Gas- and Oil-Fired Plants in Russia - Moscow

 

Moscow-01
Location: Moscow
Operator: Mosenergo
Configuration: 5 X 12 MW CHP
Operation: 1933-??
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: ??
T/G supplier: Kaluga
Quick facts: The first generating facilities at Moscow-01 (also known as GUS-1) were put online in 1897 and totaled 3.3 MW.  In 1899, the plant was used to electrify Moscow's first streetcars. The Soviet Union's first 12-MW CHP turbine went into service at the plant in 1933 and the plant has been upgraded half a dozen times since start-up.

Photograph courtesy of Mosenergo
Posted 18 Mar 2006

Moscow-08
Location: Moscow
Operator: Mosenergo
Configuration: 2 X 50 MW, 5 X 100 MW CHP
Operation: ??-2005
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: Taganrog
T/G supplier: LMZ, Electrosila
Quick facts: This was the Soviet Union's first high-pressure CHP plant.

Photograph courtesy of Mosenergo
Posted 18 Mar 2006

 

Moscow-09
Location: Moscow
Operator: Mosenergo
Configuration:  2 X 50 MW, 1 X 60 MW, 1 X 80 MW CHP
Operation: 1952-1986
Fuel: natural gas
Boiler supplier: ??
T/G supplier: LMZ
Quick facts: This plant is in the southern part of Moscow and serves a variety of industrial and large commercial customers in addition to domestic customers. The first unit at the site went online in 1933. The plant was converted to natural gas in 1956 and extensively modernized from 1971-1991.

Photograph courtesy of Mosenergo
Posted 15 Apr 2006

Moscow-20
Location: Moscow
Operator: Mosenergo
Configuration: 4 X 25 MW, 1 X 60 MW, 5 X 100 MW, 1 X 36 MW CHP
Operation: 1952-??
Fuel: gasoil, natural gas
Boiler supplier: ??
T/G supplier: LMZ, TMZ
Quick facts: The original generating equipment at the site dates to 1939. Moscow-20 has the first 100-MW CHP T/G set built by TMZ, one of five coal-fired machines installed from 1963-1965. These were converted to residual oil in 1969 and to gasoil in 1994. Plans are in-hand to repower the small sets with gas turbines and in the meantime, the existing equipment has been modernized.

Photograph courtesy of Mosenergo
Posted 15 Apr 2006

Moscow-21
Location: Moscow
Operator: Mosenergo
Configuration: 2 X 100 MW, 5 X 110 MW, 2 X 250 MW, 1 X 80 MW CHP
Operation: 1963-??
Fuel: natural gas
Boiler supplier: ??
T/G supplier: TMZ, ELectrosila
Quick facts: In 1995, the world's largest turboexpander for power generation was built at TETS-21. The two 5-MW aggregates take in gas at the rate of 31.5 kg/sec. A 460-MW CCGT block is under construction at the site.

Photograph courtesy of Mosenergo
Posted 26 Aug 2006

 

Moscow-23
Location: Moscow
Operator: Mosenergo
Configuration: 2 X 100 MW, 4 X 300 MW CHP
Operation: 1966-1982
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: ??
T/G supplier: TMZ, ELSL
Quick facts: A pilot large-capacity storage battery system was installed at Moscow-23 in 2002. The control systems for the 300-MW sets have been updated.

Photograph courtesy of Mosenergo
Posted 15 Apr 2006

 

Moscow-26
Location: Moscow
Operator: Mosenergo
Configuration: 2 X 80 MW, 2 X 250 MW, 5 X 300 MW CHP
Operation: 1979-1988
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: ??
T/G supplier: TMZ, ELSL
Quick facts: This large CHP plan serves the southern part of Moscow.  The plant has several unusual features.  One is the use of brine from deep (1.5km) wells for regeneration of water treatment systems with by-products reinjected.  Also, turboexpanders are being installed on incoming gas pipelines to generated additional electricity. A 450-MW CCGT plant is planned at Moscow-26.

Photograph courtesy of Mosenergo
Posted 14 May 2006

Moscow-27
Location: Moscow
Operator: Mosenergo
Configuration: 2 X 80 MW CHP
Operation: 1992-1998
Fuel: natural gas
Boiler supplier: ??
T/G supplier: LMZ, Electrosila
Quick facts: Two 450-MW CCGT plants are planned at this site.

Photograph courtesy of Mosenergo
Posted 14 Aug 2004

Shatura
Location: Moscow
Operator: E.ON Russia
Configuration: 2 X 200 MW, 3 X 210 MW
Operation: 1971-1982
Fuel: natural gas, residual oil, coal, peat
Boiler supplier: Taganrog
T/G supplier: LMZ, SE Plant Electrotyazhmash
Quick facts: Also known as Moscow-05, this station was split off from Mosenergo and transferred to WGC-4. The original Shatura plant was peat-fired. On 27 Jul 2010, almost 90yrs to the day from the first turbine's operation at this site in Moscow's eastern suburbs, a new 400-MW CCGT plant began commissioning. This is on the right side of the photograph.

Photograph courtesy of E.ON
Re-posted 14 Aug 2011

Abbreviations

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 08/14/11

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