Reading Power Station
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| Coordinates | 32 ° 6 '10 " N , 34 ° 46' 44" E | ||
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 Israel
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| Waters | Cooling with sea water from the Mediterranean | ||
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| Type | Thermal power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | natural gas | ||
| power | 214 MW | ||
| owner | State of Israel | ||
| operator | Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) | ||
| Start of operations | 1938 | ||
The Reading Power Station is a gas power plant in Israel , which, on the Mediterranean coast in Tel Aviv District northwest of the city of the same name at the mouth of the Yarkon is. It went into operation in 1938 during the League of Nations mandate for Palestine , making it one of the oldest power plants in Israel that was still in operation as of 2014. The facility is named after the British politician and lawyer Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading .
The power plant was expanded and changed several times. In the 1950s it was divided into Reading A and Reading B blocks , both with 50 MW . Block A was shut down in 1967, Block B remained in operation until 2004. Two more blocks, designated Reading C and Reading D , were built in the 1970s, with Block C decommissioned in 1981. As of 2014 Reading D is in operation with an installed capacity of 214 MW.
The power plant was originally designed as an oil-fired power plant ; the last unit D that remained in operation was converted to firing with natural gas in 2006 in order to comply with exhaust gas values. Parts of the power plant are an industrial monument .
The power station is named after the Reading lighthouse .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shmuel Avitzur: The Power Plant on Two Rivers. Retrieved July 21, 2014 .
- ^ Reading power station, Ministry of the Environment
Web links
- Data to Reading (Engl.)