Motril Mill power station

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Motril Mill power station is an operating power station of at least 49-megawatts (MW) in Motril, Granada, Spain.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Motril Mill power station Motril, Granada, Spain 36.73162, -3.5424 (exact)[1]

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 36.73162, -3.5424

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating[2] gas[3] 49[3] combined cycle[3] yes[3] 2001[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 Cogeneracion Motril S.A.[4] Lecta SA [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): both[3]
  • Captive industry: Pulp & Paper[3]

Background

This power plant provides 49 MW of power through a gas-fired combined cycle unit with combined heat-and-power to Lecta SA's paper mill in Motril, Spain.[5]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20240125091319/https://datasets.wri.org/dataset/globalpowerplantdatabase. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20240124172731/https://github.com/PyPSA/powerplantmatching. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20220627052902/https://www.poweronline.com/doc/ss-energy-supplies-six-gensets-for-spanish-co-0001. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20240125000257/https://www.lecta.com/en/mill-motril. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "S&S Energy Supplies Six Gensets for Spanish Cogen Projects". www.poweronline.com. Retrieved 2022-05-11.

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