As Pontes power station
| As Pontes power station | |||
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| Coordinates | 43 ° 26 '29 " N , 7 ° 51' 45" W | ||
| country | Spain | ||
| Waters | Lago das Pontes (artificial lake) | ||
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| Type | 4 × coal power plant , 2 × CCGT | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | Coal , natural gas | ||
| power | 2421 MW | ||
| owner | Endesa | ||
| operator | Endesa | ||
| Project start | 1972 | ||
| Start of operations | 1976 | ||
| Chimney height | 356 m | ||
The As Pontes power plant in Puentes de García Rodríguez ( A Coruña province ) is a coal and gas power plant . It consists of four coal-fired units with 350 MW each and two combined cycle units with 430 MW each. It is known for its 356 m high chimney ( Endesa Termic ), the third highest in Europe.
The power plant burned original domestic brown coal . In 1993–1996 it was converted to burn imported coal. The charred opencast mine now serves as a cooling water pond.
Endesa applied in late 2019 to shut down the power plant's coal-fired units; shutdown is expected in 2021 or 2022.
See also
Web links
Commons : Kraftwerk As Pontes - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Endesa's new as pontes combined cycle plant in La Coruña comes on stream ( Memento of the original from August 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , March 6, 2008
- ↑ El lago de As Pontes , January 19, 2014
- ^ Futur-e en As Pontes. Endesa , accessed July 12, 2020 .
- ^ Spain to close half its coal-fired power stations. El País , June 29, 2020, accessed on July 12, 2020 .
