Plana del Vent power station

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Plana del Vent power station is an operating power station of at least 834-megawatts (MW) in Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant, Tarragona, Spain.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Plana del Vent power station Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant, Tarragona, Spain 40.9596, 0.8692 (exact)[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • 1, 2: 40.9596, 0.8692

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year
1 Operating[2][3][4] fossil gas: natural gas[5][4] 420.1[5] combined cycle[5] no[5] 2007[5]
2 Operating[2][3][4] fossil gas: natural gas[5][4] 414[5] combined cycle[5] no[5] 2007[5]

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 Naturgy Energy Group SA [100%][6][7] Naturgy Energy Group SA [100.0%]
2 Alpiq Energía España SAU [100%][8][7] EOS Holdings SA [44.0%]; Primeo Energy AG [26.0%]; Consortium of Swiss Minority Shareholders KSM [18.0%]; other [12.0%]

Background

In 2019, Naturgy regained ownership of group I of the Plana del Vent combined cycle power plant, which was initially transferred to Alpiq Spain in 2011. Both group 1 and group 2 are operated by Alpiq.[9][10]

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. 2.0 2.1 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://energia.serviciosmin.gob.es/Reprov2/RegistroPublico.aspx. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 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)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 https://web.archive.org/web/20220926164759/https://www.alpiq.com/power-generation/thermal-power-plants/gas-fired-combined-cycle/plana-del-vent. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20211202150328/https://www.diaridetarragona.com/economia/Naturgy-recupera-su-planta-de-gas-de-Plana-del-Vent-en-LHospitalet-de-lInfant-20190529-0029.html. Archived from the original on 02 December 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220126105003/https://www.alpiq.com/alpiq-group/investor-relations/ad-hoc-news/ad-hoc-news-detail/atel-and-eos-become-alpiq. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://www.diaridetarragona.com/economia/naturgy-recupera-su-planta-de-gas-de-plana-del-vent-en-lhospitalet-de-linfant-20190529-0029-DRdt201905290029. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. "Naturgy recupera su planta de gas de Plana del Vent, en L'Hospitalet de l'Infant". Diari de Tarragona (in español). Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  10. Plana del Vent |

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