Elektrėnai Power Plant
{{Short description|Power plant in Elektrėnai, Lithuania}}
{{Infobox power station
| name = Elektrėnai Power Plant
| image = Elektrenu kompleksas 1 by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg
| image_caption =
| location_map_size =
| location_map_caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|54|46|15|N|24|38|34|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| name_official = Elektrėnų kompleksas
| country = Lithuania
| location = Elektrėnai
| status = Operational
| construction_began = 1960
| commissioned = 1972
| decommissioned =
| cost =
| owner = Ignitis
| operator = Ignitis Gamyba AB
| th_fuel_primary = Natural gas
| th_fuel_secondary = Heavy fuel oil
| ps_units_operational = 2 × 300 MW, 1 × 455 MW
| th_combined_cycle =
| ps_electrical_capacity = 1055 MW
| ps_electrical_cap_fac =
| website = {{URL|https://ignitisgamyba.lt}}
}}
The Elektrėnai Power Plant or Elektrėnai Complex ({{langx|lt|Elektrėnų kompleksas}}){{cite web|title=Elektrėnai Complex|url=https://ignitisgamyba.lt/en/our-activities/electricity-generation/elektrenai-complex/4189|access-date=4 April 2024|website=Ignitis}} is a gas- and fuel-oil-fired 1,055 MW electricity generating station near Elektrėnai, Lithuania, about {{convert|50|km}} west of the capital, Vilnius. It is operated by Ignitis gamyba AB, a subsidiary of Ignitis.
{{cite news|title= Ignitis AB acquires Lietuvos Elektrine shares|newspaper=The Baltic Course|url=http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/energy/?doc=32654|date=2010-10-13|access-date=2010-10-29}}
History
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The plant was built in stages between 1960 and 1972. The Strėva River was dammed to supply it with cooling water, creating the Elektrėnai Reservoir. In 2008, the plant comprised eight units fired with natural gas. In the past, it used heavy fuel oil and, for a brief period in 1990s, a bitumen-based fuel known as Orimulsion imported from Venezuela. It was designed as a base load plant, and generated about 10 TWh per year until 1992. Its operations were then reduced to about 5% of its capacity, since it acted only as a reserve in the Lithuanian power system.
After the shutdown of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in 2009, the plant became the primary source of Lithuania's electrical power. Since the plant did not meet European Union environmental guidelines, improvement projects have been proposed. A flue-gas desulfurization project was completed in September 2008.{{cite web|title=Environmental upgrade for Lithuanian Power Plant|publisher=European Bank for Reconstruction and Development|url=http://www.ebrd.com/pages/project/case/lithuania_elektrenai.shtml|date=2010-04-19|access-date=2010-10-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206062543/http://www.ebrd.com/pages/project/case/lithuania_elektrenai.shtml|archive-date=2010-12-06}} In December 2007, Ministry of Economy announced that a new 400 MW combined cycle unit would be built at the site as well. The cost of the new unit was estimated at 252 million euros; 57% of the funding was planned to be supplied by the European Union, 33% by the plant, and the remaining 10% by the National Ignalina Decommissioning Fund.{{cite news|title=EU grants EUR 50 mln for upgrading of Lithuanian Power Plant|url=http://www.euro.lt/en/news/lithuanias-membership-in-the-eu/news/2323/|publisher=Lithuania in the European Union|agency=BNS|date=2007-12-20|access-date=2008-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524142808/http://www.euro.lt/en/news/lithuanias-membership-in-the-eu/news/2323/|archive-date=2011-05-24|url-status=dead}} In 2012, a 9th unit was opened, which cost 377 million euros.{{Cite web|url=http://www.delfi.lt/verslas/energetika/atidarytas-13-mlrd-litu-kainaves-lietuvos-elektrines-blokas.d?id=59822891|title = Atidarytas 1,3 MLRD. Litų kainavęs Lietuvos elektrinės blokas}} It was built by a Spanish company Iberdrola Ingenieria y Construccion.
The plant supplies district heating to the town of Elektrėnai, established in 1962, originally to support its workers.
Units
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Unit | Commissioned{{cite web|title=Lietuvos elektrinė|url=https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/lietuvos-elektrine/|access-date=29 June 2024|publisher=Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia}} | Power | Status{{cite web|title=Inside Lithuania’s strategic power plant|url=https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2302486/inside-lithuania-s-strategic-power-plant|date=29 June 2024|access-date=29 June 2024|website=LRT}} |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 December 1962 | 150 MW | Decommissioned |
| 2 | 4 November 1963 | 150 MW | Decommissioned |
| 3 | 12 September 1964 | 150 MW | Decommissioned |
| 4 | 18 August 1965 | 150 MW | Decommissioned |
| 5 | 22 June 1967 | 300 MW | Decommissioned |
| 6 | 30 June 1968 | 300 MW | Decommissioned |
| 7 | 29 December 1971 | 300 MW | Inactive; in reserve |
| 8 | 28 September 1972 | 300 MW | Inactive; in reserve |
| 9 | 23 October 2012 | 455 MW | Active |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081120042326/http://www.ebrd.com/projects/eias/35335e.pdf European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - Executive Summary of Environmental Impact Assessment - Environmental and Related Technical Upgrading of Lithuanian Power Plant]
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Category:Natural gas-fired power stations in Lithuania