Sealrock power station

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Sealrock power station is an operating power station of at least 170-megawatts (MW) in Askeaton (Aughinish Island), County Clare, Ireland. It is also known as Askeaton, Aughinish Alumina, Aughinish CHP.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Sealrock power station Askeaton (Aughinish Island), County Clare, Ireland 52.6324, -9.0596 (exact)[1]

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 3, Unit 4: 52.6324, -9.0596

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 3 operating[2] fossil gas - natural gas[3][4] 85[3][2] gas turbine[2] 2005[3]
Unit 4 operating[2] fossil gas - natural gas[3][4] 85[3][2] gas turbine[2] 2005[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 3 Aughinish Alumina [100%] United Company RUSAL PJSC
Unit 4 Aughinish Alumina [100%] United Company RUSAL PJSC

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): aluminum[3]
  • Captive industry: Both[3]

Background

This power station provides combined heat-and-power to Aughinish Alumina's Bauxite refining facility in Aughinish, Ireland.[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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 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 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124174424/https://bauxite.world-aluminium.org/refining/case-studies/aughinish/. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124174421/https://www.globalenergyobservatory.org/geoid/43944. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Aughinish". Bauxite World. Retrieved May 25th, 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Additional data

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