Gas- and Oil-Fired Plants in Belgium and the Netherlands

 

 

Claus
Location:
Netherlands
Operator: Essent Energie
Configuration: 2 X 639 MW
Operation: 1976-1977
Fuel: natural gas, bioliquids
Boiler supplier: Stork
T/G supplier: Siemens
Quick facts: The power plant was officially opened in 1978 by the late Prince Claus, after whom the plant is named.

Photograph courtesy of EPZ
Posted 15 Jan 2001

Flevo
Location:
Netherlands
Operator: Electrabel Nederland
Configuration: 2 X 184 MW, 1 X 465 MW (ret), 120 MW gas turbine
Operation: 1968-1989
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: Babcock Power, Stork
T/G supplier: Alsthom
Quick facts: The Flevo steam sets were retired in 1995 and and demolished in 2007 to be replaced by an 880-MW CCGT plant.

Photograph courtesy of Blik op het Nieuws.nl
Posted 8 Jan 2006

Harculo
Location:
Netherlands
Operator: Electrabel Nederland
Configuration: 2 X 131 MW (ret), 1 X 257 MW (ret), 1 X 277 MW
Operation: 1972-1982
Fuel: natural gas, fuel oil
Boiler supplier: Babcock Power, Stork
T/G supplier: BBC, Smit
Quick facts: Harculo 60 has an 85-MW topping gas turbine. Electrabel cofired bio-oil from pyrolysis at Harculo but the demonstration was halted in 2005 due to technical problems and a reduction in the subsidy given to green power generation.

Photograph by Onderwijsgek (wikipedia)
Posted 30 Sep 2007

Kallo
Location:
Belgium
Operator: Electrabel
Configuration: 2 X 280 MW
Operation: 1976-1977
Fuel: fuel oil, natural gas
Boiler supplier: Stein, Brouhon
T/G supplier: BBC
Quick facts: Kallo power station is on the Zeeschelde Estuary and has an ISO 14001 certified environmental management system. The plant control system was upgraded from 1994-1996.

Photograph by Lydia Van Puyvelde
Posted 26 Sep 2007

Abbreviations: B&W = Babcock & Wilcox, BBC = Brown Boveri, CC, combined-cycle, CHP = combined heat and power, FW = Foster Wheeler, SGP = Simmering Graz Paukering, T/G = turbine generator

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

Updated 12/10/10

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