Heilbronn power station
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Heilbronn Power Station is a 1,066-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.
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Location
The undated satellite below shows the plant in Heilbronn.
Background
The power station was first commissioned in 1923. Of the original seven units, three are still in operation. Units 5-6 of 125 MW each were commissioned in 1965-66. Unit 7 of 816 MW was commissioned in 1985.[1][2][3]
Units 5 and 6 are planned to be retired on March 31, 2020.[3]
Expansion proposal cancelled
ENBW had proposed to add additional installed capacity of 750 megawatts coal-fired and 400 megawatts of gas-fired capacity. In June 2006, ENBW announced that the "preliminary planning for a new power plant on the Heilbronn site would not be continued for the imminent investment cycle". Prof. Dr. Thomas Hartkopf, the Chief Technical Officer of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG stated in a media release that "difficult supply with power plant gas on the Heilbronn site and the resulting unfavourable economic aspects of a new combined gas and steam turbine plant, as well as the special situation at the Neckar site, which leads to comparatively high logistical costs for the supply of coal."[4]
Articles and Resources
Sources
- ↑ "Heilbronn Coal CHP Power Plant Germany," GEO, accessed April 2016
- ↑ "Heilbronn thermal power station," ENDW, accessed April 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Kraftwerk Heilbronn," Wikipedia, accessed November 15, 2019
- ↑ ENBW, "Site assessment completed for the construction of new power plants: Heilbronn will continue to be an important power plant site in the future for EnBW", Media Release, June 29, 2006
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