Adler TPP. New thermal power plant in Sochi

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:55

The energy shortage in the Krasnodar Territory has long been known. Four thermal power plants built in this region are not able to provide such a large subject of Russia with electricity. The lack of energy is especially felt in Sochi. This large resort town is provided with electricity only a quarter. But very soon the Olympics will come to Sochi, the energy needs of which are much higher.

To correct this difficult energy situation, the Adler TPP was built.

The new TPP in the Krasnodar Territory was laid down in 2009. This construction was part of a plan approved by the Russian government that would eventually transform Sochi into an international ski resort. According to the plan, the Adler CHPP will become the main energy source not only for Sochi, but also for the areas adjacent to the city. Its capacity is enough to heat all residential buildings in the Sochi region, as well as most of the Olympic venues.

Two power units of a thermal power plant will produce 360 MW of electricity and 227Gcal of thermal energy. The advanced technologies used in the construction of the thermal power plant will make it possible to reduce the number of personnel serving the station. Employees, divided into three shifts, will serve the facility around the clock. At the same time, only 65 people will enter each shift.

Adler TPP is located near the city of Adler, occupying 9.89 hectares. Taking into account the seismic activity of this zone, engineers endowed the thermal power plant with increased resistance to tremors.

However, the TPP cooling system looks the most innovative. Due to the critical shortage of water, the power units of the station will be cooled by a closed cyclic system. Thanks to dry fan cooling towers, the thermal power plant will not pollute the atmosphere with greenhouse gases. Needless to say, the most durable and high-quality materials were used for the construction.

The Adler TPP will operate on the most environmentally friendly fuel - natural gas. The station will be supplied with this mineral fuel by a gas pipeline connecting Sochi, Lazarevskoye and Dzhubga, which serves the entire Black Sea coast of Russia.

Attention was paid not only to performance and safety, but also to the appearance of the station. The Adler TPP will organically fit into the surrounding landscape, and the territory of the thermal power plant will resemble a park with beautiful lawns and alleys. The very first alley of Himalayan cedars was planted in 2009, during the station laying ceremony.

In addition to the construction of a new thermal power plant, it is also planned to develop existing ones inSochi region of power plants. All power facilities of the region should be repaired and improved. Sochi power plants will reach full capacity, which will exceed the current one by several times, by 2014.

In addition to the Adler thermal power plant, the number of thermal power plants in Russia will be replenished with the Dzhubginskaya power plant, the construction of which also uses modern technologies. The capacity of the Dzhubginskaya TPP will be 180 MW. The "Olympic Wave" will cover not only Sochi, but the entire Krasnodar Territory. In addition to energy, high technologies will be applied in other areas. Thus, the Anapa railway station, which is already under construction, will receive energy not from the general power grid, but from solar panels.