Kharkiv TEC-5

Kharkiv TEC-5 (Ukrainian: Харківська ТЕЦ-5) is a combined heat and power plant (CHP) near Podvirky village in Kharkiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is the second largest CHP plant in Ukraine.^[1] It has a capacity of 540 MW of electric power^[2] and up to 1,650 MW of heat power. It has a 330 meters (1,080 ft) tall chimney, built in 1979. There are also two 81 meters (266 ft) tall cooling towers.

Kharkiv TEC-5
Official name	Харківська ТЕЦ-5
Country	Ukraine
Location	Podvirky, Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast
Coordinates	49°58′17″N 36°06′2″E / 49.97139°N 36.10056°E / 49.97139; 36.10056
Status	Damaged by Russian Armed Forces shelling
Construction began	1972
Commission date	1980
Owner(s)	JSC Kharkiv CHPP-5
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Natural gas
Secondary fuel	Fuel oil
Cogeneration?	Yes
Power generation
Units operational	2 x 120 MW 1 x 300 MW
Make and model	TAGMET UTMZ
Nameplate capacity	540 MW
External links
Website	www.chpp5.kharkiv.com/Eng/index.shtm
Commons	Related media on Commons

The power plant is owned and operated by JSC Kharkiv CHPP-5 (Ukrainian: Харківська ТЕЦ-5), a subsidiary of Naftogaz Ukrainy.^{[citation needed]}

History

The TEC-5 power plant was built in the 1970s under the political system and jurisdiction of the Soviet Union.

On 11 September 2022, in response to the 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive, the Russian Armed Forces struck the plant with Kalibr cruise missiles. This caused extensive power outages in Kharkiv, Dnipro, Sumy Oblast and Poltava.^[3][1]

 

Fire after the missile strike

References

1. "The OPU confirmed the attack on Kharkiv CHPP-5, one of the largest in Ukraine". The Odessa Journal. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
2. Platts (2005). Platts International Directory of Electric Power Producers and Distributors. McGraw Hill. p. 550.
3. Lorenzo Tondo; Isobel Koshiw; Dan Sabbagh; Shaun Walker (11 September 2022). "Russia targets infrastructure in retaliation to rapid Ukraine gains". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

External links

  Media related to Kharkiv TEC-5 at Wikimedia Commons

• (in English, Russian, and Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2007-02-28.
• http://tec5.kharkov.ua/Ukr/index.php
• http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b7189
• (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2022-02-15.