Electricity is undoubtedly a basic sector of any country.It ensures the smooth operation of transport, industry, public utilities and agriculture.She is also a component of the fuel and energy complex.And without constantly evolving electric power can not be a stable operation of the economy.Russian Federation provide electricity and nuclear and hydraulic power, but 75% of all electricity produced thermal power plant.The latter includes Cherepetskaya power plant, which is located in the city of Suvorov, Tula Region.And she received its name from the river Cherepet, which built the hydroelectric power station.
When choosing a place for this power plant were guided by two criteria: proximity to sources of fuel and energy consumers.As a result, Cherepetskaya Power Plant was built near the mines of the Moscow coal basin.And its electricity consumers have become densely populated Moscow, Orel, Tula, Kaluga and Bryansk region.This power plant project was approved in 1948, and according to him it was to consist of two power units of 150 MW each.And each of them has been designed for high steam parameters: temperature of 550 degrees and a pressure of 170 atmospheres.Therefore Cherepetskaya GRES became Europe's first high-pressure steam turbine power plant.
To build this station, machine builders had to solve a number of difficult technical problems and create a unique on the parameters and power equipment: steam turbines, boilers, motors, transformers, feed pumps, generators, aerial high-voltage switches and switchgear, high-voltage devices.Also, they had to create and develop new kinds of heat-resistant steels, which were necessary for the manufacture of parts and assemblies of boilers, turbines, valves and steam.After all the technical issues have been resolved, in 1950 he began to build Cherepetskaya GRES.And in 1953 it launched the first unit, and in 1966 put into operation the last, the seventh block.
And near the town of Myski, in the Kemerovo region, is Tom-Usinsk GRES.This power plant operates four turbines of 200 MW and five turbines with a capacity of 100 MW.The main fuel for this power plant is coal, which is mined in the Kuznetsk Basin.It provides electricity to the city of Novokuznetsk, where there are such industry giants as KVM Zapsib, aluminum plant and ferroalloy plant.The source of water of the TPP is to flow near the river Tom.And we started to build the thermal power plant in 1953.In 1958 it launched the first unit, and in 1965 passed the last.Now the station is part of the unified energy system of Siberia.
And the most powerful in the Russian thermal power plant located in the Tyumen region.It Surgut GRES-2.Its construction was due to the discovery of enormous oil and gas fields in those regions.In this regard, sharply increased production of these natural resources.At the same time increased and the load on the power grid to which the first hydroelectric power station could no longer cope.Therefore, it was decided to build a super-powerful thermal power plant, which started in 1981.It was truly a project of the century.The equipment for this plant produced more than 50 plants of the USSR.And builders are working full swing and 23 February 1985, they put into operation the first unit.
