Ambatovy Nickel power station

This article is part of the Coal Issues portal on SourceWatch, a project of Global Energy Monitor and the Center for Media and Democracy. See here for help on adding material to CoalSwarm.

Ambatovy Nickel power station is a 120-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Toamasina Province, Madagascar.

Location

The map below shows the location of the plant, at the Ambatovy nickel mine, near Ampitambe, Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina Province.

Loading map...

{"type":"HYBRID","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"600px","height":"500px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","visitedicon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"wmsoverlay":false,"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":16,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"markercluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","enablefullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":-18.853,"lon":48.313,"icon":""}]}

Background on Plant

Ambatovy Nickel power station is a three-unit coal-fired power plant with a total capacity of 120 MW, powering the operations of the Ambatovy nickel mine. The plant was completed in 2011, and is owned by a joint venture of Sherritt International, Sumitomo, KORES, and SNC-Lavalin.

Plant Details

• Sponsor: Ambatovy Nickel Project
• Parent company: Sherritt International, Sumitomo, KORES, and SNC-Lavalin
• Location: Ampitambe, Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina Province, Madagascar
• Coordinates: -18.853, 48.313 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Gross capacity: 120 MW (Units 1-3: 40 MW)
• Type: Subcritical
• In service: 2011
• Coal type:
• Coal source:
• Source of financing:

Articles and resources

Related SourceWatch articles

• Madagascar and coal