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Chvaletice is a lignite coal-fired power station that was owned and operated by the [[CEZ Group]]. It consists of four 205 MW subcritical units that began operating in 1977-78. In 2013, CEZ Group sold the plant to Severní Energetická.<ref>[http://www.sev-en.cz/en/elektrina/elektrarna-chvaletice.html "The Chvaletice Power Station"], Severní Energetická website, accessed March 2016</ref>
 
Chvaletice is a lignite coal-fired power station that was owned and operated by the [[CEZ Group]]. It consists of four 205 MW subcritical units that began operating in 1977-78. In 2013, CEZ Group sold the plant to Severní Energetická.<ref>[http://www.sev-en.cz/en/elektrina/elektrarna-chvaletice.html "The Chvaletice Power Station"], Severní Energetická website, accessed March 2016</ref>
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Units 3-4 are being retrofitted with pollution controls to run until 2030.<ref>[http://praguemonitor.com/2015/07/27/kr%C3%A1lovopolsk%C3%A1-ria-renew-blocks-chvaletice-czk-25bn "Královopolská RIA to renew blocks in Chvaletice for CZK 2.5bn,"] CIA News, 27 July 2015</ref>
  
 
==Articles and resources==
 
==Articles and resources==

Revision as of 22:20, 29 March 2016

{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-CzechRepubliccoal}}Chvaletice Power Station is an 820-megawatt coal-fired power station in Pardubický, Czech Republic.

Location

The plant is located in Trnávka, about twenty kilometers to the west from the town of Pardubice.

Background

Chvaletice is a lignite coal-fired power station that was owned and operated by the CEZ Group. It consists of four 205 MW subcritical units that began operating in 1977-78. In 2013, CEZ Group sold the plant to Severní Energetická.[1]

Units 3-4 are being retrofitted with pollution controls to run until 2030.[2]

Articles and resources

References

  1. "The Chvaletice Power Station", Severní Energetická website, accessed March 2016
  2. "Královopolská RIA to renew blocks in Chvaletice for CZK 2.5bn," CIA News, 27 July 2015

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