GES-1 branch of Mosenergo

State Power Station No. 1 named after P.G. Smidovich is the oldest operating power plant in Russia. GES-1 is an object of cultural heritage of the city of Moscow as a unique monument of industrial architecture.

History

2012: Boiler unit No. 2 "Babcock-Wilcox" replaced by Russian P-95

In 2012, the boiler unit No. 2 "Babcock-Wilcox" was also replaced by the production P-95 of the Podolsk Machine-Building Plant (ZiO).

2001: Boiler unit No. 1 manufactured by Babcock-Wilcox replaced by Russian P-95

In the 1990s-2000s, a large-scale reconstruction of the main equipment was carried out at the GES-1. The old turbine generators were replaced by domestic production of the Kaluga Turbine Plant.

In 2001, the first fully automated water treatment plant in the Russian power was commissioned at the station, which allows increasing the service life of the main equipment. In the same year, boiler unit No. 1 manufactured by Babkok-Vilkox was replaced by a domestic production P-95 of the Podolsk Machine-Building Plant (ZiO).

1946: The first gas-fired power plant in Russia

With the outbreak of World War II, air defense teams and emergency recovery brigades were formed on the GES-1, thanks to which even in 1941 the power plant staff did not stop working for a minute, providing Muscovites with light and heat.

In 1946, GES-1 switched to natural gas combustion, becoming the first power plant in the Russian power to use gas as fuel.

1933: Commissioning of the first Soviet heating turbine with a capacity of 12 MW

In 1933, the first domestic heating turbine with a capacity of 12 MW was commissioned at the station.

1931

Cable laying across the Moscow River, 1931

1926: Regulating station of the Moscow power system

In the 1920s, GES-1 served as a regulatory station supporting the regulatory frequency and voltage in the Moscow power system.

1897: The launch of the first stage of the Rausha power plant with a capacity of 3.3 MW

The construction of the station began in 1896, and on November 28, 1897, the first stage of the Rausha power plant was launched with a total capacity of 3.3 MW.

The power plant has always been considered a forge of energy personnel. Until 1917, such famous power engineers as Robert Klasson, the head of construction of the first central public power plants, Gleb Krzhizhanovsky, the chairman of the GOELRO commission, worked on it.