Bouchain power station

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Bouchain power station was a 500-megawatt (MW) coal- and oil-fired power station in Nord, France.

Location

The undated satellite below shows the plant in Bouchain, Valenciennes.

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Background

The power station originally consisted of one 250 MW oil-fired unit and one 250 coal-fired unit, commissioned in 1970. Unit-1 was retired in 1995 and Unit-2 retired in 2015.

Project Details of unit 2

• Sponsor: Électricité de France SA
• Parent company: EDF Group
• Developer:
• Location: Bouchain, Valenciennes, Nord, France
• Coordinates: 50.297213, 3.314945 (exact)
• Status: Retired (2015)
• Capacity: 250 MW
• Start date: 1970
• Type: Subcritical
• Coal Type: Hard coal
• Coal Source: Imported
• Source of financing: