El Basateen Mobil power plant

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El Basateen Mobil power plant (محطة كهرباء البساتين المتنقلة) is an operating power station of at least 50-megawatts (MW) in El Basateen, Cairo, Egypt.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
El Basateen Mobil power plant El Basateen, Cairo, Egypt 29.985307, 31.278591 (exact)[1]

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1, Unit 2: 29.985307, 31.278591

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating[2][3] fossil liquids - diesel[2][3] 25[2][3] gas turbine[2][3] 2015[2]
Unit 2 operating[2][3] fossil liquids - diesel[2][3] 25[2][3] gas turbine[2][3] 2015[2]

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
Unit 1 Cairo Electricity Production Co [100.0%]
Unit 2 Cairo Electricity Production Co [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): other[3]
  • Captive industry: Power[3]


Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://www.google.com/maps/place/El+Basateen+District+Presidency/@29.985139631.274814415z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x14583888bf3e1df3:0xdf517114366d71f9!8m2!3d29.9851396!4d31.2748144!16s%2Fg%2F1tcyp3pt?entry=ttu. {{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 2.9 https://web.archive.org/web/20240120004946/https://cairoepc.com/wadihoof.html. Archived from the original on 20 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 https://web.archive.org/web/20221003045745/http://ueepc.com/?page=st_movable&. Archived from the original on 03 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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