Blenod power station

Part of the Global Gas Plant Tracker, a Global Energy Monitor project.

Report an error

Related categories:

Gas plants Health Effects of Gas Plants Oil and gas extraction Oil and gas pipelines LNG terminals

Blenod power station is a 427-megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.

Location

The undated satellite below shows the plant in Blénod-lès-Pont-à-Mousson, Nancy.

Loading map...

{"type":"HYBRID","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"600px","height":"500px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":16,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":48.869090999999997,"lon":6.0800330000000002,"icon":""}]}

Background

The power station originally consisted of four 250 MW units, fueled by coal and oil and commissioned in 1963 to 1969. Unit 1 was retired in 2000.

Unit 2 was retired in 2013, and units 3-4 in 2014.

Project Details

• Sponsor: EDF
• Parent company: Electricite de France
• Developer:
• Location: Blénod-lès-Pont-à-Mousson, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
• Coordinates: 48.869091, 6.080033 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Gross generating capacity (operating): 427 MW
  • Unit 5: Gas-fired combined cycle, 427 MW (start-up in 2011)
• Gross generating capacity (retired): 1000 MW
  • Unit 1: Coal-and-oil-fired, 250 MW (operated from 1963 - 2000)
  • Unit 2: Coal-and-oil-fired, 250 MW (operated from 1963 - 2013)
  • Unit 3: Coal-and-oil-fired, 250 MW (operated from 1963 - 2014)
  • Unit 4: Coal-and-oil-fired, 250 MW (operated from 1963 - 2014)
• Type: Subcritical
• Coal Type: Bituminous
• Coal Source: Imported
• Source of financing: