St Andrae power station
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St Andrae power station is a retired power station in Sankt Andrä, Wolfsberg, Carinthia, Austria.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| St Andrae power station | Sankt Andrä, Wolfsberg, Carinthia, Austria | 46.75, 14.816667 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 1, Unit 2: 46.75, 14.816667
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | retired | coal - lignite | 68 | unknown | 1996 | 2011 |
| Unit 2 | retired | coal - lignite | 124 | unknown | 1996 | 2011 |
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Verbund Austrian Hydropower AG [100.0%] |
| Unit 2 | Verbund Austrian Hydropower AG [100.0%] |
Background
The St. Andrae power station was constructed in 1996 as a coal-fuelled thermal plant by Verbund Austrian Hydropower. It was meant to be shut down in mid-2001; however, after a successful trial operation at the plant where biomass and other, cleaner, derived fuels were burned instead of coal, the Supervisory Board of the VERBUND subsidiary Draukraft voted to extend the plant's operations until 2003.[1] After the facility's operations were suspended suspended in 2003, the plant was placed on standby operation from 2004 onwards.[2]
A number of other coal and oil-fired power plants were closed after that. In 2010, Austria announced their intent to replace these plants' capacities with a combined heat and power (CHP) plant that would be gas-fired. Compared to the closed power plants, the Austrian government estimated that this new CHP plant would reduce two million tonnes of CO2 emissions during its lifetime.[3]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ "VERBUND power plant St. Andrae continues operation until 2003". Verbund. April 5, 2001. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "ATP: New Structural Program - VERBUND". Verbund. November 20, 2003. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ European Commission (March 24, 2010). "Investment Aid for co-generation of electricity and heat (CHP) – Mellach of Verbund Austrian Thermal Power GmbH and Co KG" (PDF). EU. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
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Additional data
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