Ekibastus power plant
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 1 '26 " N , 75 ° 28' 35" E | ||
| country | Kazakhstan | ||
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| Type | Steam power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | coal | ||
| power | GRES-1: 4000 megawatts GRES-2: 1000 megawatts |
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| Start of operations | GRES-2: 1990 | ||
| Chimney height | GRES-1: 330 m GRES-2: 419.7 m |
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The Ekibastus power plant is located near the Kazakh city of Ekibastus , consists of two plants and is one of the largest coal -fired power plants in the world.
The first power plant (GRES-1) consists of eight blocks with a capacity of 500 megawatts (MW) each and has two chimneys, each 330 meters high. The second power plant to the northeast (GRES-2) has an output of 1000 MW. It has the highest chimney in the world with a height of 419.7 meters , which was built in 1987 as the first part of the system. The GRES-2 power plant was originally intended to consist of eight blocks, each with an output of 500 MW. However, only two blocks were completed, which started operations in 1990 and 1993. Construction of a third block began in 1990, but it was canceled. A crane can therefore be seen in many pictures of the GRES-2 power plant.
The three-phase line Ekibastus – Kökschetau , designed for an operating voltage of 1150 kV, originates from the Ekibastus coal-fired power station , making it the three-phase line with the highest transmission voltage in the world. The extension of this line to Elektrostal in Russia is also designed for 1150 kV.
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The top Soviet politician Georgi Maximilianowitsch Malenkow was demoted to head of a hydropower plant in Ust-Kamenogorsk and then director of the power plant in Ekibastus after a failed coup attempt against party leader Khrushchev in 1957 . He kept this post even after he was finally expelled from the CPSU in 1961 . He was only allowed to return to Moscow after his retirement in 1968.
