Bahía de Bizkaia power station

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Bahía de Bizkaia power station is an operating power station of at least 785-megawatts (MW) in Zierbena, Basque Country, Spain.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Bahía de Bizkaia power station Zierbena, Basque Country, Spain 43.35904, -3.09211 (exact)[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 43.35904, -3.09211

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating[2][3] fossil gas - LNG[4] 785[5] combined cycle[6] 2003[7]

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 Bahia de Bizkaia Electricidad SL (BBE) [100.0%]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://doi.org/10.25832/conventional_power_plants/2018-12-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20221107230119/https://transparency.entsoe.eu/. Archived from the original on 07 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "RegistroPublico.aspx". energia.serviciosmin.gob.es. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20201017203904/https://www.eib.org/en/projects/pipelines/all/20010033. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20221127083233/https://www.bbe.es/en/technical-description/introduction/. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20230104102433/http://www.ree.es/en/datos/publications/annual-system-report/spanish-electricity-system-2020-report. Archived from the original on 04 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20220817205129/https://zenodo.org/record/3349843. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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