Teruel Power Plant

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| name = Teruel Power Plant

| name_official = Central térmica de Andorra

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| country = Spain

| location = Andorra, Teruel

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| commissioned = 1981

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| owner = Endesa

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| th_fuel_primary = Lignite

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| ps_units_decommissioned = 3 x 350 MW

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| ps_electrical_capacity= 1,050 MW (1981-2020)

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Teruel Power Plant was a lignite fired power plant near the town of Andorra in the province of Teruel, community of Aragon, Spain. The flue gas stack of Teruel Power Plant was {{convert|343|m}} high. Teruel Power Plant had three generating units with a capacity of 350 megawatts each. In 1992, Teruel Power Plant was equipped with filters that reduced the amount of detrimental sulfur dioxide emitted in the smoke by 90%.

The plant was closed in 2020.{{Cite web|title=BOE.es - BOE-A-2020-7548 Resolución de 29 de junio de 2020, de la Dirección General de Política Energética y Minas, por la que se autoriza a Endesa Generación, SA, el cierre de la Central Térmica de Teruel, en el término municipal de Andorra (Teruel).|url=https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2020-7548|access-date=2021-05-27|website=www.boe.es}} On February 16, 2023, the chimney was demolished by explosives, making it the tallest freestanding structure ever demolished in a controlled manner.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73davpCopDE | title=Derrumbe chimenea central Andorra (Teruel) | website=YouTube | date=16 February 2023 }}

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