Amer power station
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Amer power station is an operating power station of at least 600-megawatts (MW) in Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Amer power station | Geertruidenberg, Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands | 51.709806, 4.843661 (exact)[1] |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 8, Unit 9: 51.709806, 4.843661
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9, timepoint 2 | Operating[2] | bioenergy: wood & other biomass (solids), coal: bituminous[2] | 600[2] | – | 2023[2] | – |
| Unit 8 | Retired | coal: bituminous | 701 | subcritical | 1981 | 2015 |
| Unit 9, timepoint 1 | Retired[2] | coal: bituminous, bioenergy: wood & other biomass (solids) | 600[2] | supercritical | 1993[2] | 2023[2] |
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| 9, timepoint 2 | RWE AG [100%][2] | RWE AG [100.0%] |
| Unit 8 | RWE AG [100%][2] | RWE AG [100.0%] |
| Unit 9, timepoint 1 | RWE AG [100%][2] | RWE AG [100.0%] |
Unit-level fuel conversion details:
Unit 9: Converted from coal to bioenergy in 2023.
Background
Amer power station was a two-unit coal-fired power plant, Amer 8 and 9, with a total capacity of 1,353.0 MW. The units were completed between 1981 and 1994, and owned by RWE. The subcritical Amer 8 unit was closed at the end of 2015.[3]
Planned coal-fired expansion cancelled
A 1,000-MW coal-fired unit planned to extend the site was cancelled in May 2008.[3]
Conversion of Unit 9 from coal to biomass
In 2016, owner RWE announced plans to convert Amer 9 to run entirely on biomass by 2025. The company stated that it wanted "to reduce CO2-emissions of Amer 9 by increasing co-firing of biomass up to 50%" before 2020 and up to 100% before 2025.[4]
As of 2020, Unit 9 of the plant was powered by 50% coal and 50% biomass (sawdust pellets), with plans to increase biomass to 80% by the end of 2020. The power station also had a wood gasification plant onsite capable of processing waste timber into gas, cleaning it and cofiring it together with solid biomass and coal; the system was not in use at the time, but the company said it could be upgraded and put back into operation if subsidies were made available in the future.[5]
As of July 2023, Unit 9 was burning 80% biomass and 20% coal.[6]
Solar Expansion
The power plant has 2,024 solar panels on the roof of the main building where units 6 and 7 (natural gas) and 8 (coal) were located, with plans for expansion of 8,000 solar panels on land and 20,000 floating solar panels with tracking system on the waterbassin on the terrain.[7]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240705165819/https://www.google.com/maps/place/RWE+Kraftwerk+Amer/@51.7102442,4.8410548,1078m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x47c69c64deb85a39:0xbd85f8cedf34f7b9!8m2!3d51.7073593!4d4.8460121!16s%2Fm%2F0bmbwdh?entry=tts&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDYyNi4wKgBIAVAD. Archived from the original on 05 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 https://web.archive.org/web/20230507183908/https://benelux.rwe.com/locaties/amercentrale/. Archived from the original on 07 May 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Coal-Fired Plants in the Netherlands," Industcards, accessed April 2016
- ↑ "Comprehensive approach to energy transition needed," RWE, Apr 9, 2016
- ↑ "Amer power plant, Facts and Figures" RWE Group, accessed May 15, 2020.
- ↑ "Steenkool- en biomassa Amercentrale". RWE. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Duizenden zonnepanelen op en rond kolencentrale Geertruidenberg maken Zonnepark Amer" Omroepbrabant.nl (In dutch), April 6, 2018
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.
