Amercoeur power station
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Amercoeur power station is a 451-megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant in Hainaut Province, Belgium.
Location
The map below shows the location of the power station in Roux, Hainaut Province, Belgium.
Background
The power station previously had two coal-fired generating units, which retired in 2009. The current gas-fired generating unit then started operation in 2010.
There is now a proposal to expand the gas plant by adding a 330 MW combined cycle unit.[1]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Electrabel[2]
- Parent company: Engie SA[3]
- Location: Roux, Hainaut Province, Belgium
- Coordinates: 50.4304, 4.3955 (exact)[4]
- Gross generating capacity (operating): 451 MW
- Gross generating capacity (retired): 252 MW
- Unit 1A: Coal-fired, unknown combustion technology, 125 MW (start-up in 1968, retired 2009)
- Unit 2: Coal-fired, unknown combustion technology, 127 MW (start-up in 1968, retired 2009)
- Gross generating capacity (proposed): 330 MW
- Gas-fired combined-cycle, 330 MW (start-up not found)[1]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Engie plans to add 3 GW of CCGT plants in Belgium to replace its nuclear fleet, Enerdata, Dec 1, 2020
- ↑ Elia "Detailed production park" data set dated July 3, 2019
- ↑ Transparency - Plant Units Engie, accessed December 2019
- ↑ Global Power Plant Database v.1.2.0, ID WRI1002207 World Resources Institute, June 2019
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, ID 22WAMERCO000008L, 22WAMERCO000009J accessed November 2019
- ↑ FRESNA (FIAS Renewable Energy Systems & Network Analysis) version 4.1 (July 2019)
- ↑ Open Power Plants Database, ID g_22WAMERCO000008L, g_22WAMERCO000009J European Commission Joint Research Centre, version 0.91
