Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station
{{Short description|Power station in Kazakhstan}}
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| name = Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station
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| image = GRES-2.jpg
| image_caption = The GRES-2 Power Plant in Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan
| image_alt = A very tall stack
| coordinates = {{coord|52|1|26.3|N|75|28|34.5|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title|name=GRES-2 Power Plant}}
| country = Kazakhstan
| location = Ekibastuz
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| commissioned = 1987
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| owner = Inter RAO UES (50%)
Government of Kazakhstan (50%)
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| th_fuel_primary = Coal
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| ps_units_operational = 2 × 500 MWe
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The GRES-2 Power Station (or Power Station Ekibastuz) is a coal-fueled power generating station in Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan. It is located close to Solnechny and to Shandaksor. The ashes of the station are dumped into Karasor, a nearby lake.Google Earth
Description
GRES-2, commissioned in 1987, has an installed capacity of 1,000 MWe and has the world's tallest flue-gas stack at {{convert|419.7|m|ft|0}} tall. The reinforced concrete chimney is about {{convert|40|m|ft|abbr=on}} taller than the Inco Superstack, in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It is the tallest chimney ever built.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
The power station is the start of the Powerline Ekibastuz–Kokshetau and uses a transmission voltage of 1,150 kVAC, the highest transmission voltage in the world. The extension of the line to Chelyabinsk, Russia, is also designed for 1,150 kV, but it currently operates at only 500 kV. About three fourths of the energy produced by GRES-2 was{{when|date=April 2022}} exported to Russia.
Fifty percent of GRES-2 shares are owned by Inter RAO UES, and fifty percent by Kazakhstan's government.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
Individual units
The planned capacity of 4,000 MWe is to be provided by eight equal units, 500 MWe each.
- Unit 1 was launched into service in December 1990.
- Unit 2 was launched into service in December 1993.
- Construction of Unit 3 was started in 1990 but later stopped.
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b1297 Smoke-stack diagrams]
- [http://gres2.kz/index.php?view=3 GRES-2 official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722142314/http://gres2.kz/index.php?view=3 |date=22 July 2011 }}
- {{Structurae|id=20018365|title=GRES-2 Chimney}}
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Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1987
Category:Towers completed in 1987
Category:Power stations built in the Soviet Union
Category:Chimneys in Kazakhstan
Category:Coal-fired power stations in Kazakhstan
Category:Electric power companies of Kazakhstan