Rauma power station

From Global Energy Monitor

Rauma power station is an operating power station of at least 76-megawatts (MW) in Rauma, Lansi-suomen, Finland with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rauma power station Rauma, Lansi-suomen, Finland 61.118, 21.478 (exact)

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 61.118, 21.478
  • Unit TG6: 61.1194, 21.4814

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 1 retired coal - anthracite 78 subcritical 1989 2006
Unit TG6 operating[1] bioenergy - wood & other biomass (solids), bioenergy - wastewater and sewage sludge (solids or biogas)[2] 76[1] 2006[1]

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 UPM-Kymmene Oyj [100.0%]
Unit TG6 Rauman Biovoima[2]

Background

Rauma power station's coal-fired, 78 MW Unit 1 operated for nearly two decades, from 1989 to 2006. Upon the coal plant's retirement in 2006, a new biomass-fired unit began operating, with a capacity of 76 MW.[3][4]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20221130075932/https://raumanbiovoima.fi/rauman_biovoiman_toiminta/. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230403040419/https://raumanbiovoima.fi/. Archived from the original on 03 April 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "Turbiini ja generaattori TG6". Rauman Biovoima. Retrieved 2023-07-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. https://www.upm.com/news-and-stories/articles/2016/07/the-giant-of-rauma/

Additional data

To access additional data, including interactive maps of the power stations, downloadable datasets, and summary data, please visit the Global Bioenergy Power Tracker and the Global Coal Plant Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.