Kymijarvi power station

From Global Energy Monitor

Kymijarvi power station is an operating power station of at least 95-megawatts (MW) in Kymijarvi, Päijät-Häme, Finland with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kymijarvi power station Kymijarvi, Päijät-Häme, Finland 60.9932, 25.7193 (exact)[1]

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 60.9932, 25.7193
  • Unit 2, Unit 3: 60.9919, 25.7207

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 1 retired coal - bituminous, bioenergy - refuse (syngas), fossil gas - natural gas, fossil liquids - diesel 138 subcritical 1982 2019
Unit 2 operating[2] bioenergy - refuse (syngas)[2] 50[2] 2012[2]
Unit 3 operating[3][4] bioenergy - wood & other biomass (solids)[5] 45[3][4] 2020[6]

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Operator
Unit 1 Lahti Energia Oy [100.0%]
Unit 2 Lahti Energia[7] Lahti Energia[2]
Unit 3 Lahti Energia[5] Lahti Energia[5]

Background

The 138 MW conventional block was commissioned on fuel oil in 1975 and converted to coal in 1982. There was a 49.5 MW topping gas turbine installation in 1986. In 1998, syngas was introduced into the fuel mix. In May 2012, a 50 MW syngas block went into operation. The plant runs on bituminous coal, refuse and biomass syngas, natural gas, and diesel oil.[8]

In February 2016 owner Lahti Energia said it planned to mothball its Kymijarvi coal and gas power plant in June 2019.[9] The 138-MW coal unit was retired in 2019.[10]

Finland's national registry of power plants notes that the power station is still generating electricity in 2022.[11]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20240124191223/https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/759364018. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220922180449/https://makron.com/en/references/lahti-energia-s-unique-gasification-plant/. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://energiavirasto.fi/documents/11120570/12722768/Energiaviraston+voimalaitosrekisteri/467811b9-c41a-5118-15bc-d4a93713474e?t=1679048220089. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://heatmasters.net/news/heat-treatment-works-at-the-kymijarvi-iii-bio-heating-plant-located-in-the-european-green-capital-2021/?fbclid=IwAR0wkQmN_lcH6innmqMIGv38OX982KPg2XevW2m3YKMKOgrEHyQQhj8kzAM. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220628104443/https://bioenergyinternational.com/lahti-energias-kymijarvi-iii-supplies-first-heat-to-district-heat-network/. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20221002003540/https://www.raumaster.fi/success-stories/lahti-energia-kymijarvi-iii-power-plant-project. Archived from the original on 02 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20240124184509/https://archive.nordregio.se/en/Publications/Publications-2016/GREEN-GROWTH-IN-NORDIC-REGIONS-50-ways-to-make-/Clean-tech-and-renewable-energy--/Kymij/index.html. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "Coal-Fired Plants in Finland," Industcards, accessed April 2016
  9. "Finland to provide $88 million investment aid to renewables projects," Reuters, Feb 25, 2016
  10. "Data," Beyond Coal Europe, June 20, 2019
  11. "Toimitusvarmuus". Energiavirasto (in suomi). Retrieved 2022-06-03.

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.