Vojany Power Station

{{Short description|Coal-fired plant in Slovakia}}

{{Infobox power station

| name = Vojany Power Station

| name_official = Elektráreň Vojany

| image = A Vajáni hőerőmű.jpg

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| location_map_caption = Location of the Vojany Power Station

| coordinates = {{coord|48|33|13|N|21|58|41|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

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| country = Slovakia

| location = Vojany

| status = D

| construction_began = 1961

| commissioned = 1966

| decommissioned = 26 March 2024

| cost =

| owner = Slovenské elektrárne

| operator =

| th_fuel_primary = Coal

| th_fuel_secondary = Natural gas

| th_fuel_tertiary = Fuel oil

| ps_units_operational = 12 x 110 MW

| ps_units_manu_model = Škoda

| th_cogeneration =

| th_combined_cycle =

| ps_electrical_capacity = 1,320 MW

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Vojany Power Station was a thermal power station at Vojany, Slovakia. It consists of 12 units, with 110 MW generation capacity each. Planning of the first plant began in 1959, the project was approved in 1960, and construction began in 1961. It was commissioned in 1966. The second plant was approved in 1966, construction started in 1968, and it was commissioned in 1973–1974.

{{cite news

| url = http://www.industcards.com/st-coal-eur-cent.htm

| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130126104636/http://www.industcards.com/st-coal-eur-cent.htm

| url-status = usurped

| archive-date = January 26, 2013

| title = Coal- and Lignite-Fired in Central Europe

| work = industcards.com

| access-date = 2011-02-12}}

{{cite news

| url = http://www.seas.sk/power-plants/fossil-power-plants/elektrarne-vojany-en/history-of-elektrarne-vojany/

| title = History

| publisher = Slovenské elektrárne

| access-date = 2011-02-12}}

The first plant was designed to use semi-anthracite coal imported from Ukraine by a purpose-built wide-gauge rail line. Cooling water is supplied from the Zemplínska Šírava reservoir. Its flue gas stack is {{convert|200|m|ft|0}} tall.

The second plant uses heavy fuel oil. Between 1979 and 1985 it was modernized to use also natural gas. Its flue gas stack, which was completed in 1974, was originally {{convert|300|m|ft|0}} tall. In 1998, its height was reduced to {{convert|175|m|ft|0}}.{{Cite web|url=http://www.termostav-mraz.sk/sk/referencie|title = Termostav-Mráz, s.r.o. | Úvod}}

The operator of the power plant, Slovenské elektrárne, shut down the Vojany power plant from operation on 26 March 2024. This decommissioning ended the production of electricity from coal in Slovakia. Future use of this area as a solar park or battery storage is being considered.{{Cite news |title=Elektráreň Vojany končí a pre Slovenské elektrárne aj výroba elektriny z uhlia |url=https://e.dennikn.sk/minuta/3906668 |date=2024-03-26 |access-date=2024-03-28}}