Elsta power station

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Elsta power station is an operating power station of at least 460-megawatts (MW) in Hoek, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Elsta power station Hoek, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 51.3331, 3.7787 (exact)[1]

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • 1: 51.3331, 3.7787

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year
1 Operating[2][3] fossil gas: natural gas[4][5] 460[4] combined cycle[4] yes[4] 1998[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
1 Dow Benelux BV [100%][6] Dow Inc

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): both[5]
  • Captive industry: Chemicals[5]
  • Non-industry use: power[5]


Background

This power station supplies combined heat-and-power to Dow's chemical production facility in Hoek, as well as electrical power for the national grid.[7]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20230103182122/https://datasets.wri.org/dataset/globalpowerplantdatabase. Archived from the original on 03 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); 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. 3.0 3.1 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)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124174617/https://www.elstacogen.nl/index_en.php?p=en_process. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124174734/http://www.psiru.org/companies/elsta-cogen.html. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20240124190025/https://www.elstacogen.nl/index_en.php?p=en_home. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. Elsta Cogeneration Power plant Hoek | AES

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