Emile Huchet power station
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Emile Huchet power station is a 1,473-megawatt (MW) coal- and gas-fired power plant in the department of Moselle, France.
Location
The map below shows the location of the power station in Saint-Avold, the department of Moselle, France.
Background
The power station originally consisted of six coal-fired units, commissioned from 1951 to 1981. Units 1 and 2 were retired in 1983, and unit 3 retired in 2003.[1]
In 2015, E.ON reported that unit 4 (125 MW) was not operational and unit 5 (343 MW) mothballed.[2] Units 4 and 5 were closed permanently in 2015 due to the impact of the Industrial Emissions Directive.[3]
Only unit 6 (647 MW) remains operational of the first six coal units. E.ON is planning to run unit 6 until 2022. Additionally, E.On’s reorganization will move its fossil fuel assets into the new company Uniper starting in 2016.[3]
The power station also consists of two 413 MW combined cycle gas plants, which began operating in 2010.[2]
In July 2019, Czech EPH successfully concluded its buy-out of Uniper's activities in France, including the Emile-Huchet power station. EPH plans to retire the plant's coal unit in 2022, when France phases out coal power use.[4]
There are multiple reports of Total SA acquiring the power station.[5] In their 2019 Factbook, Total said the planned 2020 purchase was pending review of authorities.[6] In August of 2020 the European Commission announced the purchase of the plant (via EPH's subsidiary Kernaman SAS[7]) by Total had cleared review.[8][9]
In March 2022, the last coal-fired unit, Unit 6, was taken offline. The unit was considered to be retired. However, concerns over energy security in light of the war in Ukraine meant that there was a possibility that the plant would be brought back to life in the future.[10]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Total Direct Energie[11]
- Parent company: Total SA[8]
- Location: Saint-Avold, the department of Moselle, France
- Coordinates: 49.1526, 6.7018 (exact)[12]
- Gross generating capacity (operating): 826 MW
- Coal Type: Bituminous/Lignite
- Coal Source: Imported
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ "Emile-Huchet Coal Power Plant France," GEO, accessed April 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "E.ON Facts and Figures," E.ON SE, March 11, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "G7 coal phase out: France," E3G, Sep 15, 2015
- ↑ "Uniper signs agreements to sell its generation business and distribution activities in France to EPH". Uniper. 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ↑ Total to acquire 800 MW French gas assets in Sept – union Montel, Jul 31, 2020
- ↑ Factbook 2019, Total, July 2020
- ↑ EPH Annual Report 2019, EP Holding, Jun 12, 2020
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Case M.9870 - TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE / KERNAMAN, European Commission, Aug 17, 2020
- ↑ The EC clears Total's acquisition of the Emile Huchet CCGT plant (France), Enerdata, Aug 20, 2020
- ↑ Fermera? Fermera pas? La centrale à charbon de Saint-Avold toujours dans l'incertitude, L'essentiel, April 1, 2022
- ↑ "Total rachète les unités à gaz Émile-Huchet 7 et 8 (828 MW)". Montel (in français). Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ↑ Global Power Plant Database v.1.2.0, ID WRI1002724 World Resources Institute, June 2019
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, ID 17W100P100P00105 accessed November 2019
- ↑ ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, ID 17W100P100P00105 accessed October 2021
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Open Power System Data December 2018
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "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 2022-05-23.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, ID 17W100P100P00113 accessed November 2019
- ↑ ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, ID 17W100P100P00113 accessed October 2021
