification of the Zhezkazgan mining and metallurgical plant.[23] According to the decree, a combined-cycle gas turbine of 100 MW will be built by 2026 - Kazakhmys PLC and the Government of the Ulytau region are included as responsible parties.[23]
However, it was not clear whether all of the existing coal units with 252 MW will be retired when the new gas unit is built or only some.
The Master Plan of the City of Zhezkazgan in the Ulytau Region, approved by the government in December 2023, mentions construction of a new power plant in the city by 2027, which will initially be using coal and in the future will switch to gas. However, the gasification of the Zhezkazgan power station was not mentioned.[24] The project was also not mentioned during an off-site session of the Parliament's Committee on Ecology and Nature Management in the Ulytau Region on the topic "Ecological and energy problems of the Ulytau region and ways to solve them."[25]
As of November 2024, there have not been any updates about the plant's conversion to gas. The project is considered to be shelved.
New combined-cycle unit
In August 2023, Kazakhmys Energy signed a contract for the construction of a 100-MW combined-cycle gas-fired generation unit at the premises of the Zhezkazgan power station and an agreement for development of the project documentation with Chinese Sepco. The project is expected to be completed in 2026.[26]
The project was included into the "Electric Power Industry Development Plan until 2035" released by the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan in February 2024. The new unit is anticipated to become operational in 2027.[27] In July 2024, the construction of the plant was mentioned in the "National Infrastructure Plan of the Republic of Kazakhstan" until 2029. The cost of the project is estimated at KZT 70 billion.[28]
The construction of the plant was expected to begin in 2023.[26][28] However, as of November 2024, there have not been any further updates.
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/place/KAZAKHMYS+ENERGY/@47.786036,67.7418973,17z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x0:0x7f89bf17de25936a!2zNDfCsDQ3JzA5LjciTiA2N8KwNDQnMzguNyJF!3b1!8m2!3d47.786036!4d67.744086!3m4!1s0x4217d7a88358ad15:0xa8cced67e2c37b2b!8m2!3d47.7844738!4d67.7436929.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 https://web.archive.org/web/20220119234130/https://standard.kz/ru/post/gazifikaciyu-karagandinskix-metallurgiceskix-zavodov-sderzivayut-ceny. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 https://web.archive.org/web/20220517184623/https://kursiv.kz/news/otraslevye-temy/2021-11/pochemu-gazifikaciya-centralnykh-regionov-kazakhstana-rastyanetsya-na. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220709173149/https://www.inform.kz/ru/kak-budut-uluchshat-ekologicheskuyu-situaciyu-v-10-gorodah-kazahstana_a3870057. Archived from the original on 09 July 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P2200000871.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20240421081125/https://khabar.kz/ru/news/obshchestvo/item/151063-1-mlrd-i-200-mln-tenge-vydelili-na-remont-mnogoetazhnykh-domov-v-zhezkazgane. Archived from the original on 21 April 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 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) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240421081035/https://el.kz/ru/zhezkazganskuyu-tets-budut-uluchshat_87402/. Archived from the original on 21 April 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 https://web.archive.org/web/20221002042758/https://kazakhmys-energy.kz/ru/o-kompanii/struktura/. Archived from the original on 02 October 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220418060747/https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%A2%D0%AD%D0%A6. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "О компании » Структура". Kazakhmys Energy. Retrieved Nov 23, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Структура производственных объектов предприятий Группы «Казахмыс»". kazakhmys.kz. Retrieved December 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "В Карагандинской области на ГРЭС и ТЭЦ еще не начали ремонт котлов," KazInform, September 4, 2017
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Жезказганская ТЭЦ," Wikipedia, last edited May 25, 2021
- ↑ "Жезказганская теплоэлектроцентраль (General Information)" (PDF). Kazakhmys-energy.kz. May 1, 2020. Retrieved Nov 22, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Отчёты о деятельности". kazakhmys-energy.kz. 2022. Retrieved December 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Production: Fuel and Energy Complex". Kazakhmys Group. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Kazakhmys Energy оштрафована на 27 млн тенге после проверки двух ТЭЦ". golos-naroda.kz. June 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "О ходе прохождения отопительного периода по Жезказганской ТЭЦ". www.in-power.ru. October 28, 2023. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 "Газификацию карагандинских металлургических заводов сдерживают цены". Standard.kz. July 13, 2021. Retrieved Nov 22, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Почему газификация центральных регионов Казахстана растянется на 15 лет". Kursiv. Nov 17, 2021. Retrieved Nov 22, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Как будут улучшать экологическую ситуацию в 10 городах Казахстана". Inform.kz. Dec 3, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Об утверждении Комплексного плана социально-экономического развития области Ұлытау на 2022 – 2026 годы". adilet - Информационно-правовая системанормативных правовых актовРеспублики Казахстан. November 4, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) Cite error: Invalid<ref>tag; name ":5" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ "Генеральный план города Жезказгана области Ұлытау". adilet.zan.kz. December 29, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "28-30 апреля Комитет Мажилиса по вопросам экологии и природопользованию под председательством Едиля Жанбыршина провел в области Ұлытау выездное заседание на тему «Экологические и энергетические проблемы области Ұлытау и пути их решения»". www.parlam.kz. April 29, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "План мероприятий по развитию электроэнергетической отрасли до 2035 года". www.gov.kz. February 20, 2024. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
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