The first large

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-fired

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was built on a location about 80 km away from

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, in the place of the current city of Elektrogorsk, during 1912-1914. It was called ''Elektroperedacha'' (literally "

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"), and the settlement around the station (future Elektrogorsk) acquired this name, Elektroperedacha, as well. Today the station is called GRES-3 or Elektrogorskaya GRES.

Terminology

The abbreviations below are commonly used in the names of power stations. The term GRES (, ) refers to a condenser type electricity-only

introduced in the

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which still exist in

and other former Soviet republics. The Russian abbreviation ГРЭС stands for Государственная районная электростанция, or "state-owned district power plant" (often abbreviated in English as SDPP). Over time the abbreviation has lost its literal meaning, and the term refers to a high-power (thousands of

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) thermal power station of condenser type. The terms TEC and TET () refer to combined heat and power plants.

History

The Soviet GOELRO plan of 1920s provided for construction of several GRES (along with 20 TEC and 10 hydroelectrostations, the best known among them is Shatura Power Station (peat-fired, planned already in 1914). The first GRES were constructed upon the initiative of power engineer Robert Klasson.''The Electrification of Russia, 1880-1926'', by Jonathan Coopersmith, 1992,

References

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