Delimara power station

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Delimara power station is an operating power station of at least 753-megawatts (MW) in Marsaxlokk Bay, South Eastern, Malta.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Delimara power station Marsaxlokk Bay, South Eastern, Malta 35.83087, 14.55463 (exact)[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 2, Unit 2A, Unit 2B, Unit 4, Unit 4: 35.83087, 14.55463

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 2 operating[2] liquefied natural gas, fuel oil[3] 153[3][2][4] combined cycle[2] not found 2017[3]
Unit 2A operating[3] fuel oil[3] 75[3] gas turbine[3] 1994[3]
Unit 2B operating[3] fuel oil[3] 115[3] combined cycle[3] 1999[3]
Unit 4 operating[2] liquefied natural gas[3] 205[3][2][4] combined cycle[2] not found 2017[3]
Unit 4 operating[2] fossil gas - LNG[3] 205[2][4][3] combined cycle[2] 2017[3]

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 2 Delimara 3 Power Generation Ltd[3] Shanghai Electric Power Co Ltd [93.3%]; Enemalta PLC [6.7%]
Unit 2A Enemalta plc[3] Shanghai Electric Power Co Ltd [33.3%]
Unit 2B Enemalta plc[3] Shanghai Electric Power Co Ltd [33.3%]
Unit 4 Electrogas Malta Ltd.[3] Enemalta PLC [100.0%]
Unit 4 Electrogas Malta Ltd; Electrogas Malta Ltd Enemalta PLC [66.7%]; Shanghai Electric Power Co Ltd [33.3%]

Background

The plant was completed in 2017. It is comprised of three Siemens SGT800 Turbines and a single SGT900 steam turbine.[5] In 2020, reporting suggested this plant may be converted to hydrogen or biogas fuels, in lieu of a natural gas pipeline to Italy. This came at the urging of the European Commission out of concern for their Green New Deal carbon reduction goals.[6] The currently equipped turbine is capable of burning up to 75% hydrogen as part of its fuel mix.

Activists from "Moviment Graffitti" protested at Delimara power station in October 2021 "marking the four-year anniversary of the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who died in a car bomb in 2017." According to the Times of Malta, "Galizia was investigating a massive leak of Electrogas documents at the time of her assassination. One of the power station's shareholders, Yorgen Fenech, stands accused of complicity in her murder."[7]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://www.google.com/maps/search/enemalta+Delimara+Marsaxlokk+power+station/@35.830870614.55463051217m/data=!3m1!1e3. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124180649/https://www.power-technology.com/projects/malta-lng-to-power-project-marsaxlokk/. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124174634/https://www.enemalta.com.mt/about-us/delimara-power-station/. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124180813/https://www.electrogas.com.mt/plant-data/. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "About Delimara Power Plant". Electrogas. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  6. Hydrogen may soon become the new gas for power plant, Times of Malta, Jul 12, 2020
  7. "'Deal soaked in blood': activists descend on Electrogas power station". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2021-12-29.

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