The Surgut-2 Power Station on the
Ob River
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The Ob ( rus, Обь, p=opʲ: Ob') is a major river in Russia. It is in western Siberia; and together with Irtysh forms the world's seventh-longest river system, at . It forms at the confluence of the Biya and Katun which have their origins ...
in
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
is the
second-largest gas-fired power station in the world, and largest in Russia with an installed capacity of in 2016. it is the gas-fired power plant (of those
Climate Trace
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was able to monitor) which emits the most greenhouse gas with 31.5 million tonnes.
Expansion in 2011
Expansion of the power plant involved the construction of two units by December 2011, costing nearly , which increased its original capacity of to The two new blocks do not use
dried oil gas
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG or LP gas) is a fuel gas which contains a flammable mixture of hydrocarbon gases, specifically propane, propylene, butylene, isobutane and n-butane.
LPG is used as a fuel gas in heating appliances, cooking ...
as is the case in the other six generators. They consume
natural gas
Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbo ...
as a fuel, utilizing
combined cycle, with overall efficiency rates of 56%.
General Electric
General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, and incorporated in New York state and headquartered in Boston. The company operated in sectors including healthcare, aviation, power, renewable en ...
is the manufacturer and supplier of the generators.
See also
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List of power stations in Russia
The following page lists the power stations in Russia.
Renewable
Geothermal
Hydroelectric
Pumped-storage hydroelectric
Solar photovoltaic
The following is a list of photovoltaic power stations in Russia:).
In addition there ar ...
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Surgut-1 Power Station
References
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Oil-fired power stations in Russia