Wilhelmshaven power plant (Engie)
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 34 '29 " N , 8 ° 8' 13" E | ||
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| Waters | Jade Bay | ||
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| Type | Steam power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | Hard coal | ||
| power | 731 megawatts | ||
| operator | Onyx power | ||
| Project start | 2008 | ||
| Start of operations | 2015 | ||
| turbine | Steam turbine | ||
| Chimney height | 177 m | ||
| Website | Website at Engie Germany | ||
The Wilhelmshaven (Engie) power plant is a hard coal-fired power plant in Wilhelmshaven that went into operation in 2015. It is located in the Rustersieler Groden north of the existing power plant of the operator Uniper, directly on the dike to the Jade fairway . According to the plan, it should deliver around 5.5 billion kilowatt hours of electrical energy per year .
technology
The power plant has an output of 731 megawatts and an efficiency of around 46%. The aim is to achieve greater efficiency than older hard coal power plants. The chimney of the power plant is 177 meters high.
history
In September 2008 the foundation stone was laid for the new building by GDF Suez , which later renamed itself Engie . The power plant was originally scheduled to go online in mid-2012. The date was then postponed to the end of 2013 in a press release from the operator. The hard coal-fired power plant went into trial operation in December 2012. In March 2014, the power plant was operated at full load for the first time. Commercial operations were originally scheduled to start in 2014.
The trial operation was not ended until the end of October 2015. Before that, the power plant had been feeding electricity into the public grid for some time. The final acceptance, carried out by the city's building regulations office and the Oldenburg trade supervisory authority, did not take place until the end of October 2015.
The reason for the delay is a new type of steel alloy called T24, which was intended to increase the efficiency of coal-fired power plants. The T24 steel was supposed to make higher steam temperatures possible, however, leaks were found at the weld seams during a function test of the boiler in the new Duisburg-Walsum power plant . The Hamburg-Moorburg and Boxberg power plants, which were then under construction, were also affected . Ultimately, the entire boiler had to be completely replaced.
The construction costs were put at more than 1 billion euros in 2010; Due to the problems during construction, this budget was probably exceeded. Reports about the price increase were not commented on by the operator.
In 2019 it was announced that Engie plans to sell its 52% stake in the power plant to the US private equity firm Riverstone Holdings LLC .
operator
The power plant is operated by ENGIE Kraftwerk Wilhelmshaven GmbH & Co. KG . ENGIE Kraftwerke GmbH , Berlin (52%), BKW Energie Wilhelmshaven Beteiligungs-GmbH , Berlin (33%) and WSW Energie & Wasser AG , Wuppertal (15%) hold shares in this company . The Engie Kraftwerke GmbH has been part 2019 no longer Engie SA but has a control and profit with the Onyx Power Assets GmbH , based in Frankfurt am Main. The Onyx Power Assets belongs to US private equity firm Riverstone Holdings LLC .
The operational technical management is carried out by ENGIE Kraftwerk Wilhelmshaven Betriebs GmbH & Co. KGaA .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c power plant: trial operation ended . In: Wilhelmshavener Zeitung , November 3, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
- ↑ Wilhelmshaven coal-fired power plant New construction of an 800 megawatt power plant for GDF SUEZ ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2011 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. , accessed July 30, 2010
- ↑ Wilhelmshavener Zeitung: The chimney rises 177 meters , accessed on June 25, 2012
- ^ Westdeutsche Zeitung of April 23, 2013, accessed on September 13, 2013
- ↑ GDF Suez: News from the Wilhelmshaven power plant construction site from March 23, 2012 ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 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. (PDF; 19 kB), accessed on June 25, 2012
- ↑ GDF Suez: Location Chronicle Wilhelmshaven ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 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. , accessed January 28, 2015
- ↑ GDF SUEZ: Successful network synchronization - trial operation begins, press release from December 19, 2013 ( memento of the original from February 23, 2014 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. , accessed February 16, 2014
- ↑ Cracks in the boiler delay the commissioning of coal-fired power plants , accessed on October 28, 2013
- ↑ Coal-fired power plants - power companies under material pressure , accessed on October 28, 2013
- ↑ Boiler withstands pressure test . In: NWZ Online , February 5, 2013. Accessed November 5, 2015.
- ↑ Press release Engie , accessed on December 7, 2019
- ↑ Engie sells German coal-fired power plants on energate-messenger, accessed on December 7, 2019
- ↑ Annual financial statements 2018 of ENGIE Kraftwerk Wilhelmshaven GmbH & Co. KG in the Federal Gazette
- ↑ Entry on the legal relationship with NorthData
