Bergkamen power plant

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Bergkamen power plant
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location
Bergkamen power plant (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Bergkamen power plant
Coordinates 51 ° 38 '13 "  N , 7 ° 37' 8"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 38 '13 "  N , 7 ° 37' 8"  E
country Germany
Waters Datteln-Hamm Canal
Data
Type coal-fired power station
Primary energy Fossil energy
fuel Hard coal
power 717 megawatts
owner Steag
operator Steag
Project start 1978
Start of operations 07/02/1981
turbine Steam turbine
boiler 1 coal dust-fired Benson boiler
Chimney height 284 m
Energy fed in 2011 3520 GWh
Website www.steag.com
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The Bergkamen power plant is a hard coal power plant in Bergkamen in the Unna district .

history

In 1978 the project company STEAG and RWE Power, joint power plant Bergkamen A oHG, was founded for the purpose of power plant operation . RWE Power held shares of 51% in this company, with Steag GmbH accounting for the remaining 49% .

In 1981 the power plant on the Datteln-Hamm Canal was put into operation, but at that time the flue gas desulphurisation system was only available in an initial stage.

In 1985 the flue gas desulphurization system was completed after four years of operation.

In 1989 a plant for nitrogen oxide reduction ( flue gas denitrification ) was also put into operation.

In 2008, the power plant's output was increased by 33 MW through a retrofit , since then the output has been 780 MW.

In November 2018 it became known that RWE was selling its 51 percent stake in the joint power plant to Steag for an undisclosed purchase price. From 2019, Steag will be the sole owner and operator of the power plant.

Technical specifications

The power plant has an installed gross output of 717  megawatts (MW).

In 2011, around 1,200,000 tons of hard coal were burned to produce electricity and district heating , while the burning of coal in the power plant produced 3,150,000 tons of carbon dioxide (894.89 tons of CO 2 per GWh) in the same period .

The power plant is operated by Steag GmbH. The power plant has its own port on the Datteln-Hamm Canal for the delivery of coal and removal of the ashes . The district heating produced is used by Fernwärmeversorgung Niederrhein GmbH to supply the city of Bergkamen with heat. The chimney of the power plant is 284 meters high.

The connection to the transmission system of Amprion takes place on the 380-kV level via the switchgear at the Gersteinwerk .

Emissions

Coal-fired power plants are criticized for their pollutant emissions. Even after the installation of filter systems in the 1980s, which remove most of the sulfur from the exhaust gases, coal-fired power plants continue to emit relevant amounts of sulfur dioxide . In addition to sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides , which are harmful to the environment and health, as well as fine dusts that are harmful to health , the heavy metals and PAHs they contain, enter the environment. In Germany, the energy industry contributed 71% (6.571 tons) to total mercury emissions in 2010 .

The pollutant emissions of all large coal-fired power plants and industrial plants are published in the European Pollutant Emissions Register (via the German portal www.Thru.de).

Emissions below the reportable quantity threshold are listed in the table with "<" next to the limit value.

Air pollutants

Carbon dioxide and air pollutants from the Bergkamen power plant (reporting year 2011)
power plant Amount of electricity produced Coal consumption Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) Nitrogen oxides (NO x / NO 2 ) Sulfur oxides (SO x / SO 2 ) Carbon monoxide (CO) Inorganic chlorine compounds as HCl Fine dust (PM 10 ) NMVOC (volatile organic compounds) Inorganic fluorine compounds as HF Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) Benzene (C 6 H 6 ) Lead (Pb) Chromium (Cr) Nickel (Ni) Mercury silver (Hg) Arsenic (as) Cadmium (Cd)
Bergkamen 3,520 GWh 1,200,000 t 3,150,000 t 2,150 t 2,280 t <500 t 237 t <100 t <100 t 81,200 kg <10,000 kg <1000 kg <200 kg <100 kg <50 kg 19.2 kg <20 kg <10 kg
Amount per GWh 1 GWh 340.91 t 894.89 t 0.611 t 0.648 t no exact dates 0.0673 t no exact dates no exact dates 25.093 kg no exact dates no exact dates no exact dates no exact dates no exact dates 0.0055 kg no exact dates no exact dates

Water pollutants

Water pollutants from the Bergkamen power plant (reporting year 2011)
power plant Amount of electricity produced Coal consumption Chloride - waste water - Fluoride (as total F) - waste water - Zinc (Zn) sewage Copper (Cu) waste water
Bergkamen 3,520 GWh 1,200,000 t <2,000,000 kg 3,940 kg 85.7 kg <50 kg
Amount per GWh 1 GWh 340.91 t no exact dates 1.119 kg 0.024 kg no exact dates

Solid pollutants (shipments of hazardous waste)

Solid pollutants (shipments of hazardous waste) from the Bergkamen power plant (reporting year 2011)
power plant Amount of electricity produced Coal consumption Total amount of waste Waste for disposal Waste for recycling
Bergkamen power plant 3,520 GWh 1,200,000 t 291 t 269 ​​t 22 t
Amount per GWh 1 GWh 340.91 t 0.082 t 0.076 t 0.006 t

Economic costs from emissions (damage to the environment and health)

The European Environment Agency has calculated the economic costs of damage to the environment and health of the 28,000 largest industrial plants in Europe based on the emissions data reported in the PRTR (reporting year 2009) as part of a scientific study.

This study was commissioned by the EU Commission . In addition to the emission data from the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register, the basis for the calculations was provided by further epidemiological studies on the health effects of fine dust. In addition, costs for the treatment of diseases caused by the released pollutants and the loss of work due to these diseases were calculated.

Economic damage to the environment and health
Reporting year cause Damage costs per year unit
2009 Bergkamen power plant 169-265 Million Euros
2009 Total 28,000 industrial plants in Europe 102,000-169,000 Million Euros
2009 Average value per industrial plant in Europe 3.64-6.04 Million Euros

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c power plant list of the Federal Network Agency , as of March 7, 2019
  2. ↑ a b c Bergkamen power plant. Energy for public supply. (No longer available online.) Steag , archived from the original on June 6, 2012 ; Retrieved April 5, 2012 . 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.steag.com
  3. ↑ a b Essen-based energy company: Steag wants to take over majority in Bergkamen coal-fired power station from RWE. November 20, 2018, accessed February 17, 2019 .
  4. ^ Emissions development 1990–2010, Heavy Metals National Trend Tables for the German reporting of atmospheric emissions since 1990, Federal Environment Agency (Excel table), 2012
  5. ↑ a b c - Data on the Steag Bergkamen power plant
  6. ↑ Cost-benefit analysis of air quality policy , Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) program, European Commission
  7. ↑ a b Revealing the costs of air pollution from industrial facilities in Europe , European Environment Agency , Copenhagen, 2011

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