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]
Project Details
- Sponsor: EPH
- Parent company: EPH
- Location: Saint-Avold, the department of Moselle, France
- Coordinates: 49.1526, 6.7018 (exact)[5]
- Gross generating capacity (operating): 1,473 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.
- ↑ Global Power Plant Database v.1.2.0, ID WRI1002724 World Resources Institute, June 2019
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, ID 17W100P100P00105 accessed November 2019
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Open Power System Data December 2018
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, ID 17W100P100P00113 accessed November 2019