Coal-Fired Plants Elsewhere

 

 

Moldavskaya
Location: Moldova
Operator: CERS Moldova
Configuration: 7 X 200 MW, 5 X 210 MW
Operation: 1964-1980
Fuel: coal, natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: Taganrog
T/G supplier: LMZ, Kharkov
Quick facts: This power station in Tiraspol, Transdneister region, has about 80% of Moldova's installed generating capacity. The plant was reportedly sold in December 2003 to a Belgo-Russian consortium but its ownership and operating status remain obscure.

Photograph courtesy of SE Moldelectrica
Posted 25 May 2005

Orot Rabin
Location: Israel
Operator: Israel Electric Corp
Configuration: 4 X 375 MW, 2 X 575 MW
Operation: 1981-1996
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: B&W, ABB
T/G supplier: GE, MAN
Quick facts: The Rabin plant has a dedicated coal unloading jetty that extends 2.5km into the sea, allowing bulk carriers of up to 190,000 tons to supply about 6mn tons of coal per year. The 300m stack for Units 5&6 is the tallest structure in Israel.

Photograph courtesy of Israel Electric Corp
Posted 29 Sep 2005

Petropavlovsk-2
Location: Kazakhstan
Operator: Access Energo
Configuration: 1 X 42 MW, 2 X 60 MW, 2 X 33 MW,  2 X 76 MW
Operation: 1961-1969
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: Barnaul, Taganrog
T/G supplier: LMZ, Electrosila

Photograph courtesy of Access Energo
Posted 24 Mar 2001

 

Plomin
Location: Croatia
Operator: Hrvatska Elektroprivreda dd
Configuration: 1 X125 MW, 1 X 210 MW
Operation: 1970-2000
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: Sulzer
T/G supplier: Zamech, Jugo, Koncar
EPC: Austrian Energy and Environment, Siemens, Duro Dakovic
Quick facts: The site is on the Istrian Coast. Construction on Unit-2 proceeded from 1985 to 1992, when it was stopped by regional conflicts. In Dec 1996, HEP and RWE Energie formed a 50:50 joint venture TE Plomin doo to complete construction. The new unit was synchronized in Sep 1999. The design fuel was high-sulfur hard coal from the nearby Rasa mine, but HEP now uses 100% imported coal for both Plomin units. The stack is 340m tall, the highest structure in Croatia.

Photograph by Andrejj (wikipedia)
Posted 16 Sep 2006

Rutenburg
Location: Israel
Operator: Israel Electric Corp
Configuration: 4 X 575 MW
Operation: 1989-2001
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: CE, B&W
T/G supplier: GEC-Alstom, ABB

Photograph courtesy of Israel Electric Corp
Posted 19 Feb 2002

Tkvarcheli
Location: Georgia
Operator: Sakenergogeneratsia
Configuration: 2 X 110 MW
Operation: 1977-1979
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: ??
T/G supplier: LMZ
Quick facts: The Tkvarcheli coal-fired plant in Abkhazia was put out of service due to war damage in the early 1990s and is considered irreparable.

Photograph courtesy of UN Observer Mission in Georgia
Posted 4 Nov 2006

Abbreviations: ABB = ASEA Brown Boveri, BBC = Brown Boveri, B&W = Babcock & Wilcox, MHI = Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, MV = Metropolitan Vickers, PPA = power purchase agreement, pph pounds per hr, T/G = turbine generator

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

Updated 02/10/08

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