Coal- and Lignite-Fired Plants
in the Czech Republic

 

Chvaletice
Location: Pardubický
Operator: CEZ as
Configuration: 4 X 200 MW
Fuel: brown coal
Operation: 1977-1978
Boiler supplier: VZKG
T/G supplier: Skoda
Quick facts: In 1997/98, Chvaletice was fitted with FGD systems supplied by a consortium of IVO International Ltd, Hitachi Ltd, and Itochu Corp. A single desulphurization unit serves a pair of units and exhausts into the cooling towers.

Photograph courtesy of CEZ as
Posted 15 Feb 2006

Detmarovice
Location:
Moravskoslezský
Operator: CEZ as
Configuration: 4 X 200 MW CHP
Fuel: bituminous coal, natural gas, oil
Operation: 1975-1976
Boiler supplier: VZKG
T/G supplier: Skoda
EPC: Energoprojekt, VOKD
Quick facts: Fuel is low-sulfur black coal from the Ostrava-Karviná Mines. Detmarovice has been retrofit with FGD, a new I&C system from Siemens and a turbine vibration monitor system from Bruel and Kjaer.

Photograph courtesy of CEZ as
Posted 15 Feb 2006

Hodonin
Location:
Jihomoravský
Operator: CEZ as
Configuration: 4 X 50 MW
Fuel: brown coal
Operation: 1954-1958
Boiler supplier: ??
T/G supplier: Skoda
Quick facts: Only two units are in regular operation.

Photograph courtesy of CEZ as
Posted 29 Sep 2004

 

 

Kladno
Location: Středočeský
Operator: ECK Generating sro
Configuration: 2 X 135 MW, 1 X 6.3 MW CHP, 1 X 67 MW GT8C gas turbine
Fuel: brown coal, natural gas
Operation: 1998-2000
Boiler supplier: ABB, CKD
T/G supplier: ABB
Quick facts: The Kladno expansion project was developed by NRG Energy, El Paso Energy, Mosbacher Power , and TECO Power Services with the Czech distribution company Stredoceska Energeticka. In 2002, NRG Energy sold its 44.5% share to Atel and in 2003, Atel purchased the  44.5% shares of the other foreign owners. STE holds the remaining 11%. The project was divided into two parts – the renovation and reconstruction of existing facilities and the construction of new plant. The total project cost was $400mn, one of the largest foreign investments to date in the Czech Republic.

Photograph courtesy of ECK Generatin sro
Posted 29 Mar 2006

Komorany
Location: Středočeský
Operator: Elektrarna Kolin as
Configuration: 1 X 4 MW, 1 X 12 MW, 1 X 560 kW CHP
Fuel: brown coal
Operation: ??
Boiler supplier: ??
T/G supplier: ??
Quick facts: From 1994-1995, the older stoker boilers at Komorany were changed-out for CFB units.  In 2006, Skoda supplied a replacement 35-MW back-pressure T/G set to Komorany.

Photograph courtesy of Elektrarna Kolin as
Posted 11 Feb 2007

 

Komorany
Location:
Jihomoravský
Operator: United Energy as
Configuration: 6 X 32 MW CHP, 1 X 22 MW
Fuel: brown coal
Operation: 1949-1998
Boiler supplier: ??
T/G supplier: Skoda
Quick facts: From 1994-1995, the older stoker boilers at Komorany were changed-out for CFB units.  In 2006, Skoda supplied a replacement 35-MW back-pressure T/G set to Komorany.

Photograph courtesy of United Energy as
Posted 17 Dec 2006

 

Ledvice
Location:
Ústecký
Operator: CEZ as
Configuration: 4  X 110 MW, 1 X 200 MW
Fuel: brown coal
Operation: 1966
Boiler supplier: VZKG
T/G supplier: Skoda

Photograph courtesy of CEZ as
Posted 29 Sep 2004

Melnik 2&3
Location: Středočeský
Operator: CEZ as
Configuration: 4 X 110 MW, 1 X 500 MW
Fuel: brown coal
Operation: 1970-1980
Boiler supplier: Brno, Tlmace, VZKG
T/G supplier: Skoda

Photograph courtesy of CEZ as
Posted 18 Feb 2006

Moravske
Location: Zlínský
Operator: Moravske Teplarny as
Configuration: 1 X 25 MW, 1 X 33 MW CHP
Fuel: brown coal
Operation: 1996-2001
Boiler supplier: Brno, Tlmace
T/G supplier: ABB, Skoda
Quick facts: Plant was acquired by Cinergy Corp in 1998 and sold to Atel in Dec 2005.

