Orot Rabin power station
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Orot Rabin power station (Hebrew: אורות רבין, lit. Rabin Lights) is a 2,650-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station Haifa, Israel. It is owned and operated by Israel Electric Corporation (IEC).
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Location
The plant is situated on the Mediterranean coast in Hadera.
Background on Plant
Construction of the station began in 1973. Its total generating capacity is 2,650 MW of electricity using six power generating units. Units 1-4 were commissioned 1981-1984, and units 5-6 in 1995-1996. A coal port is attached directly to the station which supplies all its coal consumption needs.[1]
Planned retirement
In August 2016 Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said units 1-4 of the power station would be shut down within six years. The units will be replaced with gas plants fed by the Leviathan, Karish and Tanin gas reservoirs. An examination will occur as to how the coal-burning units 1-4 could be preserved as a backup source of electricity for use in emergency situations, which would allow them to be revived within two weeks if necessary.[2]
In July 2018, the Government of Israel approved Minister Steinitz's proposal to shut down coal burning at Orot Rabin units 1-4 no later than June 2022.[3]
In December 2018, the Israeli government said it would stop the use of coal by 2030.[4] In November 2019, the Israeli government said it would stop the use of coal sooner, by 2025.[5]
Conversion to gas power
In April 2019 General Electric (GE) was contracted to build the first of two combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) units intended to convert part of the Orot Rabin coal-fired power plant to burn gas.[6] Units 5-6 will be converted to use natural gas by the end of 2025.[5]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Israel Electric Corporation (IEC)
- Parent company:
- Location: Hadera, Haifa, Israel
- Coordinates: 32.4699019, 34.886297 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Capacity: 2,650 MW (Units 1-4: 375 MW, Units 5-6: 575 MW)
- Type: Subcritical
- Start date: 1981-1984 (Units 1-4); 1995-1996 (Units 5-6)
- Planned retire: by 2022 (Units 1-4), by 2025 (Units 5-6)
- Coal Type: Bituminous
- Coal Source: Imported
- Source of financing:
- Permits and applications:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ "Coal-Fired Plants Elsewhere," Industcards, accessed Aug 2016
- ↑ "Hadera coal chimneys to be shut down, replaced by gas within six years," The Jerusalem Post, Aug 25, 2016
- ↑ "The government approved the Minister of Energy, Dr. Yuval Steinitz's proposal: Shutting down the coal power station in Hadera in 4 years," Israel Ministry of Energy, 29.07.2018
- ↑ "Israel to stop electricity production from coal by 2030," Reuters, Dec 17, 2018
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Israel to end coal era by 2025: energy minister," Xinhua Net, 2019-11-13
- ↑ "Israel Contracts GE For Power Plant Upgrade," Mees, April 19, 2019
