Marsa power plant
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 52 '55 " N , 14 ° 30' 0" E | ||
| country | Malta | ||
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| Type | Oil power plant | ||
| fuel | Heating oil | ||
| power | 267 MW | ||
| owner | Enemalta Corporation (EMC) | ||
| operator | Enemalta Corporation (EMC) | ||
| Start of operations | 1953 | ||
| was standing | July 19, 2009 | ||
The power plant Marsa ( English Marsa Power Station ) is located at the end of the Grand Harbor in Marsa in Malta .
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With the support of the Marshall Plan, Station A was built underground under Jesuit Hill and put into operation in 1953. The plant consisted of three units with an output of 5 MW. Due to the increasing demand for electricity, the facility was expanded. It finally had a total capacity of 30 MW, which was achieved by five steam units with 5 MW each and a gas turbine with a similar output. It was shut down in 1993. Station B went into operation in 1966 and has been expanded several times since then. The total capacity is 267 MW. All steam units burn heating oil with a sulfur content of 1% and the gas turbine also burns heating oil. The power plant is technically out of date. A turbine that is still in use operated in Little Barford, England from 1954 to 1996.
Shutdown
When the Delimara power plant was planned, the government had promised to close the Marsa power plant, but this did not happen.
The operator could be forced to shut down the power plant two to three years earlier than planned by the government (2015). As of January 1, 2008, EU regulations stipulated that the boilers in the power plant could only remain in operation for 20,000 hours before they were permanently shut down. In 2008, each of the six boilers was operated between 4,000 and 6,700 hours, according to the Ministry of Infrastructure. The Minister for Infrastructure, Austin Gatt, announced that the power plant should not be operated until December 31, 2015.
Enemalta plans to expand the Delimara power plant by mid-2012 to replace the Marsa power plant . It was switched off in March 2015 and continued to operate in cold standby until the beginning of 2017; since then it has been disconnected from the power grid. It is currently being dismantled.
Emissions
Before Malta's entry into the EU, consideration was given to shutting down the plant due to the outdated technology. However, part of the electricity production was relocated to the more modern Delimara power plant , so that the EU limit values for emissions were met. The fine dust emissions do not yet meet the EU standard. The total carbon dioxide emissions from the power plant in 2006 were 1,175,288 tons. The power plant has long been criticized by citizens in the area due to air pollution. In 1998, the environmental organization Greenpeace saw the power plant as the largest air polluter in Malta.
Power failure
On June 16, 2009, the power went out in all of Malta and Gozo because of a technical fault in a gas turbine at the Marsa power plant. In the morning of the day there was an unexpected error and thus a loss of 30 MW, which meant that the other systems had to run to overload. This loss in generating capacity at the Marsa power plant also led to a capacity loss at the Delimara power plant. This resulted in a complete loss of generating capacity at 10.30 a.m. Measures were immediately taken to bring both power plants back into operation; the gas turbines in Delimara were started, as they have a quick start function. The Enemalta engineers could not immediately find the cause of the error and so the gas turbine in Marsa was put back into operation. When the restoration of the power supply was almost complete, another fault occurred in the same gas turbine at 4:00 p.m. This again led to a loss of generation capacity in Marsa and Delimara. There was another complete power failure, and restarting was started immediately. The power supply was resumed without the use of gas turbine No. 9 in Marsa. At 6:00 p.m., power was restored in Tarxien, Bulebel, Marsaskala, Marsa, Valletta and Hal Far. At 7.30 p.m. Gudja, Buġibba, St. Venera Birkirkara, Mellieħa and Gozo followed. Next, power was restored to Central Malta, Paceville and St. Julian's. At 8:50 p.m. all locations were supplied with electricity again. Infrastructure Minister Austin Gatt (NP) apologized for the blackout and said he was sure that it was not sabotage, but a technical error. He said Enemalta would do her best to avoid repetition. The blackout occurred at the time when Enemalta's finances were being debated in parliament.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Malta Today ( Memento of the original from January 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ timesofmalta.com - Marsa power station may be forced to close before deadline (English)
- ↑ timesofmalta.com - Marsa power plant to stop by end 2015 (English)
- ↑ MaltaToday - Marsa Power Station to be pensioned off by 2015 (English)
- ^ No concrete plans yet for Marsa power station site - The Malta Independent. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Malta from A to Z / Strom ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Enemalta Corporation ( Memento of the original dated February 17, 2005 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. (English)
- ↑ Greenpeace Calls for Closure of "Marsa" Power Plant in Malta ( Memento of the original dated December 2, 2008 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. (English)
- ↑ timesofmalta.com - Enemalta blames gas turbine for power cuts. Gatt apologises, MP asks about compensation ( memento of the original from June 19, 2009 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. (English)
Web links
- Newspaper article about the power plant (Maltese)