Photograph courtesy of Moravske Teplarny as
Posted 7 Jan 2006

Olomouc
Location:
Olomoucký
Operator: Dalkia Ceska Republika as
Configuration: 1 X 40 MW CFB
Fuel: coal, brown coal
Operation: 1999
Boiler supplier: FW
T/G supplier: Skoda
EPC: IVO

Photograph courtesy of Foster Wheeler Corp
Posted 2 Jun 2001

 

Opatovice
Location: Pardubický

Operator: Elektrarny Opatovice as
Configuration: 6  X 60 MW
Fuel: brown coal
Operation: 1958-1959
Boiler supplier: VZKG
T/G supplier: Skoda
Quick facts: This CHP plant was sold to International Power plc in 1997. It has been retrofit with wet limestone FGD systems.

Photograph courtesy of Elektrarny Opatovice AS
Posted 5 Jan 2005

Pocerady
Location: Ústecký
Operator: CEZ as
Configuration: 6  X 200 MW
Fuel: brown coal
Operation: 1970-1977
Boiler supplier: VZKG
T/G supplier: Skoda
Quick facts: These were the first-generation 200-MW sets in the CR.  Skoda. Unit-1 was retired in 1993. Coal is delivered by rail, mostly from the Lezaky Most surface mine.  Some of the units have been retrofit with wet limestone FGD systems built by Hoogovens. A gypsum plant was built nearby by a joint venture with Knauf.

Photograph courtesy of CEZ as
Posted 18 Feb 2006

Porici
Location: Královéhradecký
Operator: CEZ as
Configuration: 3  X 55 MW
Fuel: hard coal, brown coal
Operation: 1957-1958
Boiler supplier: FW
T/G supplier: Skoda
Quick facts: In the 1970s, this plant was reconstructed to supply heat to nearby towns. Three existing 55-MW sets were repowered with two ACFB boilers by a consortium of Foster Wheeler and CNIM.  The local hard coal is high ash but low sulfur.

Photograph courtesy of CEZ as
Posted 1 Apr 2006

 

Prunerov
Location:
Ústecký
Operator: CEZ as
Configuration: 6  X 110 MW, 5 X 210 MW
Fuel: brown coal
Operation: 1966-1982
Boiler supplier: Rafako
T/G supplier: Skoda, Zamech
Quick facts: Prunerov is the largest fossil power station in the Czech Republic and is on the western edge of the North-Bohemian brown coal basin. Between 1987 and 1992, four of the Prunerov I units underwent extensive reconstruction and the remaining two units were decommissioned in the early 1990’s. Prunerov II is CEZ’s newest fossil power station. The plant also supplies heat to the towns of Chomutov, Jirkov, and Klasterec nad Ohri.

Photograph courtesy of CEZ as
Posted 18 Feb 2006

Tisova
Location:
Pardubický
Operator: CEZ as
Configuration: 4  X 50 MW, 3 X 100 MW
Fuel: brown coal
Operation: 1958-1961
Boiler supplier: Tlmace, Lurgi
T/G supplier: Skoda
Quick facts: The 50-MW sets have been repowered with CFB boilers and the 100-MW sets are out of service.

Photograph courtesy of CEZ as
Posted 3 Oct 2004

 

 

 
 

Tusimice II
Location:  Ústecký
Operator: CEZ as
Configuration: 4 X 200 MW
Fuel: brown coal
Operation: 1974-1975
Boiler supplier: VZKG
T/G supplier: Skoda
Quick facts: Tusimice is supplied with brown coal via belt conveyor from the
Nastup Tusimice Mines. Chiyoda retrofit wet limestone FGD scrubbers and ABB rebuilt the I&C system, both in the 1994-1997 timeframe.

Photograph courtesy of CEZ as
Posted 3 Oct 2004

 

Abbreviations: BBC = Brown Boveri, CE = Combustion Engineering, CFB = atmospheric circulating fluidized bed, CHP = combined heat and power, FGD = flue-gas desulphurization, FW = Foster Wheeler, T/G = turbine generator

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 02/20/08

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