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Albi
Location: Tarn
Operator: Electricite de France
Configuration: 1 X 250 MW
Operation: 1969 (ret 2006)
Fuel: hard coal, fuel oil
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: Rateau, CEM
Quick facts: Albi was closed on 24 Mar 2006. The site is to be completely
restored by 2013.
Photograph courtesy of Direction du développement des médias (DDM)
Posted 27 Sep 2009 |
Blenod
Location: Meuthe-et-Moselle
Operator: Electricite de France
Configuration: 4 X 250 MW
Operation: 1963-1969
Fuel: hard coal, heavy fuel oil
Boiler supplier: Stein
T/G supplier: Rateau, Jeumont-Schneider
Quick facts: Blenod is on the Moselle River. Half the fuel is delivered by
rail and half by barge. Unit-1 is out-of-service. A 440-MW CCGT
block is under construction for operation at Blenod in 2011.
Photograph by Jacques
Fournier
Posted 27 Sep 2009 |
Cordemais
Location: Loire-Atlantique
Operator: Electricite de France
Configuration: 4 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 |
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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 |
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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La Maxe
Location: Moselle
Operator: Electricite de France
Configuration: 2 X 250 MW
Operation: 1971
Fuel: hard coal
Boiler supplier: Stein
T/G supplier: Alsthom
Photograph by N Guirkinger (Panoramio)
Posted 27 Sep 2009 |
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 |
Lucy-III
Location: Saone-et-Loire
Operator: La Snet
Configuration: 1 X 270 MW
Operation: 1971
Fuel: hard coal
Boiler supplier: Babcock-Atlantique
T/G supplier: Alsthom
Quick facts: The first power plant at the site
was commissioned in 1919 with 12 Babcock boilers and 2 T/G sets totalling
5 MW. In 1920, a 10-MW unit and a 15-MW unit were added to Lucy-I and the
original steam set was replaced in 1935 with an 18-MW unit. In 1943.
Lucy-II was launched with two 40-MW sets. In 1971, Lucy-III was
commissioned and it was turned over to Societe de Chauffe de Combustibles
de Reparations et d'Appareilages (SOCCRAM) in 1977. In 1995, the plant and
associated mine was turned over to Charbonnages de France. All local
mining stopped in 2000 and E.ON acquired the plant in 2008. The arch-fired
boiler at Lucy-3 is is unique in France for its size and at one time
burned hard coal, brown coal, and pet coke. The plant now uses blended
imported coal.
Photograph courtesy of
www.montceau-les-mines.com
Posted 27 Sep 2009 |
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Monterau 3&4
Location: Seine-et-Marne
Operator: Electricite de France
Configuration: 2 X 250 MW
Operation: 1963 (ret 2004)
Fuel: hard coal
Boiler supplier: Fives
T/G supplier: Alstom
Quick facts: Faced with significant repair work, EDF decided to close
these units. Two gas turbines are being added to the site.
Photograph courtesy of La République de Seine et Marne
Posted 27 Sep 2009 |
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. The T5 stack at
Provence is the tallest on any French power plant at 297m. This plant is
also known as Gardanne.
Photograph by Martine Orian
Re-posted 26 Sep 2009 |
Vaires
Location: Seine-et-Marne
Operator: Electricite de France
Configuration: 1 X 230 MW, 1 X 250 MW
Operation: 1962-1966 (ret 2005)
Fuel: hard coal, fuel oil
Boiler supplier: Stein
T/G supplier: Rateau, Rateau-Schneider, Jeumont-Schneider
Quick facts: EDF has added three combustion turbines to this site, reusing
the existing 225kV grid connection and ancillary facilities.
Photograph courtesy of EDF
Posted 27 Sep 2009 |
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