Sochi Thermal Power Plant () is a

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Sochi Sochi ( rus, Сочи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg, from – ''seaside'') is the largest Resort town, resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi (river), Sochi River, along the Black Sea in the North Caucasus of Souther ...

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. It is part of the infrastructure constructed or improved for the

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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.

History

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

, 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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Energy infrastructure completed in 2004 Energy infrastructure completed in 2009 Natural gas-fired power stations in Russia Cogeneration power stations in Russia 2014 Winter Olympics {{Russia-powerstation-stub