Magnum power plant
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 26 '59 " N , 6 ° 51' 15" E | ||
| country | Netherlands | ||
| Waters | Ems | ||
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| Type | Combined cycle power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | natural gas | ||
| power | 1,311 MW | ||
| owner | Nuon | ||
| Start of operations | 2013 | ||
The Magnum combined cycle power plant is the second of the three large power plants in the Eemshaven energy park on the Dutch banks of the Ems estuary . It belongs to Nuon , the Dutch subsidiary of the Swedish group Vattenfall , and went into operation in 2013. The three blocks of 437 MW each have a total output of 1,311 MW and achieve an efficiency of approx. 58%.
By the beginning of 2018 [obsolete] the power plant is to be made black start capable . A diesel engine will be installed and a gas turbine will be moved from the GT power plant Thyrow to Eemshaven. Nuon had been awarded the contract by TenneT to provide black-start-capable generation capacity for the reconstruction of the grid in the northern Netherlands.
Originally, the power plant was to be operated with different fuels: natural gas but also synthesis gas from coal and biomass. The coal gasification plan was ultimately dropped. Alternatively, the site is to be expanded into an electrical energy storage facility within a time horizon of 10 years by converting excess renewable energies into ammonia (hydrogen + nitrogen), which can then be used as fuel again.
See also
supporting documents
- ↑ Magnum. Vattenfall AB, accessed February 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Magnum power plant can be black-started. In: energate messenger. energate GmbH, May 23, 2016, accessed on February 25, 2018 .
- ↑ nrc.nl (March 29, 2016), Nuon maakt van centrale in Eemshaven energie-opslag