Kotkamills power station

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Kotkamills power station is an operating power station of at least 70-megawatts (MW) in Kotka, Kymenlaakso, Finland.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kotkamills power station Kotka, Kymenlaakso, Finland 60.467564, 26.956606 (exact)[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • 1: 60.467564, 26.956606

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year
1 Operating[2] fossil gas: natural gas, bioenergy: unknown[3][4] 70[5] combined cycle[2] yes[6] 1992[2]

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 Kotkamills Oy [100%][6] MB Funds [52.0%]; other [48.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): both[7]
  • Captive industry: Pulp & Paper[7]


Background

This power station provides combined heat-and-power to Kotkamill's pulp mill in Kotka, Finland. The power generation for the process comes from a natural gas and biomass fuelled turbine with CHP.[8]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20240124191208/https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/524515771. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20221128124555/https://energia.fi/files/4092/District_heating_in_Finland_2018.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240124173512/https://kotkamills.com/wp-content/uploads/Kotkamills_sustainability-report_2019_WEB.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20240125035510/https://www.theseus.fi/handle/10024/58798. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240124180217/https://kotkamills.com/wp-content/uploads/Kotkamills_IFRS_-Annual-Report-2019-with-Auditors-report.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124183846/https://kotkamills.com/company/our-integration-model/. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125035408/https://kotkamills.com/wp-content/uploads/kotkamills_sustainability-report_FIN_20190828.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "Our Integration Model". Kotkamills. Retrieved Jun 3rd, 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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