Schwarze Pumpe power station
{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Germanyandcoal}}Schwarze Pumpe power station is a 1,600-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Brandenburg, Germany.
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Location
The map below shows the location of the plant in Spremberg, Spree-Neiße.
Background on Plant
Schwarze Pumpe power station is a two-unit coal-fired power plant with a total capacity of 1,600 MW. The plant was completed between 1997 and 1988, and is owned by Vattenfall Group.[1]
CCS test plant
Starting in 2006, there was a 30 MW carbon capture and storage test plant at the site. On May 6 2014, Vattenfall announced that it was discontinuing all research into CCS because they found its costs and the energy it requires makes the technology unviable.[2]
Proposed plant
In 2009, the Environmental Defense Fund reported plans for a "lignite-fired power plant to replace obsolete unit at Schwarze Pumpe (Bradenburg)".[3]
The new plant was never built.
Plant Details
- Sponsor: Vattenfall Europe AG
- Parent company: Vattenfall Group
- Location: Spremberg, Spree-Neiße, Brandenburg, Germany
- Coordinates: 51.537855, 14.353492 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Gross capacity: 1,600 MW (Units 1&2: MW)
- Type: Supercritical
- In service: 1997-1998
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- Source of financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ "Schwarze Pumpe power station", Siemens (2005-07-07). Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
- ↑ "Schwarze Pumpe Fact Sheet: Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Project," MIT, updated Feb 12, 2016
- ↑ "Coal-Fired Plants Financed by International Public Investment Institutions Since 1994", Appendix to Foreclosing the Future: Coal, Climate and International Public Finance: Investment in coal-fired power plants hinders the fight against global warming, Environmental Defense, April 2009.
