La Pereda Hunosa power station
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La Pereda Hunosa power station is an operating power station of at least 50-megawatts (MW) in Mieres, Asturias, Spain.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| La Pereda Hunosa power station | Mieres, Asturias, Spain | 43.247303, -5.754558 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 1: 43.2725, -5.8093
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | operating | coal - unknown, bioenergy - wood & other biomass (solids) | 50 | subcritical | 1995 | 2024 (planned) |
| Unit 1 | construction[1] | bioenergy - wood & other biomass (solids), bioenergy - refuse (municipal and industrial wastes)[2] | 50[3] | – | 2024[1] | – |
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Grupo Hunosa [100.0%] |
| Unit 1 | Grupo Hunosa[4] |
Unit-level fuel conversion details:
Unit 1: Conversion under construction from coal - unknown, bioenergy - wood & other biomass (solids) to bioenergy - wood & other biomass (solids), bioenergy - refuse (municipal and industrial wastes) in 2024.
Background
Owner Hunosa's website states that the 50 MW La Pereda power station has been generating electricity since 1995, burning a mix of coal from the nearby Pozo San Nicolás coal mine, along with wood chips and other waste fuel.[5][6]
Biomass plans
According to Europe Beyond Coal, a biomass conversion project is planned at the site (mix of up to 100% solid forest biomass – woody and residual – together with solid recovered fuel not exceeding 25% of the energy generated). The project was projected to begin construction in 2022.[7]
As of December 2021, the project was under the corresponding administrative permitting and EIA procedure, and had not been authorized yet.[8] However, the coal-fired power station may have already been deactivated.
In October 2022, Hunosa announced that the power station's biomass conversion was expected to be complete in 2024.[9]
As of February 2023, two companies were reportedly competing for rights to convert the plant to run on biomass. Construction was expected to begin in fall 2023 and take approximately 21 months, implying a 2025 start-up date for biomass-fired operations.[10]
In May 2023, following a meeting with concerned community members, a pair of local politicians announced their strong opposition to the plant's alleged plans to incinerate solid municipal waste in addition to forest biomass.[11]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221027081500/https://www.elcomercio.es/economia/empresas/hunosa-preve-transformacion-pereda-asturias-20221027002323-ntvo.html. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210813133511/https://www.elcomercio.es/economia/hunosa-inicio-obras-pereda-central-termica-biomasa-20210813142233-nt.html. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221026030222/https://time.news/hunosa-achieves-its-survival-by-winning-the-auction-for-the-biomass-plant/. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210108105810/https://www.hunosa.es/2020/12/23/hunosa-aprueba-el-plan-de-transformacion-a-la-biomasa-de-la-central-termica-de-la-pereda/. Archived from the original on 08 January 2021.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Energía". Grupo Hunosa. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "La Pereda," Industry About
- ↑ "Hunosa espera iniciar las obras de la central de La Pereda el primer semestre de 2022," El Comercio, August 13, 2021
- ↑ "HUNOSA aprueba el plan de transformación a la biomasa de la central térmica de La Pereda," Hunosa, December 23, 2020
- ↑ "Hunosa prevé que la transformación de La Pereda esté lista a finales de 2024," El Comercio, October 27, 2022
- ↑ Alejandro Fuente (February 22, 2023). "Mieres: Hunosa recibe dos ofertas para la gran transformación de la central térmica de La Pereda". El Comercio.
- ↑ "Foro alerta de la quema de basuras en La Pereda". El Comercio. May 24, 2023.
Additional data
To access additional data, including interactive maps of the power stations, downloadable datasets, and summary data, please visit the Global Bioenergy Power Tracker and the Global Coal Plant Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.
