Pont-de-Claix power station

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Pont-de-Claix power station is an operating power station of at least 78-megawatts (MW) in Le Pont-de-Claix, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Pont-de-Claix power station Le Pont-de-Claix, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France 45.13495, 5.70328 (approximate)[1]

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

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 10 operating[1][2] gas[3][1] 26[4][3] gas turbine[2] yes[4][5] 1972[4]
Unit 8 operating[1][2] gas[3][1] 26[4][3] gas turbine[2] yes[4][5] 1969[4]
Unit 9 operating[1][2] gas[3][1] 26[4][3] gas turbine[2] yes[4][5] 1972[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
Unit 10 Solvay SA[1] Solvay SA [100.0%]
Unit 8 Solvay SA[1] Solvay SA [100.0%]
Unit 9 Solvay SA[1] Solvay SA [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): both[6]
  • Captive industry: Chemicals[6]

Background

This power station, owned by Solvay S.A is located at the Pont-de-Claix industrial area, providing combined heat-and-power to a number of industrial processes such as chemical refining and manufacturing.[7]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 https://web.archive.org/web/20230120114302/https://www.solvay.fr/communiques-de-presse/raccordement-de-notre-centrale-de-production-denergie-de-pont-de-claix. Archived from the original on 20 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125093032/https://odre.opendatasoft.com/explore/dataset/registre-national-installation-production-stockage-electricite-agrege/table/?disjunctive.epci&disjunctive.departement&disjunctive.region&disjunctive.filiere&disjunctive.combustible&disjunctive.combustiblessecondaires&disjunctive.technologie&disjunctive.regime&disjunctive.gestionnaire&sort=codeinseecommune. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20230120114301/https://www.solvay.fr/implantations/pont-de-claix/missions-du-site. Archived from the original on 20 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20211208135328/https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/registre-national-des-installations-de-production-et-de-stockage-delectricite-en-cours-2021/. Archived from the original on 08 December 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20221205201924/http://www.plateformechimiquedupontdeclaix.com/la-plate-forme/. Archived from the original on 05 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221228120833/https://www.solvay.fr/implantations/pont-de-claix. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. "Pont-de-Claix". Solvay France (in français). Retrieved 2022-05-22.

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