Trbovlje Power Station
{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Sloveniaandcoal}}Trbovlje Power Station is a retired 182-megawatt (MW) brown coal-fired power station located near Trbovlje in Slovenia.
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Location
The retired power station is located on the bank of the Sava River near Trbovlje, Slovenia.
Background
The original power station was built in 1915. The new power station was built in 1964–1968 and it became operational in 1966. It consisted of both coal- and gas-fired units. There were four coal-fired units totaling 182 MW, fueled by lignite coal. There is also a 63MW gas unit which includes two gas generators. It is used as a reserve unit for the Slovenian electric system. The power station is operated by Termoelektrarna Trbovlje and state-owned power utility HSE.[1][2]
Chimney
The Trbovlje Chimney (Trboveljski dimnik) of the power station, built in 1976, is the tallest flue-gas stack in Europe. The 360-metre (1,180 ft) high flue-gas stack required 11,866 cubic metres (419,000 cu ft) of concrete and 1,079 tons of reinforcing steel. A high chimney was required for the site to ensure emissions were high above the deep, narrow valley.[3]
Closure
Coal-fired units 1-3 totaling 57 MW were retired in 2013, leaving only the 125 MW Unit 4.[4]
In November 2014 it was announced that the state-owned power utility HSE had decided to start liquidation proceedings at the plant, arguing the mid-term projections for energy and coal prices do not allow it to compete on the market without subsidies. HSE had received a final bid for its 81.33% stake in the power plant from Edelweiss Investment, a Swiss company owned by Russian millionaire Oleg Burlakov, but the deal collapsed over the plant's liabilities in a pollution lawsuit - liabilities that neither the buyer nor HSE wanted to take over.[5]
The power station deactivated in 2016.[6] It was retired in 2018.[7]
Coal supply
The power station sources approximately 700,000 tonnes of brown coal from the nearby Rudnik Trbovlje Hrastnik mine. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the mine is "scheduled to shut down in 2015."[8]
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References
- ↑ "TPP Trbovlje", IBE d.d.. Retrieved on 2013-04-02.
- ↑ Global Energy Observatory, Trbovlje (TES) Coal Power Plant Slovenia", Global Energy Observatory website, accessed October 2012.
- ↑ Coal-Fired Plants in Slovenia. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.
- ↑ "Data," Beyond Coal EU, accessed March 7, 2018
- ↑ Trbovlje Power Plant Sent Into Liquidation (17 November 2014). Retrieved on 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "Slovenia's 'eco-hero' who crushed a cement giant," Phys.org, Jun 4, 2017
- ↑ "Obvestilo," HSE, accessed March 7, 2018
- ↑ Mark Brininstool, "The Mineral Industry of Slovenia", U.S. Geological Survey, October 2009.
