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Cordemais
Location: Loire-Atlantique
Operator: Electricite de France
Configuration: 1 X 585 MW, 2 X 700 MW, 2 X 600 MW
Operation: 1970-1984
Fuel: hard coal, heavy fuel oil
Boiler supplier: Babcock-Atlantique,
FIves, Stein
T/G supplier: Alsthom, BBC
Quick facts: This is the largest thermal power plant in France and one of
the largest in Europe. Unit-1 and one of the two 700-MW heavy-oil units
have been mothballed. In 1997/98, the coal-fired Units 4&5 were retrofit
with Marsulex wet limestone scrubbers and Alstom SCRs. Unit-2 was
rehabilitated by Babcock Borsig as part of a
€15mn contract awarded in Jan
1995.
Photograph by G Briand
Posted 20 Jun 2007 |
Courrieres
Location: Pas-de-Calais
Operator: Charbonnages de France
Configuration: 2 X 117 MW
Operation: 1963 (ret)
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: ??
T/G supplier: BBC, Alsthom
Quick facts: This site is in the vicinity of
Europe’s worst mine disaster. In March 1906, a dust explosion devastated a
coal mine operated by the Compagnie des Mines de Houille de Courrières
(founded in 1852) killing 1,099 miners.
Photograph courtesy of
Charbonnages de France
Posted 15 Jul 2006 |
Emile-Huchet
Location: Moselle
Operator: La Snet
Configuration: 2 X 100 MW (ret), 1 X 117 MW, 2 X 125 MW, 1 X 343 MW, 1 X
600 MW
Operation: 1951-1981
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: Fives, Stein
T/G supplier: BBC, CEM, Alsthom
Quick facts: This was one of the first large thermal power plants in
France. Unit-4 was repowered with a CFB boilers to burn waste coal.
Photograph courtesy of
Charbonnages de France
Posted 15 Jul 2006 |
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Hornaing B
Location: Nord
Operator: La Snet
Configuration: 1 X 240 MW
Operation: 1951-1981
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: Fives, Stein
T/G supplier: BBC, Alsthom
Photograph courtesy of
Charbonnages de France
Posted 15 Jul 2006
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Le Havre
Location: Seine-Maritime
Operator: Electricite de France
Configuration: 1 X 250 MW, 2 X 580 MW, 1 X 585 MW
Operation: 1968-1983
Fuel: hard coal, heavy fuel oil
Boiler supplier: Stein
T/G supplier: CEM, Alsthom
Quick facts: The heavy-oil fired Unit-3 has been retired. In 1995, Unit-1
was retrofit with new I&C systems.
Photograph by Gérard
Halary and courtesy of EDF
Posted 20 Jun 2007
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Provence
Location: Moselle
Operator: La Snet
Configuration: 1 X 250 MW, 1 X 580 MW
Operation: 1984-1995
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: Fives, Stein
T/G supplier: Alsthom
Quick facts: In 1992, Alstom was awarded an EPC
contract for a new CFB boiler to re-power Unit-4. At the time, this boiler
was the largest CFB ordered in the world. It reduced NOx emissions by a
factor of 5 and SO2 emissions by a factor of more than 20.
Photograph courtesy of
Alstom
Posted 15 Jul 2006 |
