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.

Kashira Power Plant
Official nameKashirskaya GRES named after G.M. Krzhizhanovsky
Каширская ГРЭС имени Г. М. Кржижановского
CountryRussia
LocationKashira-2
Coordinates54°51′29″N 38°15′35″E
StatusOperational
Commission date4 June 1922
Owner(s)OGK-1
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Secondary fuelNatural gas
Thermal capacity80 MWt
Power generation
Units operational1 x 330 MW
5 x 300 MW
1 x 80 MWt (heat)
Nameplate capacity1,830 MW (electrical)
80 MWt (heating)
Annual net output8,262 GW·h
External links
Websiteinterrao.ru/en/
CommonsRelated 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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