Claus power plant
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 9 '14 " N , 5 ° 54' 25" E | ||
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 Netherlands
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| Waters | Meuse | ||
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| Type | Thermal power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | natural gas | ||
| power | 1,945 MW | ||
| owner | Essent NV | ||
| operator | Essent | ||
| Start of operations | 1977 | ||
| Website | group.rwe | ||
| was standing | 2020 | ||
The Claus power plant ( Dutch Clauscentrale ) is a gas-fired power plant in the Netherlands , which is located in the immediate vicinity of the town of Maasbracht in the Limburg province . It is owned by Essent NV, a subsidiary of RWE, and is also operated by Essent.
The power plant was named after Prince Claus , who officially opened the power plant in 1978.
Data
With an installed capacity of currently 1,945 MW , it is the second most powerful power plant in the Netherlands after the Eems power plant with 2,400 MW.
Power plant units
The power plant currently consists of 2 blocks. The following table gives an overview:
| block | machine | Max. Power (MW) | Start of operation | turbine | generator | Steam boiler |
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| A. | 1 | 640 | 1977 | Siemens | Siemens | Stork |
| C. | 1 | 280 | 01.2012 | Alstom | Alstom | Alstom |
| 2 | 280 | 01.2012 | Alstom | Alstom | Alstom | |
| 3 | 280 | 01.2012 | Alstom | Alstom | Alstom | |
| 4th | 500 | 01.2012 | Siemens | Siemens |
The Claus power plant was opened in 1977 with two blocks (A and B) each with a capacity of 640 MW. Both blocks were steam power plants.
In 2009, work began on modernizing Block B and converting it into a combined cycle power plant, today's Block C. Block C was officially opened on June 26, 2012, but had been in operation since January 1, 2012. The cost of converting Unit B to Unit C was € 1 (or 1.1) billion.
Block A was shut down at the beginning of 2013 due to a lack of profitability. In the long term, like Block B, it could be converted into a combined cycle power plant. So far, however, there is no concrete construction plan. The efficiency of block A is 40%, that of block C 58.5 (or 59)%.
On July 1, 2014, Unit C was decommissioned because it could not be operated profitably at the electricity prices at the time. In October 2018, it was decided to put Unit C back into operation. The power plant should be available again for electricity production by the end of 2020.
The information on the installed capacity of the two blocks varies: for block A there are 640 MW as well as 610 or 639 MW, for block C besides 1,280 MW also 1,300, 1,305 and 1,309 MW.
See also
Web links
- Claus C power plant on the RWE website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Claus A power Plant Netherlands. Global Energy Observatory, accessed May 31, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c Claus C CCGT Power Plant Netherlands. Global Energy Observatory, accessed May 31, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c d e f Clauscentrale. Essent , accessed May 31, 2015 (Dutch).
- ↑ a b c d e The Claus power plant. RWE , accessed on June 1, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Claus Power plans. RWE, accessed on June 1, 2015 .
- ^ A b Claus C combined cycle gas turbine station, Netherlands. RWE, accessed on June 1, 2015 .
- ^ A b CCGT Power Plants in the Netherlands. (No longer available online.) Power Plants Around the World, archived from the original on March 18, 2012 ; accessed on May 31, 2015 . 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 power plant Claus C. In: Group.RWE. Retrieved July 2, 2020 .
- ↑ a b TOP PLANTS: Claus C Combined Cycle Power Plant, Massbracht, Limburg Province, Netherlands. www.powermag.com, January 9, 2012, accessed May 31, 2015 (English).
- ^ Gas and Oil Fired Plants in Belgium and the Netherlands. (No longer available online.) Power Plants Around the World, archived from the original on November 24, 2009 ; accessed on May 31, 2015 . 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.
- ^ Claus C - The Netherlands. (PDF; 409 KB) (No longer available online.) Alstom , archived from the original on January 27, 2015 ; accessed on June 1, 2015 . 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.
