Kohtla-Järve Power Plant
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 Location of Kohtla-Järve Power Plant in Estonia
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| Official name | Kohtla-Järve soojuselektrijaam |
| Country | Estonia |
| Location | Kohtla-Järve |
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| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1948 |
| Operator(s) | VKG Soojus |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Oil shale |
| Secondary fuel | Oil shale gas |
| Tertiary fuel | Shale oil |
| Cogeneration? | yes |
| Power generation | |
| Make and model | Sverdlovsk Turbine Works |
| Thermal capacity | 534 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 39 MW |
The Kohtla-Järve Power Plant (Estonian: Kohtla-Järve soojuselektrijaam) is an oil shale-fired power plant in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia. It is owned by VKG Soojus, a subsidiary of Viru Keemia Grupp.
The Kohtla-Järve Power Plant was commissioned in 1949–1967 with designed electrical capacity 48 MW.[1] The first generator of the plant was commissioned in January 1949. This was the first time when the oil shale pulverized-firing combustion technology was implemented for power generation.[2] The first generator had a capacity of 12 MW.[3] At the beginning the plant used Riley Stoker boilers and General Electric generators; however, boilers developed for the pulverized firing of coal and lignite were not fit to work on pulverized oil shale.[3][4]
As of 2005, the power plant had capacity of 39 MW electricity and 534 MW of heat.[5][6] It is equipped by five stream generators and two hot water boilers (Barnaul BKZ-75-39F middle-pressure boilers. Its four turbines are manufactured by Fraser and Chalmers, Kirov Plant, Lang-Ganz, and Bryansk Turbine Works.[7]
In addition, an oil shale gas-fired plant was built next to existing plant. This plant is equipped with Energomash manufactured boilers and Kaluga Turbine Works manufactured turbines.[8]
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