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Elektrėnai Power Plant

Power plant in Elektrėnai, Lithuania

Field	Value
name	Elektrėnai Power Plant
image	Elektrėnai Power Plant in Elektrėnai, Lithuania by Augustas Didžgalvis 2.jpg
coordinates
name_official	Elektrėnų kompleksas
country	Lithuania
location	Elektrėnai
status	Operational
construction_began	1960
commissioned	1972
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
ps_electrical_capacity	1055 MW
website

The Elektrėnai Power Plant or Elektrėnai Complex () is a gas- and fuel-oil-fired 1,055 MW electricity generating station near Elektrėnai, Lithuania, about 50 km west of the capital, Vilnius. It is operated by Ignitis gamyba AB, a subsidiary of Ignitis.

History

Power plant in 2015, before the demolition of the old chimneys

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. 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. In 2012, a 9th unit was opened, which cost 377 million euros. 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

Unit	Commissioned	Power	Status
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

References

"Elektrėnai Complex".
(2010-04-19). "Environmental upgrade for Lithuanian Power Plant". [[European Bank for Reconstruction and Development]].
(2007-12-20). "EU grants EUR 50 mln for upgrading of Lithuanian Power Plant". Lithuania in the European Union.
"Atidarytas 1,3 MLRD. Litų kainavęs Lietuvos elektrinės blokas".
"Lietuvos elektrinė". [[Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia]].
(29 June 2024). "Inside Lithuania’s strategic power plant".

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