Russian gas group Gazprom has commissioned two new coal-fired power units in Russia, totalling 1 GW.
The group commissioned a 330 MW unit at the Novocherkasskaya coal-fired power plant in the Rostov Region. The plant’s power units were put onstream between 1965 and 1972. Coal produced in the Rostov area of the Donetsk coal basin serves as the main fuel. The new STU-330 power unit is the first high-powered coal-fired generating facility in Russia to use the circulating fluidized bed technology.
In addition, Gazprom has commissioned a 660 MW unit at the Troitsk power plant in the Chelyabinsk region. It uses coal produced in the Ekibastuz coal basin. The STU-660 power unit was created in partnership with advanced power equipment manufacturers.
The Novocherkassk and Troitsk power plants are the subsidiaries of the OGK-2 generating company, which is part of Gazprom Energoholding Group. The Group also includes such generating companies as Mosenergo and TGC-1. Since its entry into the power industry in 2007, Gazprom Group has executed, among other things, a number of projects to develop its state-of-the-art gas-fired power generation infrastructure, as well as commissioned six combined cycle power units in OGK-2, seven in Mosenergo, and four in TGC-1. In addition, TGC-1 implemented eight projects for equipment upgrading at hydropower plants.
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