Scholven power plant
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 36 '10 " N , 7 ° 0' 34" E | ||
| country | Germany | ||
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| Type | Steam power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | Hard coal | ||
| power | 760 megawatts | ||
| owner | Uniper Kraftwerke GmbH | ||
| operator | Uniper Kraftwerke GmbH | ||
| Chimney height | 302 m | ||
The Scholven power plant is a power plant of Uniper Kraftwerke GmbH in the Scholven district of the city of Gelsenkirchen .
It still has an installed electrical output of 760 MW . Two power plant blocks at the site were fired with heating oil. In full operation, the power plant with a total output of 3,406 MW was next to the Boxberg power plant the most powerful German power plant and was considered one of the most powerful hard coal power plants in Europe. The plants produced 4.1 million tons of CO 2 in 2016 .
The remaining blocks B and C, the district heating power plant Buer (FWK) and the steam plant Scholven (DWS) supply steam to neighboring chemical companies and district heating to some surrounding towns. The electrical energy provided is fed into neighboring companies and into the Amprion network.
In the future, the power plant is to be converted from coal to natural gas , whereby the first step is to build a combined cycle power plant unit operated in cogeneration .
Power plant silhouette
The 302-meter-high chimneys , which are among the highest in Germany, together with the five cooling towers that still exist, form an impressive industrial backdrop. Therefore, the power plant site and the neighboring Oberscholven dump became the scene of the 1979 crime scene “Die Kugel im Leib”.
The power station used to have a total of five chimneys, one of which was identical to the southern chimney; another, of a lesser height than the remaining three, was assigned to block F alone. These were dismantled in 1992/93 due to the restructuring of the flue gas desulphurisation systems and the tower stumps, which can still be seen on current aerial photographs, were converted.
The two cooling towers to the north were blown up on August 10, 2008 because they could no longer be used after the oil-fired units G and H had been decommissioned.
The 67 m high and 43 m wide boiler house in Block G was blown up on January 17, 2010. The dismantling of units G and H is now largely complete.
A special feature is that the northernmost of the two chimneys also serves as a high-voltage pylon.
history
The power plant emerged from an operation to cover the Scholven colliery's own requirements for electricity and steam . A powerful large-scale power plant developed from this. In the years 1968 to 1971 the almost identical hard coal-fired power plant units B-E went into operation, in 1974 and 1975 the structurally identical oil-fired power plant units G and H (50% share of RWE Power) followed, in 1979 unit F and at the end of 1985 the district heating power plant Buer ( FWK). Block G was finally shut down in summer 2001 and Block H in summer 2003. The dismantling of the two blocks began at the end of 2007. The two cooling towers were blown up on August 10, 2008 at 12:17 p.m.
Units D to F were shut down at the end of December 2014; the remaining three blocks will run until the end of 2022.
Technical specifications
| fuel | Hard coal |
| Oil blocks: heavy fuel oil | |
| Steam plant Scholven: heating oil EL | |
| Zweckel steam plant: HSR, HS | |
| Gross output | Block B - E each 380 MW |
| Block F 740 MW | |
| Block G - H 672 MW each | |
| Net power | Block B - E each 345 MW |
| Block F 676 MW | |
| Block G - H each 640 MW | |
| FWK 138 MW equivalent, of which 70 MW el. | |
| Installation | Block B 1968 |
| Block C 1969 | |
| Block D 1970 | |
| Block E 1971 | |
| Block F 1979 | |
| Block FWK 1985 | |
| Block G 1974 | |
| Block H 1975 | |
| DWS 1973 | |
| DWZ 1971 | |
| Shut down | |
| fuel | Hard coal |
| Net power | Block D and E each 345 MW |
| Block F 676 MW | |
| Operating time | Block D • 1970-2014 |
| Block E • 1971-2014 | |
| Block F • 1979-2014 | |
| shut down and dismantled | |
| fuel | oil |
| Net power | Block G and H each 640 MW |
| Operating time | Block G • 1974-2001 |
| Block H • 1975-2003 |
Mains connection
The connection to the transmission system of Amprion is carried out at the blocks B-E on the 220 kV high voltage level, wherein the chimney Scholven B serves as a carrier of the outgoing from block D line and at the block F on the 380-kV level.
Emission of pollutants and greenhouse gases
Critics point to high emissions of the power plant Scholven nitrogen oxides , sulfur oxides , mercury and particulate matter on which cancer producing substances ( lead , cadmium , nickel , PAHs , dioxins and furans ) can adhere. A study commissioned by Greenpeace at the University of Stuttgart in 2013 came to the conclusion that the fine dusts emitted by the Scholven power plant in 2010 and the secondary fine dusts formed from sulfur dioxide , nitrogen oxide and NMVOC emissions statistically lead to 1,378 years of life lost. The Scholven power plant therefore ranks 8th on the list of “Germany's most health-damaging coal-fired power plants”.
In addition, in view of climate change, the CO 2 emissions of the power plant are criticized by environmental groups.
