Rades II power station

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Rades II power station (محطة كهرباء رادس ٢) is an operating power station of at least 480-megawatts (MW) in Rades, Ben Arous, Tunisia. It is also known as Rades Carthage.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rades II power station Rades, Ben Arous, Tunisia 36.799, 10.2865 (exact)[1][2]

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 36.799, 10.2865

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating[3] fossil gas - natural gas, fossil liquids - fuel oil[4] 480[4] combined cycle[4] 2002[4][5] 2027 (planned)[6]

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
Unit 1 Nebras Power QPSC [60.0%], Marubeni Corp [40.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry: Power[7]


Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20210712165721/https://www.industryabout.com/country-territories-3/1556-tunisia/fossil-fuels-energy/22797-rades-ii-gas-power-plant. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20230103182122/https://datasets.wri.org/dataset/globalpowerplantdatabase. Archived from the original on 03 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20221012163811/https://www.africa-energy.com/database. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220706032017/https://elib.dlr.de/87692/1/DLR-BETTER-Tunis-2013-04-29-hand2col.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 06 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20210416033855/https://erc.undp.org/evaluation/documents/download/8868. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220120015105/https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/12181814.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20220516163322/https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/rades-c-combined-cycle-power-plant/. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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