Syrdarya Power Plant
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Syrdarya Power Plant is a natural gas
-fired power plant located in Shirin
, Uzbekistan
. Its ten units were commissioned in 1972–1981. The installed capacity of the power plant is 3,000 MW.
Modernization of the Syrdarya Power Plant a been financed by international donors. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
in cooperation with the Asian Development Bank
financed reconstruction of two generation units by Siemens
. In 2000, the Syrdarya Energy Company, now part of Uzbekenergo, was created on the basis of the Syrdarya Power Plant.
The power plant has five flue gas stack
s, the tallest of which is 350 metres (1,148.3 ft).
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
-fired power plant located in Shirin
Shirin, Uzbekistan
Shirin is a city in Uzbekistan. Near Shirin, there is Syrdarya Power Plant and Farkhad Dam.Population: 14,000 .- History :The city was established in 1972....
, Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
. Its ten units were commissioned in 1972–1981. The installed capacity of the power plant is 3,000 MW.
Modernization of the Syrdarya Power Plant a been financed by international donors. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Founded in 1991, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development uses the tools of investment to help build market economies and democracies in 30 countries from central Europe to central Asia. Its mission was to support the formerly communist countries in the process of establishing their...
in cooperation with the Asian Development Bank
Asian Development Bank
The Asian Development Bank is a regional development bank established on 22 August 1966 to facilitate economic development of countries in Asia...
financed reconstruction of two generation units by Siemens
Siemens
Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...
. In 2000, the Syrdarya Energy Company, now part of Uzbekenergo, was created on the basis of the Syrdarya Power Plant.
The power plant has five flue gas stack
Flue gas stack
A flue-gas stack is a type of chimney, a vertical pipe, channel or similar structure through which combustion product gases called flue gases are exhausted to the outside air. Flue gases are produced when coal, oil, natural gas, wood or any other fuel is combusted in an industrial furnace, a power...
s, the tallest of which is 350 metres (1,148.3 ft).