Sochi Thermal Power Plant

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Sochi Thermal Power Plant
Official name	Сочинская ТЭС
Country	Russia
Location	Sochi
Coordinates	43°35′41″N 39°45′16″E / 43.59472°N 39.75444°E / 43.59472; 39.75444
Status	Operational
Commission date	20 December 2004
Owner	Inter RAO UES
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Natural gas
Power generation
Units operational	4
Nameplate capacity	160 MW
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Sochi Thermal Power Plant (Russian: Сочинская ТЭС) is a power station in Sochi, Russia. It is part of the infrastructure constructed or improved for the 2014 Winter Olympics which was held in Sochi. There have been a total of 3 thermal power plants built with one combined heat and power plant along with 19 substations. The combined capacity of the power plants is 1,208 MWt. High and low has pressure pipelines were also added, with a total length of 654 km.^[1]

The first two generation units with a total capacity of 78  MW were launched in December 2004. After announcement in 2007 that Sochi will host 2014 Winter Olympics, the decision was taken to build the second stage of the plant, and two more units were launched in December 2009.

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