Hiltrop thermal power station
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 30 '26 " N , 7 ° 14' 59" E | ||
| country | Germany | ||
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| Type | Thermal power station | ||
| fuel | natural gas | ||
| power | electrical power 44 MW | ||
| owner | Stadtwerke Bochum | ||
| operator | Stadtwerke Bochum | ||
| Start of operations | 1975 | ||
| turbine | Siemens SGT-700 B | ||
| Chimney height | about 30 m | ||
| Website | www.stadtwerke-bochum.de | ||
The Hiltrop combined heat and power plant is a natural gas-powered combined heat and power plant operated by Stadtwerke Bochum and built as a combined cycle power plant . It is located in Hiltrop , a district of Bochum .
In 2015 it was modernized for 20 million euros, whereby the existing gas turbine was replaced with a modern one. Since then it has been operated by a Siemens SGT-700 B turbine . The electrical output of the new gas and steam turbines together is 44 MW , the overall efficiency including district heating extraction is up to 88%.
The power plant supplies up to 20,000 apartments in the Bochum districts of Gerthe, Kornharpen and in the city center.
Individual evidence
- ↑ High tech for Hiltrop. Retrieved August 26, 2017 .
- ↑ Jürgen Stahl: A visit to the Hiltrop thermal power station of Stadtwerke Bochum . ( waz.de [accessed on August 26, 2017]).