Amorebieta power station

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Amorebieta power station is an operating power station of at least 786-megawatts (MW) in Amorebieta-Etxano, Basque Country, Spain.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Amorebieta power station Amorebieta-Etxano, Basque Country, Spain 43.2347, -2.7497 (exact)[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 43.2347, -2.7497

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating[2] gas[3][4] 786[3][5] combined cycle[5] no[4] 2005[5]

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 1 Bizkaia Energia S.L.U.[3][6] Castleton Commodities International LLC; White Summit Capital AG

Background

Bizkaia Energia, the company founded to own Amorebieta, was originally owned 50/50 by Osaka Gas and Electricity Supply Board (ESB). In 2014 they sold their shares to Arclight Capital Partners LLC.[7] In 2020 an unnamed subsidiary of Castleton Commodities International acquired ownership of Bizkaia Energia as majority owner, along with White Castle Capital.[8][9][10]

The White Castle and Castleton Commodities partnership, along with Nortegas and SENER, intend to build a 20 MW green hydrogen facility at the site and to eventually run the gas units on a dual-fuel mix of natural gas and hydrogen.[11]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20240125091319/https://datasets.wri.org/dataset/globalpowerplantdatabase. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20240124172603/https://transparency.entsoe.eu/. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220928054514/https://whitesummitcap.com/2019/11/13/castleton-commodities-international-ll-and-white-summit-capital-ag-have-reached-an-agreement-with-arclight-capital-partners-llc-to-acquire-100-of-a-786mw-natural-gas-fired-combined-cycle-plant-located/. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124172731/https://github.com/PyPSA/powerplantmatching. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20230104102433/http://www.ree.es/en/datos/publications/annual-system-report/spanish-electricity-system-2020-report. Archived from the original on 04 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20240124234637/https://www.bizkaiaenergia.com/en/quienes-somos/. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. Osaka Gas and ESB sell Bizkaia Energia SL to ArcLight Capital Partners, Osaka Gas, May 1, 2014
  8. CCI Announces Acquisition of a Natural Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Plant Located in Spain, CCI, Feb 18, 2020
  9. Castleton Commodities International LL and White Summit Capital AG have reached an agreement with Arclight Capital Partners LLC to acquire 100% of a 786MW natural gas-fired combined cycle plant located in Amorebieta, in the Basque Country, in Spain, White Summit Capital, Nov 13, 2019
  10. About us - Bizkaia Energia
  11. The first green hydrogen plant that maximizes the use of existing infrastructure in Spain will start operations in Amorebieta in 2022, Sener, Mar 12, 2020

Additional data

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