Drugsbos power plant
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 48 '8 " N , 4 ° 17' 56" E | ||
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| Type | Combined cycle power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | natural gas | ||
| power | 538 MW | ||
| owner | Engie Electrabel | ||
| operator | Engie Electrabel | ||
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The Drogenbos power plant is a combined cycle power plant in the municipality of Drogenbos , Province of Flemish Brabant , Belgium .
The installed capacity of the power plant is 538 MW . It is owned by Engie Electrabel also operated and run by Engie Electrabel. The power plant should be shut down in October 2015 (or November 2017) due to insufficient profitability.
Power plant units
The power plant consists of two blocks. The following table gives an overview:
| block | unit | Max. Power (MW) | Start of operation | turbine | generator | Steam boiler |
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| 1 | 78 | |||||
| 2 | 1 | 145 | Siemens | |||
| 2 | 145 | Siemens | ||||
| 3 | 170 | Alstom |
Unit 2 consists of two gas turbines and a downstream steam turbine . A waste heat steam generator is connected to each of the two gas turbines ; the waste heat steam generator then supplies the steam turbine.
Others
Batteries with a storage capacity of 20 MWh were installed on the power plant site for test purposes in 2017 . The facility was destroyed by fire on November 11, 2017.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Drogenbos CCGT Power Plant Belgium. Global Energy Observatory, accessed May 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Annual electricity capacity update: Belgian supply to stabilize in period before nuclear phase-out. www.icis.com, January 17, 2017, accessed May 7, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Electrabel va fermer sa centrale de Drogenbos. www.lecho.be, April 25, 2014, accessed on May 9, 2020 (French).
- ↑ Electrabel va fermer la centrale de Drogenbos. www.vrt.be, April 25, 2014, accessed May 9, 2020 (French).
- ^ Drugs bos to store renewable energy on a large scale. Engie , July 10, 2017, accessed May 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Wind power backup and storage batteries explode into flames and send a toxic cloud over the city of Brussels. www.wind-watch.org, November 12, 2017, accessed on May 7, 2020 .