Alessandro Volta power plant
| Alessandro Volta power plant | |||
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| Coordinates | 42 ° 21 '26 " N , 11 ° 32' 14" E | ||
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| Waters | Tyrrhenian Sea (cooling with sea water) | ||
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| Type | Thermal power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | primary natural gas , secondary oil | ||
| power | 3,600 MW | ||
| owner | Enel SpA | ||
| operator | Enel | ||
| Project start | 1992 | ||
| Start of operations | 1997 | ||
| Energy fed in 2000 | 15,349.8 GWh | ||
The power plant Alessandro Volta or power plant Montalto di Castro ( Italian Centrale termoelettrica Alessandro Volta or Montalto di Castro ) is an oil and gas power plant in Italy , which is located on the Mediterranean coast a few kilometers west of the municipality of Montalto di Castro in the province of Viterbo , Lazio region is located.
With an installed capacity of 3,600 MW , it is the most powerful power plant in Italy. It uses the seawater cooling devices originally built for the nuclear power plant (see below).
Power plant units
The power plant was built from 1992 to 1998. It consists of a total of twelve blocks with different capacities that went into operation between 1997 and 1999. Four blocks are fueled with oil and the remaining eight with gas. Montalto di Castro is a combined cycle ( English CCGT ) and used supercritical steam generator. The turbines, generators and steam boilers were supplied by various companies. The following table gives an overview:
| block | Max. Power (MW) | Start of operation | turbine | generator | Steam boiler |
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| 1 | 114 | 1997/10 | Nuovo pignons | Nuovo pignons | NEM |
| 2 | 114 | 1997/10 | Nuovo pignons | Nuovo pignons | NEM |
| 3 | 660 | 1997/10 | Ansaldo | Ansaldo | Ansaldo |
| 4th | 114 | 1997/10 | Nuovo pignons | Nuovo pignons | NEM |
| 5 | 114 | 1997/10 | Nuovo pignons | Nuovo pignons | NEM |
| 6th | 660 | 1997/10 | Ansaldo | Ansaldo | Ansaldo |
| 7th | 128 | 1998/11 | Fiat | Fiat | NEM |
| 8th | 128 | 1998/11 | Fiat | Fiat | NEM |
| 9 | 660 | 1998/11 | Ansaldo | Ansaldo | Ansaldo |
| 10 | 128 | 1999/08 | Fiat | Fiat | NEM |
| 11 | 128 | 1999/08 | Fiat | Fiat | NEM |
| 12 | 660 | 1999/08 | Ansaldo | Ansaldo | Ansaldo |
Nuclear power plant
Originally, the Montalto di Castro nuclear power plant with two units of 1 GW each was to go into operation at the site of the current power plant . The first plans for this go back to 1973. Construction began in 1982, but after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster it was decided to stop construction on the 70% completed nuclear power plant. Italy is now the largest net importer of electricity in the world; in the first half of 2014, around 15% of demand was imported; a large part of it comes from French nuclear power plants.
Others
The annual production of the Alessandro Volta power plant declined continuously from 2000 to 2009. In 2000 it was 15,349.8 GWh , in 2005 it was 10,824.3 GWh and in 2009 it was only 1,365.3 GWh. In 2009 the power plant ran for 2,000 to 3,000 hours (out of a possible 8,760) because the electricity it produces is too expensive.
In 2009, a photovoltaic system with a peak output of 6 MW was installed on the site of the nuclear power plant . It was expanded to 84 MW by December 2010.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Dichiarazione ambientale Anno 2010. (PDF 5.3 MB; p.2, p.13 (15), p.21 (23)) (No longer available online.) Enel , archived from the original on September 24th 2015 ; Retrieved September 22, 2015 (Italian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Montalto di Castro (Alessandro Volta) CCGT Power Plant. Global Energy Observatory, accessed September 22, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Alessandro Volta. (No longer available online.) Enel, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; Retrieved September 22, 2015 (Italian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Gas- and Oil-Fired Plants in Italy. (No longer available online.) Power Plants Around the World, archived from the original on February 17, 2010 ; accessed on September 22, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Nuclear Power in Italy. World Nuclear Association , accessed September 22, 2015 .
- ↑ La centrale (fallita) di Montalto è costata 250 euros a ogni italiano. Corriere della Sera , July 13, 2009, accessed September 22, 2015 (Italian).
- ↑ Montalto di Castro 6MW PV Plant, Viterbo, Italy. www.power-technology.com, accessed on September 22, 2015 (English).
- ↑ ITALY'S LARGEST PHOTOVOLTAIC PLANT COMPLETED IN MONTALTO DI CASTRO (VITERBO). (No longer available online.) Enel, August 7, 2009, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; accessed on September 22, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Montalto di Castro. (No longer available online.) Www.sunpower.de, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; accessed on September 22, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
