ELECTRIC POWER GRID IN THE NORTH URAL AREA OF THE USSR

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• Publication Date: March 1, 1963
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PHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
ELECTRIC POWER GRID IN THE
NORTH URAL AREA OF THE USSR
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ELECTRIC POWER GRID IN THE
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INTRODUCTION
This report is in answer to a specific
requirement for information on the avail-
ability of electric power in the North Ural
area. It is the first of a planned series of
photographic interpretation reports on the
electric power distribution in the Soviet
Union. These reports are intended to pro-
vide basic information on the status of
generative capacity and the flow of electric
power in the areas studied. This infor-
mation is based on the photography and the
collateral documents and maps listed in the
references. Some of the Soviet open-
source material, particularly newspaper
and magazine files, are not listed. So-
viet-published discussions of the current
Seven-Year Plan (1958-1965) provided
the schematic circuit diagrams of power
lines of 220 kilovolts (kv) or higher
voltages.
This study examined all available
good-quality photography of the North Ural
area (Figure 1) beginning with TALENT
photography and including
subsequent KEYHOLE photography
The overall reliability of the
information on power circuits presented in
this report is rated as possible. However,
limiting conditions, noted on some of the
data, are shown on the schematic dia-
grams.
NEW
OBSERVATIONS
Photography from recent missions
shows an expansion of electric power cir-
cuits in the North Ural area (Figures 2 and
3), particularly between Nizhnyaya Tura
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and Perm', and between Perm' and Kras-
noturinsk. Additional circuits have been
added to the local network north and west
of Nizhnyaya Tura. 1/ The additional 110-
kv circuits previously identified in the
vicinit of Verkh-Ne vinsk
are pro a y comp ete
and in service. 2/
Two east/west 500-kv power lines of
the Unified National Power Grid terminate
in the North Ural grid at Yuzhnaya Sub-
station in Sverdlovsk. The section of the
line from Sverdlovsk west to Votkinsk in
the Bashkir grid is under construction;
the section from Sverdlovsk south to
Chelyabinsk in the Central Ural area is
completed.
DESCRIPTION
OF GRID
The power services of the North Ural
area with its atomic energy installations
and key industries is part of a network
(URALENERGO) serving the entire Ural
area which in turn is tied to the USSR's
expanding Unified National Power System.
The North Ural area studied in this report
is roughly pentagonal in shape and extends
approximately 180 nautical miles north-
ward and northwestward from Sverdlovsk
at its southeastern apex. Most of the power
available in the area is generated at points
within the area. These power plants, which
are described, referenced, and keyed to
item numbers in Table 1, are tied into the
grid by circuits of 110 kv or higher. Six
power plants having generative capacities
of over 300 megawatts (MW) are located
within the area; five are thermal electric
and one is hydroelectric.
The North Ural grid serves several
major power-using centers. The principal
centers (reading northward on the eastern
side of the grid, then the two areas on the
western side) are as follows:
The industrial center of Sverdlovsk
(Figure 6). The 500-kv power line from
Chelyabinsk services the Yuzhnaya sub-
station on the southern outskirts of Sverd-
lovsk. This substation has 220-kv circuit
connections with the city of Per
and circuit
connections o lesser voltage with nearby
points in the Central Ural area -- Belo-
yarskaya Atomic Power Station (AES) and
the towns of Kamensk-Ural'skiy, Asbest,
and Pervoural'ak. No major power plant of
the North Ural grid is located in the
immediate vicinity of Sverdlovsk. A ther-
mal electric power plant at Sredne-Ural'sk
(SUGRES) (Item 22), which has an esti-
mated capacity of 234 MW, is located north
of Sverdlovsk and south of Verkh-Ney-
vinsk.
Nizhniy Tagil/ Verkhnyaya Salda Area.
Although three power plants are located at
Nizhniy Tagil, no major plant is located in
this vicinity.
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Nizhnyaya Tura Atomic Energy Com-
plex (Figure 3) and surrounding area in the
center of the grid. The Nizhne-Turinskaya
GRES (Item 16), located at the complex,
has an estimated capacity of 550MW. This
area is linked by circuits to the city of
Perm' to the west and to the town of Serov
in the north.
Serov/Krasnoturinsk/Karpinsk indus-
trial complex. This complex is located at
the northeastern apex of the North Ural
grid. Two major power plants are located
in this vicinity -- Serovskaya GRES (Item
21) of 400-MW capacity and Krasnoturin-
skaya TETS Bogoslav (Item 11) of 325-MW
capacity. This complex is linked by power
lines with the Chusovoy area to the south-
west.
Berezniki/Solikamsk area. This area
is located at the northwestern apex of the
North Ural grid. In this area, the Yayvin-
skaya GRES (Item 29), which is under con-
struction near Yayva, will provide 300-600
MW of power. The area is linked by cir-
cuits to the industrial center of Perm' to
the south.
Kizel/Gubakha area. Although three
power plants are located in this area, in-
cluding the Shirokhovskaya hydroelectric
station (Item 9) on the Kos'va River, none
of the plants have large capacities. De-
tailed analysis of power distribution in this
area is precluded by poor photography.
Industrial center of Perm' (Figure 5).
