Kashira Power Plant
Kashira Power Plant is a coal-fired power plant at Kashira in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Its first unit was commissioned in 1922 with a power capacity of 12 MW. As of today, it has an installed power capacity of 1,910 MW and a heating capacity of 533 MWt,[1] and consists of 6 units. Double units 1 and 2 have capacity of 300 MW, and single units 4, 5 have capacity of 300 MW each, unit 6 has capacity of 330 MW. In addition, unit 7 has thermal capacity of 80 MW.
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| Official name | Kashirskaya GRES named after G.M. Krzhizhanovsky Каширская ГРЭС имени Г. М. Кржижановского |
| Country | Russia |
| Location | Kashira-2 |
| Coordinates | 54°51′29″N 38°15′35″E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 4 June 1922 |
| Owner(s) | OGK-1 |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Secondary fuel | Natural gas |
| Thermal capacity | 80 MWt |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 x 330 MW 5 x 300 MW 1 x 80 MWt (heat) |
| Nameplate capacity | 1,830 MW (electrical) 80 MWt (heating) |
| Annual net output | 8,262 GW·h |
| External links | |
| Website | interrao |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
In 1951 a HVDC link with 30 MW built from the components of Elbe-Project to Moscow was built. However it is not in service any more. The power plant has an interesting feature as one of its two main chimneys serves as electricity pylon.
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