Inesco power station

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Inesco power station is an operating power station of at least 138-megawatts (MW) in Zwijndrecht, Antwerp, Belgium.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Inesco power station Zwijndrecht, Antwerp, Belgium 51.24125, 4.32567 (exact)[1]

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 51.24125, 4.32567

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating[2] fossil gas - natural gas[2] 138[2] combined cycle[3] 2008[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 1 INEOS Oxide Utilities NV [100%] INEOS Group Holdings SA

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): chemicals[3]
  • Captive industry: Both[3]

Background

This power station provides combined heat-and-power to Ineos' chemical production facility in Zwijndrecht, Belgium. Although initially owned and operated by German company RWE, the power station was acquired by INEOS in 2019.[4]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20240124190718/https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/925366694. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124172523/https://www.elia.be/en/grid-data/power-generation/generating-facilities. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124182727/https://www.ineos.com/news/shared-news/ineos-oxide-completes-acquisition-of-the-inesco-combined-heat-and-power-plant-chp-on-the-ineos-zwijndrecht-site-in-antwerp/. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "INEOS Oxide completes acquisition of the INESCO combined Heat and Power plant (CHP) | INEOS Group". www.ineos.com. Retrieved 2022-05-24.

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