Suomenoja power station
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Suomenoja power station is an operating power station of at least 279-megawatts (MW) in Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Suomenoja power station | Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland | 60.14913, 24.71837 (exact)[1] |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- 2, 6, Unit 1, Unit 2: 60.14913, 24.71837
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Operating[2] | fossil gas: natural gas[2] | 234[2] | combined cycle[3] | yes[4] | 2009[5] | – |
| 6 | Operating[2] | fossil gas: natural gas[2] | 45[2][6] | gas turbine[3] | yes[7] | 1989[5] | – |
| Unit 1 | Retired | coal: bituminous | 90 | subcritical | – | 1977 | 2020 |
| Unit 2 | Retired | coal: bituminous | 80 | subcritical | – | 1986 | 2024[8] |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Fortum Power and Heat Oy [100%][1] | Fortum Oyj [100.0%] |
| 6 | Fortum Power and Heat Oy [100%][1] | Fortum Oyj [100.0%] |
| Unit 1 | Fortum Power and Heat Oy [100%][1] | Fortum Oyj [100.0%] |
| Unit 2 | Fortum Power and Heat Oy [100%][1] | Fortum Oyj [100.0%] |
Background
The power plant had a total of five units: two using coal, two using natural gas, and one heat pump unit, commissioned from 1977 to 2015. In 1977, a steam power plant producing electricity and heat and using coal as fuel was completed. A hot water boiler plant based on circulating fluidized bed technology and intended for peak load operation was completed in 1986.[9]
Together with the City of Espoo, Espoo-based energy company Fortum announced a commitment to make district heating production carbon-neutral in Espoo, Kauniainen, and Kirkkonummi by 2025. In Spring 2020, a new bio-heating facility built in Kivenlahti, Espoo, Finland, replaced one of the two coal-fired units.[10][11] It appears the decommissioned unit was the oldest of the two coal units, but it is uncertain.[12]
Fortum's 2022 Sustainability Report stated a goal to eliminate the use of coal at Suomenoja power station in 2025.[13]
In April 2024, the second coal-fired unit was retired.[14]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124185922/https://www.wilsoncenter.org/project/suomenoja-power-station. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 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) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221022083705/https://data.open-power-system-data.org/conventional_power_plants/2018-12-20. Archived from the original on 22 October 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://doi.org/10.25832/conventional_power_plants/2018-12-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124184514/https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/125/contributions_89b69210_00c3_0138_3eb1_6eee0af72823. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221012130619/https://energiavirasto.fi/toimitusvarmuus. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://clients.webx.solutions/arkhive/index.php/ark-hive?task=file.download&id=7448.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.fortum.com/energy-production/chp-combined-heat-and-power/plants/suomenoja.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Coal-Fired Plants in Finland," Industcards, accessed April 2016
- ↑ "Waste heat utilization in Espoo’s district heating network," Fortum Power and Heat Oy, March 2020
- ↑ "City of Espoo will discontinue the use of coal – its new bioplant generates heat for almost 100,000 people," KPA Unicon Oy, October 26, 2020
- ↑ "Espoo Clean Heat," ESPOO ESBO & Fortum, October 2019
- ↑ "Sustainability 2022," Fortum, March 27, 2023
- ↑ "Suomenoja CHP plant," Fortum, accessed July 9, 2024
Additional data
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