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Aboño
Location: Asturias
Operator: HC Energia
Configuration: 1 X 366 MW, 1 X 556 MW
Operation: 1974-1985
Fuel: coal, blast-fiurnace gas, oil
Boiler supplier: GDV
T/G supplier: BBC
Quick facts: In 2005/06, the Abono units were retrofit with FW low-Nox
burners and Abono-2 is being retrofit with a Babcock-Hitachi FGD system.
Photograph courtesy of HC
Energia
Posted 5 Nov 2008 |
Algeciras
Location: Cadiz
Operator: E.ON Espana
Configuration: 1 X 220 MW (ret), 1 X 533 MW
Operation: 1970-1975
Fuel: coal, natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: Stein, B&W Espanola
T/G supplier: Alsthom, WH
Quick facts: This plant and other assets of Enel Visego were sold to E.ON
on 26 Jun 2008 for €703mn.
UNit-1 has been repowered to an 800-MW CCGT block.
Photograph courtesy of Enel Viesgo
Posted 3 Jun 2005 |
Anllares
Location: Leon
Operator: Union Fenosa
Configuration: 1 X 350 MW
Operation: 1982
Fuel: anthracite, bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: GDV
T/G supplier: MHI
Photograph courtesy of Union Fenosa
Posted 11 Aug 2004 |
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As Pontes
Location: La Coruna
Operator: Endesa
Configuration: 4 X 350 MW
Operation: 1976-1979
Fuel: lignite, subbituminous coal
Boiler supplier: GDV
T/G supplier: MHI, WH
Quick facts: With local lignite reserves declining, the Pontes plant is
being gradually converted to running on imported coal only. The 356m stack
has a base diameter of 36m and tapers to 18m at the top. At completion, it
was the world's largest stack by volume.
Photograph courtesy of
Endesa
Posted 5 Jun 2005 |
Cercs
Location: Barcelona
Operator: E.ON Espana
Configuration: 1 X 160 MW
Operation: 1971
Fuel: lignite
Boiler supplier: Deutsche Babcock
T/G supplier: Siemens
Photograph courtesy of Enel Viesgo
Posted 3 Jun 2005 |
Compostilla II
Location: Leon
Operator: Endesa
Configuration: 2 X 141 MW, 1 X 330 MW, 2 X 350 MW
Operation: 1961-1984
Fuel: anthracite, bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: GDV
T/G supplier: WH, MHI
Quick facts: The first generating units at Compostilla I went online in
1945. The Unit-3 T/G set was MHI's first major power equipment sale into
Spain. In May 2005, Endesa contracted with Inerco to install new
combustion control systems at Compostilla and in Jan 2006, MHI received
orders for FGD systems for Units 4&5. These were installed in
consortium with Duro Felguera.
Photograph courtesy of
Endesa
Posted 22 Jun 2006 |
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Escatron-5
Location: Zaragoza
Operator: E.ON Espana
Configuration: 1 X 80 MW
Operation: 1990
Fuel: lignite
Boiler supplier: ASEA, B&W Espanola
T/G supplier: ??
Quick facts: This is one of only a handful of pressurized fluidized-bed
combustion units in the world.
The plant uses a 63-MW PFBC boiler and a 17-MW gas turbine. The local
lignite has 5% sulfur and about 25% ash.
Photograph courtesy of Enel Viesgo
Posted 3 Jun 2005 |
Los Barrios
Location: Cadiz
Operator: E.ON Espana
Configuration: 1 X 568 MW
Operation: 1985
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: Babcock & Wilcox Espanola
T/G supplier: GE
Quick facts: The Los Barrios steam-electric and Tarragona CCGT power
stations were sold by Endesa to E.ON on 26 Jun 2008 for
€769mn. A new Alstom FGD
system was completed at Los Barrios in Apr 2009. The stack is 236m tall.
On 5 Feb 2008, a ceremony was held to mark the 25th Anniversary of the
plant's operation. E.ON Espana has spent €160mn on
plant upgrades and enhancements and plans to invest an additional €60mn by
2016 on additional environmental improvements.
Photograph courtesy of
E.ON Espana
Re-posted 5 Feb 2010 |
Meirama
Location: La Coruna
Operator: Union Fenosa
Configuration: 1 X 553 MW
Operation: 1980
Fuel: bituminous coal, lignite
Boiler supplier: Deutsche Babcock
T/G supplier: BBC
Photograph courtesy of Union Fenosa
Posted 11 Aug 2004 |
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Narcea
Location: Oviedo
Operator: Union Fenosa
Configuration: 1 X 65 MW, 1 X 166 MW, 1 X 364 MW
Operation: 1971-1984
Fuel: anthracite, bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: FW, Deutsche Babcock
T/G supplier: Parsons, BBC, Siemens
Quick facts: In 2008, Narcea was retrofit with wet limestone FGD systems
by a consortium of Hitachi Power Europe and Cobra.
Photograph courtesy of Union Fenosa
Posted 5 Oct 2008 |
Puente Nuevo-3
Location: Cordoba
Operator: E.ON Espana
Configuration: 1 X 324 MW
Operation: 1980
Fuel: bituminous coal, anthracite, oil
Boiler supplier: GDV
T/G supplier: BBC
Photograph courtesy of Enel Viesgo
Posted 4 Jun 2005 |
Puertollano
Location: Ciudad Real
Operator: E.ON Espana
Configuration: 1 X 221 MW
Operation: 1972
Fuel: bituminous coal, oil
Boiler supplier: Stein
T/G supplier: Alsthom
Photograph courtesy of Enel Viesgo
Posted 4 Jun 2005 |
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Robla
Location: Leon
Operator: Union Fenosa
Configuration: 1 X 270 MW, 1 X 350 MW
Operation: 1971-1984
Fuel: anthracite, bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: FW, Deutsche Babcock
T/G supplier: BBC, Siemens
Quick facts: La Robla is being retrofit with FGD systems by a consortium
of Hitachi Power Europe and Cobra.
Photograph courtesy of Union Fenosa
Posted 11 Aug 2004 |
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Soto de Ribera
Location: Asturias
Operator: HC Energia
Configuration: 1 X 254 MW, 1 X 361 MW
Operation: 1967-1984
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: WH, GE
Quick facts: This site is on the Rio Nalon about 7km from Oviedo. Unit-2
went commercial on 28 Sep 1967 and Unit-2 on 8 Aug 1984. In Nov 2007, the
Ministry of Industry approved the closure of Soto-1, a 68-MW unit that
went online in 1962 and had 191,130hrs of service. Unit-3 is being
retrofit with a Babcock-Hitachi FGD system. An Alstom 400-MW CCGT block
was added in 2008 and a second was ordered for service in 2011.
Photograph courtesy of HC
Energia
Posted 5 Nov 2008 |
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