Rades II power station

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Rades II power station (محطة كهرباء رادس ٢) is an operating power station of at least 480-megawatts (MW) in Rades, Ben Arous, Tunisia. It is also known as Rades Carthage.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rades II power station Rades, Ben Arous, Tunisia 36.799, 10.2865 (exact)[1][2]

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • 1: 36.799, 10.2865

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
1 Operating[3] fossil gas: natural gas, fossil liquids: fuel oil[4] 480[4] combined cycle[4] not found 2002[4][5] 2027 (planned)[6]

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 Operator Owner Parent
1 Tunisian Electricity and Gas [TO BE DELETED][7] Tunisian Electricity and Gas [TO BE DELETED] Co[7] Tunisian Electricity and Gas [TO BE DELETED] Co

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): power[8]
  • Non-industry use: power[8]


Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20210712165721/https://www.industryabout.com/country-territories-3/1556-tunisia/fossil-fuels-energy/22797-rades-ii-gas-power-plant. Archived from the original on 2021-07-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20240125091319/https://datasets.wri.org/dataset/globalpowerplantdatabase. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20221012163811/https://www.africa-energy.com/database. Archived from the original on 2022-10-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220706032017/https://elib.dlr.de/87692/1/DLR-BETTER-Tunis-2013-04-29-hand2col.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-07-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20210416033855/https://erc.undp.org/evaluation/documents/download/8868. Archived from the original on 2021-04-16. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220120015105/https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/12181814.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221102052809/http://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/tunisia-electrical-power-systems-and-renewable-energy. Archived from the original on 2022-11-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220516163322/https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/rades-c-combined-cycle-power-plant/. Archived from the original on 2022-05-16. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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