Plana del Vent power station

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Plana del Vent power station is an operating power station of at least 834-megawatts (MW) in Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant, Tarragona, Spain.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Plana del Vent power station Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant, Tarragona, Spain 40.9596, 0.8692 (exact)[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1, Unit 2: 40.9596, 0.8692

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating[2][3] gas[4][3] 420[4] combined cycle[4] no[4] 2007[4]
Unit 2 operating[2][3] gas[4][3] 414[4] combined cycle[4] no[4] 2007[4]

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 Operator
Unit 1 Naturgy Energy Group SA[5][6] Naturgy Energy Group SA [100.0%] Alpiq Energía España S.A.U.[4]
Unit 2 Alpiq Energía España S.A.U.[7][6] EOS Holdings SA [44.0%]; Primeo Energy AG [26.0%]; Consortium of Swiss Minority Shareholders KSM [18.0%]; other [12.0%] Alpiq Energía España S.A.U.[4]

Background

In 2019, Naturgy regained ownership of group I of the Plana del Vent combined cycle power plant, which was initially transferred to Alpiq Spain in 2011. Both group 1 and group 2 are operated by Alpiq.[8][9]

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. 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124172603/https://transparency.entsoe.eu/. 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/20230104102433/http://www.ree.es/en/datos/publications/annual-system-report/spanish-electricity-system-2020-report. Archived from the original on 04 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 https://web.archive.org/web/20220926164759/https://www.alpiq.com/power-generation/thermal-power-plants/gas-fired-combined-cycle/plana-del-vent. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20211202150328/https://www.diaridetarragona.com/economia/Naturgy-recupera-su-planta-de-gas-de-Plana-del-Vent-en-LHospitalet-de-lInfant-20190529-0029.html. Archived from the original on 02 December 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124231923/https://www.alpiq.com/alpiq-group/investor-relations/ad-hoc-news/ad-hoc-news-detail/atel-and-eos-become-alpiq. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://www.diaridetarragona.com/economia/naturgy-recupera-su-planta-de-gas-de-plana-del-vent-en-lhospitalet-de-linfant-20190529-0029-DRdt201905290029. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "Naturgy recupera su planta de gas de Plana del Vent, en L'Hospitalet de l'Infant". Diari de Tarragona (in español). Retrieved 2021-11-23.
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