The Scholven power plant reported the following emissions in the European PRTR pollutant register :
| Air pollutant | PRTR emissions volume 2007 | PRTR emissions volume in 2008 | Emission quantity PRTR 2009 | PRTR emissions volume 2010 | PRTR emissions volume 2011 | PRTR emissions volume 2012 |
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| Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) | 12,600,000,000 kg | 10,500,000,000 kg | 9,730,000,000 kg | 9,390,000,000 kg | 9,140,000,000 kg | 9,340,000,000 kg * |
| Nitrogen oxides ( NO x / NO 2 ) | 9,260,000 kg | 8,250,000 kg | 4,460,000 kg | 7,090,000 kg | 6,820,000 kg | 6,650,000 kg |
| Sulfur dioxide (as SO x / SO 2 ) | 6,780,000 kg | 4,570,000 kg | 2,580,000 kg | 4,330,000 kg | 4,230,000 kg | 4,070,000 kg |
| Carbon monoxide ( CO ) | 501,000 kg | 632,000 kg | not specified | not specified | not specified | not specified |
| Particulate matter ( PM10 ) | 326,000 kg | 276,000 kg | 140,000 kg | 244,000 kg | 227,000 kg | 213,000 kg |
| Mercury and compounds (as Hg ) | 471 kg | 461 kg | 111 kg | 135 kg | 134 kg | 144 kg |
| Nickel and compounds (as Ni ) | 304 kg | 298 kg | 75 kg | 86 kg | 88 kg | 110 kg |
| Arsenic and Compounds (as As ) | 151 kg | 133 kg | 35 kg | 51 kg | 56 kg | 47 kg |
| Copper and compounds (as Cu ) | 124 kg | 123 kg | not specified | not specified | not specified | 183 kg |
| Chromium and compounds (as Cr ) | 128 kg | 111 kg | not specified | not specified | not specified | not specified |
| Cadmium and Compounds (as Cd ) | 24 kg | 31 kg | 19 kg | 31 kg | 30 kg | 37 kg |
| * In the PRTR, the original information "934,000,000 kg CO 2 " is obviously missing a zero for 2012 (accessed on April 21, 2014) | ||||||
No other typical pollutant emissions were reported, as they are only required to be reported in the PRTR from an annual minimum amount, e.g. B. Dioxins and furans from 0.0001 kg, copper and chromium from 100 kg, lead and zinc from 200 kg, ammonia and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) from 10,000 kg, volatile organic compounds except methane (NMVOC) from 100,000 kg and carbon monoxide from 500,000 kg.
The European Environment Agency has estimated the cost of damage to the environment and health of the 28,000 largest industrial plants in Europe on the basis of the emission data reported in the PRTR using the scientific methods of the European Commission. According to this, the Scholven power plant ranks 56th among the damage costs of all European industrial plants.
| cause | Damage costs | unit | proportion of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scholven power plant | 272-411 | Million Euros | 0.3-0.4% |
| A total of 28,000 systems | 102-169 | billion euro | 100% |
See also
- List of power plants in Germany
- List of fossil fuel power plants in the European Union with the highest carbon dioxide emissions
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Uniper is planning a new CHP plant at the Gelsenkirchen-Scholven location and abandons the project in Marl . In: Euwid Neue Energie , May 20, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
- ↑ ORF.at: IPTV video of the detonation ( Memento of the original from August 14, 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.
- ↑ Sabrina Steiling: Kettle blown up. WAZ media group , accessed January 25, 2010 .
- ↑ WAZ: Uniper will shut down the Scholven coal-fired power plant in two years
- ↑ Bundesnetzagentur power plant list (nationwide; all network and transformer levels) as of October 16, 2013 ( memento of December 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 18, 2013.
- ↑ Fine dust sources and damage caused , Federal Environment Agency (Dessau)
- ↑ Assessment of Health Impacts of Coal Fired Power Stations in Germany - by Applying EcoSenseWeb (English, PDF 1.2 MB) Philipp Preis / Joachim Roos / Prof. Rainer Friedrich, Institute for Energy Economics and Rational Use of Energy, University of Stuttgart , March 28, 2013
- ↑ Greenpeace: The ten most unhealthy coal-fired power plants in Germany (PDF 129 kB) ( Memento of the original from December 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Coal electricity has no future - climate protection now! Internet information on electricity generation from coal-fired power plants, Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation Germany , accessed on April 21, 2014
- ↑ Energy Policy - Time is of the essence Internet information on the energy transition in Germany, WWF , accessed on April 21, 2014
- ↑ PRTR - European Emissions Register
- ↑ PRTR regulation 166/2006 / EC on the creation of a European pollutant release and transfer register and on the amendment of the Council Directives 91/689 / EEC and 96/61 / EC
- ↑ Cost-benefit analysis of air quality policy , Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) program, European Commission
- ↑ a b Revealing the costs of air pollution from industrial facilities in Europe , European Environment Agency , Copenhagen, 2011