Perm' is located at the southwestern apex
of the grid. KamGES (Item 18), a hydro-
electric power plant of 504 MW capacity, is
located on the Kama River at Perm'. The
city, as reported earlier, is connected by
circuits to the north, the northeast, and by
the long 220-kv line without an inter-
mediate substation to Sverdlovsk in the
southeast.
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Item No
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Location
Soviet Designation of Power Plante' I
Coordinates
oP
BE No
Capacity"
Voltages of Grid Served by Power Plant J
Reliability"'
Soea of Photography
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References
(nee eat town)
Power Plant
Mw)
(data
o' latest available
I
Berezniki
Bereznikovskaya TETS
59-24N 56-44E
105
110 kv.
Confirmed
5/
2
Berezniki
Bereznikovekaya TETS BMZ
59.25N 56-45E
100
Undetermined. Possibly tied Into grid through
Probable
4/
(Berezniki Meohine Plant)
Iocel low-voltage circuits. Serves magnesium
Plant.
3
Borovek
Solikemekey. TETS
59-41N 56-40E
24
110 kv.
Probable
4/
4
Gubekhe
Kizelovekeye GRES
58-52N 57-33E
98
Undetermined.
Possible
4/
5
Kerelino
Not Available (NA)
56-43N 60-23E
11 (eat)
110 kv. Serves electrified railway, possibly
Probable
-
on standby.
6
Kerpinek
NA
59-45N 59-59E
25 (set)
Undetermined. Possibly tied to grid through
Probable
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local low-voltage circuits.
7
Kirovgred
NA
57-25N 60-04E
25
Probably 110 kv.
Confirmed
2/, 4/
8
Kizel
Kizelovske GRES Zapadnaya (meet)
59-03N 57-36E
60
Possibly 110kv.
Probable
4/
9
K..'ve River
Shirokhovskeya GE8
58-50N 57-47E
24
Undetermined.
Confirmed
-
(aeer Gubakha)
10
Kresnokemsk
Kreaookamskeye TETS-5 Zakem
58-05N 55-40E
150
Possibly 110 kv.
Possible
4/
11
Krasnotorinsk
Krasnotarlnekaya TETS Bogoslav
59-46N 60-11E
325
220 kv.
Probable
4/
12
Kuahve
Kuehvin.kaya TETS
58-ITN 59-44E
Small
Undetermined. Poaeibly tied by low-voltage
Probable
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oircuite to grid.
13
Nizhniy Tagil
Nizhne-Tegil'ekeye TETS Kuybyshev
57-54N 59-56E
Small
For local power supply of low-voltage
Probable
-
14
Nizhniy Tagil
Nizhne-Tagll'ekeye TETS
57-56N 60.05E
100
110 kv.
Confirmed
4/
Kegenovich 183
15
Nizhniy Tagil
Nizhne-Tegil'akaye TETS Novo Tagil
57-56N 60-01E
87
110 kv.
Confirmed
4/
16
Nizhnyava Tore
Nizhne-Trrinskaya GRES
58-36N 59-46E
550 (est)
220, 110 & 35 kv. Serves atomic energy complex.
Confirmed
1/
17
Novaya Lyelya
Noveys Lyelinekeye TETS
59-03N 60-39E
12-13 (eat)
Poaeibly 110 & 35 kv.
Confirmed
4/
18
Perm' (formerly
KOEGES
58-07N 56-21E
504
220 & 110 kv.
Confirmed
5/
Molotov)
19
Perm'
Permekeye TETS (Aircraft
57-59N 56-14E
NA
Undetermined. No evidence of being in
Possible
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Compone.te Plant)
operation.
20
Perm'
Permekeya GRES-2
58-OIN 58-IOE
6.5
Undetermined.
Possible
-
21
Serov
Serovekoya GRES
59-38N 60-42E
400
220 & 110 kv.
Confirmed
4/
22
8redne-Ura1'ek
SUGRES
57-00N 60-29E
284 (eat)
110 & 35 kv. Reference 3/ ehowe 7 outgoing
Confirmed
2/,6/, 7/
I10-kv circuits. Photography ehowe 8.
23
Sverdlovsk
Sverdlovekeya TETS Ural'maeh
56-52N 60-85E
28
Undetermined. Possibly tied to grid by
Confirmed
4/,
110-kv or lower voltage circuits.
24
Sverdlovsk
Sverdlovskaye TETS Kuybyshev
58-50N 60-80E
Small
110 kv.
Confirmed
-
25
Sverdlovsk
Sverdlovekaye GES Ukhtus
56-47N 60.37E
Smell
Undetermined.
Confirmed
28
Verkhotur'ye
Verkboturinakeye GES
58-5IN 60-45E
small
Undetermined. Possibly tied to grid by local
Probable
-
low-voltage circuit..
29
Yayva
Yayvinskaya GRES
59-20N 57-14E
300-600
Probably will be tied to 110-kv grid, possibly
Confirmed
-
U/C
to 220-kv grid.
'Power plants shown in boldface have an installed capacity of 300 MW or more. Soviet designations are ea follows: TOTS -- thermal electric power plant; GES-- hydroelectric power plant; GRES -- national regional power plant.
"Capacity estimated as r smell" in probably leas than 24 W.
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