Bouchain power station
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Bouchain power station is a 585-megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant in the department of Nord, France.
Location
The undated satellite below shows the plant in Bouchain, Valenciennes.
Background
The power station originally consisted of one 250 MW oil-fired unit and one 250 coal-fired unit, commissioned in 1970. Unit-1 was retired in 1995 and Unit-2 retired in 2015.[1][2] This was replaced by a gas fired combined-cycle unit of 585 MW in 2016.[3]
Project Details
- Sponsor: EDF[3]
- Parent company: Electricite de France[4]
- Developer:
- Location: Bouchain, Valenciennes, Nord, France
- Coordinates: 50.297213, 3.314945 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Gross generating capacity (operating): 585 MW
- Gross generating capacity (retired): 250 MW
- Unit 2: Coal-fired subcritical, 250 MW (start-up in 1970; retired 2015)
- Start date: 1970
- Type: Subcritical
- Coal Type: Hard coal
- Coal Source: Imported
- Source of financing:
Resources and articles
References
- ↑ "Coal-Fired Plants in France," Industcards, accessed April 2016
- ↑ "G7 coal phase out: France," E3G, Sep 15, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Présentation de la centrale à cycle combiné au gaz naturel de Bouchain | EDF Thermique
- ↑ Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) 549300X3UK4GG3FNMO06 Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation, accessed January 2020
- ↑ ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, ID 17W100P100P01768 accessed November 2019
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Registre national des installations de production d'électricité et de stockage Government of France, 2018
- ↑ ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, ID 17W100P100P01768 accessed October 2021
- ↑ "Registre national des installations de production et de stockage d'électricité (au 31/01/2022) - data.gouv.fr". www.data.gouv.fr (in français). Retrieved 2022-05-22.