Bahía de Bizkaia power station

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Bahía de Bizkaia power station is an operating power station of at least 785-megawatts (MW) in Zierbena, Basque Country, Spain.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Bahía de Bizkaia power station Zierbena, Basque Country, Spain 43.35904, -3.09211 (exact)[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 43.35904, -3.09211

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating[2] liquefied natural gas[3] 785[4] combined cycle[5] yes[6] 2003[7]

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 Bahia de Bizkaia Electricidad (BBE)[6] BP plc [75.0%]; Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE) [25.0%]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://doi.org/10.25832/conventional_power_plants/2018-12-20. {{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. https://web.archive.org/web/20201017203904/https://www.eib.org/en/projects/pipelines/all/20010033. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20221127083233/https://www.bbe.es/en/technical-description/introduction/. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 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. 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211205013004/https://bbe.es/cas/index.aspx. Archived from the original on 05 December 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20240124173814/https://zenodo.org/records/3349843. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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