Meri-Pori power station

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Meri-Pori power station is an operating power station of at least 614-megawatts (MW) in Pori, Satakunta, Finland.


Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Meri-Pori power station Pori, Satakunta, Finland 61.6322, 21.4047 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 61.63215, 21.40473


Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating coal - bituminous 614 MW supercritical - -

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 1 Fortum Oyj Fortum Oyj


Financing

  • Source of financing:

Background

The 560 MW supercritical coal plant began operating in 1994.[1] The plant is owned and operated by Fortum Power. TVO has a 45% holding in the plant.[2]

Since 2017 the plant had been operating in Finland's peak-load reserve system. However, in September 2022, Fortum was unsuccessful in the Energy Authority's tendering process to have the plant included in the next peak-load reserve capacity period. Fortum announced it would prepare the plant for commercial use but would be offline for annual maintenance between October 10 and 31. The company stated "the deployment of actual electricity production depends on the electricity market situation at the given time."[3]


Articles and Resources

References

  1. "Coal-Fired Plants in Finland," Industcards, accessed April 2016
  2. "Meri-Pori coal-fired power plant," TVO, accessed April 2016
  3. Fortum, "Fortum’s Meri-Pori power plant not selected for peak-load reserve capacity", Media Release, September 16, 2022.

Additional data

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