Jemeppe-sur-Sambre power station

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Jemeppe-sur-Sambre power station is an operating power station of at least 106-megawatts (MW) in Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Namur, Belgium. It is also known as Jemeppe-Solvay.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Jemeppe-sur-Sambre power station Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Namur, Belgium 50.44772, 4.66122 (exact)[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 50.44772, 4.66122

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][3] 106[2][3] combined cycle[4] 2000[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 Luminus NV/SA [100%] EDF Belgium SA [68.6%]; Pubilec CVBA/SCRL [26.4%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): chemicals[5]
  • Captive industry: Heat[5]

Background

Jemeppe-sur-Sambre power station was developed by Electrabel in conjunction with Solvay at their Jemeppe-sur-Sambre chemical plant. It provides steam to some of their industrial operations.[6][7]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20240124190726/https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?whereami=1&query=50.44679%2C4.66207#map=5/50.471/4.658. 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20210621172331/https://www.powerengineeringint.com/world-regions/europe/belgium-2/. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1474667017409591?ref=pdf_download&fr=RR-2&rr=771d0bbccf41239c. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://www.lesoir.be/art/electrabel-et-solvay-investissent-2-milliards-a-jemeppe_t-19981030-Z0FYL1.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. Daniel Ladang, Distributed Control System for the Solvay-Jemeppe Cogeneration Power Plant, IFAC Power Plants and Power Systems Control, 2000
  7. Belgium, Power Engineering International, Dec 1, 1998

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