Novocherkasskaya GRES

Novocherkasskaya GRES (NchGRES)

Novocherkasskaya GRES is located in Donskoi settlement in the Rostov Region, 53 km to the southeast of Rostov-on-Don. The installed capacity of the plant is 2,112 MW.

The plant’s primary fuel is Ash-grade coal from the Rostov coal basin (Almaznaya mine, Chikh mine, Sadkinskaya, Gukovugol mines and Sherlovskaya-Naklonnaya mine), Kuznetsk coal (Kaltansky and Krasnobrodsky coal strip mines) and natural gas. The reserve fuel is gas, the starting fuel is gas and fuel oil.

The plant is part of the North Caucasus UPS, the main competitors are gas-powered Stavropolskaya and Nevinnomysskaya GRES. Peak regulation is carried out by Tsimlyanskaya HPP. It is expected that the plant will be mainly loaded in the basic mode and also participate in the balancing market. The plant generates over 15% of North Caucasus UPS consumption.

The plant’s capacity is not limited by factors of a seasonal nature.

The installed electric capacity is 2,112 MW.

The installed heat capacity is 75 Gcal/h