Saline Joniche Power Station

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Saline Joniche Power Station is a cancelled power station in Saline Joniche, Calabria, Italy.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Saline Joniche Power Station Saline Joniche, Calabria, Italy 37.934933, 15.725 (approximate)

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

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year
Unit 1 cancelled coal: bituminous, bioenergy: unknown 660 ultra-supercritical 2016
Unit 2 cancelled coal: bituminous, bioenergy: unknown 660 ultra-supercritical 2016

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 1 SEI SpA [100%] Apri Sviluppo SpA; Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich; Foster Wheeler Italiana SpA; Repower AG; UBS Clean Energy Infrastructure Switzerland KmGK
Unit 2 SEI SpA [100%] Apri Sviluppo SpA; Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich; Foster Wheeler Italiana SpA; Repower AG; UBS Clean Energy Infrastructure Switzerland KmGK

Background

The Saline Joniche plant was launched by SEI S.p.A., an Italian subsidiary of Swiss company Repower, with support from Italian business partners Hera S.p.A., Foster Wheeler Italiana S.p.A. and Apri Sviluppo S.p.A. Original plans called for coal to be transported direct to the plant by ship. The installation was designed to be able to process locally produced biomass in addition to burning coal.

An April 2012 survey conducted by the Italian firm ISPO on behalf of WWF Svizzera revealed strong local opposition to the Saline Joniche plant.[1] However, on April 5, 2013, the Italian Ministry of the Environment cleared the way for the plant to proceed, issuing a positive environmental impact assessment for two coal-fired units at 660 MW capacity each.[2]

In September 2013, a referendum in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, where plant developer Repower is based, resulted in a majority favoring "clean power without coal" and prompted Repower to announce a controlled withdrawal from the Saline Joniche project, to be completed no later than December 2015.[3] As of early 2014, Italian environmental groups including Legambiente and Comitato Acqua Bene Comune had mounted an organized campaign calling for the withdrawal of Italian utility Hera S.p.A. from the project.[4][5]

In 2016 SEI said it had officially given up on the project.[6] The company is in liquidation.[7]

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Additional data

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