Luhansk Power Station
power station in Shchastia, Luhansk, Ukraine
Luhansk power station (Ukrainian: Луганська ТЕС, romanized: Luhanska TES, formerly Luhanskaya GRES) is a thermal power station north of Shchastia, near Luhansk, Ukraine.
History
It was built between 1950 and 1956 and its first generator was connected to the grid on 30 September 1956. In 1957, 4 turbines and 7 boilers went in service. In 1958, it was completed.
Between 1979 and 2004, Luhansk power station was modernized. It consists today of 4 units with 200 MW, 3 units of 175 MW, and 1 unit of 100 MW. The generator building of Luhansk power station, which has 3 250 metres (820 ft) tall chimneys, is 672 metres (2,205 ft) long.
Russo-Ukrainian War
On 3 September 2014, Ukrainian Aidar Battalion commander Serhiy Melnychuk announced that they had mined the plant (which gives electricity to 98% of Luhansk Oblast), and that they will blow it up if the separatist forces advanced. On 17 September, part of the plant exploded due to combat in the zone, while firefighters couldn't act due to the fire and the mines planted.
In April 2017, power plant became synchronized with the Unified State Electric Power System of Ukraine via two 110 kV overhead lines, one from Svatove to Kurylivka, and another from Soledar to Bakhmut. As a result of damage to the 220 kV overhead line in northern Luhansk Oblast, the reliability of the power plant's output remained low by 2020.
“Luhansk Power Station” enters the record as power station in Shchastia, Luhansk, Ukraine. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Luhansk, Power and Station can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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