Beryozovskaya GRES

Its flue gas stack is 370 metres (1,210 ft) tall and the tallest free-standing structure in Russia outside the Moscow and Sankt-Petersburg areas.

[1] The lignite used by the power plant belongs to Kansk-Achinsk basin with total reserves 600 bn tonne, one third of it is available for surface mining.

For self-cooling purposes it uses reservoir, which holds back the river Beresh (Chulym basin), instead of applying cooling towers.

Mounting of the chimney was completed in 1985, its height is 370 m. In 2012 Enka began construction of the third generator unit at the Berezovskaya power plant.

The structural design of this project is comparable to the first two generators at the Berezovskaya power plant, but features an upgrade to increase efficiency and reduce nitrogen oxide emissions.

1 was completed in 2011.Official website As of 2010 year, the power plant is undergoing modernization program, which would improve efficiency and output of existing generators.