The GRES-2 Power Station coal-fueled power generating station in Ekibastuz Kazakhstan @kritikant

Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station The GRES-2 Power Station or Power Station Ekibastuz is a coal-fueled power generating station in Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan. GRES-2, commissioned in 1987, has installed capacity of 1,000 Mega watt electric and has the world's tallest flue-gas stack at 419.7 metres 1,377 ft high. The reinforced concrete chimney is about 38 metres 125 ft taller than the Inco Superstack in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It is the tallest chimney ever built. Country: Kazakhstan Location: Ekibastuz Commission date:1987 Owner(s) Inter RAO UES :50% Government of Kazakhstan 50% Thermal power station Primary fuel:Coal Power generation Units operational 2 × 500 Mega watt Nameplate capacity:1,000 Mega watt electric The power station is the start of the Powerline Ekibastuz–Kokshetau and uses a transmission voltage of 1,150 Kilovolt Alternating Current, highest transmission voltage in the world. The extension of this line to Chelyabinsk in Russia is also designed for 1,150 kilovolt, but it currently operates at only 500 kilovolt. About 3 quarter of the energy produced by GRES-2 are exported to Russia. Fifty percent of GRES-2 shares are owned by Inter RAO UES, and fifty percent by Kazakhstan's government. Joint Stock Company Inter RAO UES, short form: Inter RAO, traded as, is a diversified energy holding company headquartered in Moscow, Russia. Its business includes power and heat generation, electricity supply, international energy trading, engineering, design and development of electric power infrastructure. In addition to its assets in Russia it controls several energy companies outside Russia including thermal and hydro power plants, grid operators and energy traders. It holds a monopoly on the export and import of electricity in Russia. Inter RAO is one of the largest Russian public energy companies by market capitalization which exceeded US$10.5 billion at the end of 2011. In fiscal year 2011 the company reported a revenue of USD 18.24 billion versus USD 15.28 billion in 2010 and net income of $1.41 billion vs $614 million in 2010. At the end of 2011, Inter RAO Group had more than 47,000 employees. Inter RAO was established in 1997 as a subsidiary of the Russian unified power company RAO UES. Its initial focus was international energy trading. In 2002, Inter RAO started exporting electricity from Russia and generating its own electricity. In 2005, Inter RAO made several acquisitions: 50% stake in Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station 25% plus 1 shares North-West Thermal Power Plant 70%stake in TGR Energy 51% stake in Moldavskaya GRES In early 2008, Inter RAO obtainted listings on the Russian stock exchanges MICEX and RTS. As a part of its reorganization, Inter RAO received several Russian power generation facilities including Sochi Thermal Power Plant, North-West Thermal Power Plant, Ivanovo CCPP and Kaliningrad CHPP-2. In the same year, Inter RAO purchased the remaining 49% stake in Moldavskaya GRES. In following years, the Government of Russia transferred the power companies shares remaining after the reform of RAO UES in the property of state-owned companies RusHydro, FGC UES, Rosimushchestvo, and Rosneftegaz to Inter RAO. That included transfer of 41% stake in Irkutskenergo, 65.8% of OGK-1, 3.24% of OGK-4, 26.43% of OGK-5, 24.9% of TGC-6, 34.21% of TGC-7, 30.54% of TGC-11, 20.24% of Kuzbassenergo, 21.27% of Bashkirenergo, 14.48% of Sangtuda 1 Hydroelectric Power Plant in Tajikistan, and 100% of Razdan Thermal Power Plant in Armenia. In 2009, Inter RAO shares were included in the MSCI EM Index. In the end of 2009, INTER RAO was ranked fifth in Standard & Poor's informational transparency rating of the Russian energy companies. In June 2018, board member Karina Tsurkan was arrested by the Federal Security Service, on allegations of spying on behalf of Romania. Major shareholders of Inter RAO are Russian state-owned entities. As of August 2018, shareholders of Inter RAO were: Rosneftegaz - 27.63% FGC UES - 9.24% Inter RAO Capital - 29.39% Freely traded minority shareholders - 33.74% Boris Kovalchuk is the CEO of Inter RAO. Russia: Major fire erupts at Sakhalinskaya GRES-2 thermal power plant in Sakhalin In Russia’s Sakhalin Oblast, a fire was reported on the morning of April 30 at a thermal power plant of Sakhalinskaya GRES-2, which was eventually put out. The leader of the region shared a message on Telegram sharing the information on dousing the fire with the people stating that he is pleased to inform everyone that the fire at Sakhalinskaya GRES-2 has been extinguished. On the scene, 14 workers and five pieces of equipment were working, and a helicopter was deployed rapidly. The electricity engineers stated that the fire also spread to the roof. source wikipedia