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Kiisa Power Plant

Power station in Estonia

Field	Value
name	Kiisa Emergency Reserve Power Plant
coordinates
country	Estonia
location	Kiisa
status	O
construction_began	2011
commissioned	November 2013 (1st unit)
June 2014
cost	€135 million
owner	Elering
th_fuel_primary	Natural gas
th_fuel_secondary	Light fuel oil
ps_units_operational	1 X 110 MW
1 X 140 MW
ps_units_manu_model	Wärtsilä 20V34DF engines
ps_electrical_capacity	250 MW

June 2014 1 X 140 MW The Kiisa Power Plant is an emergency reserve power plant, based on the engine power plant technology, located in Kiisa, Estonia, about 25 km from Tallinn. As an emergency plant, it operates only in the case of a network failure or capacity shortfall, and it does not participate in the everyday electricity market.{{cite web |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150209180246/http://elering.ee/public/Elektrisusteemi_arendamine/AREJ/ENG/Project_overview_and_interesting_facts.pdf |archive-date = 2015-02-09 |url-status = dead | archive-date = 2015-02-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150223200554/http://elering.ee/emergency-reserve-power-plant/ | url-status = dead

The plant is supplied by Wärtsilä and it is based on Wärtsilä 20V34DF engines fuelled by natural gas as a primary fuel and light fuel oil as a back-up fuel. It consist of two generation units with capacity of 110 MW and 140 MW accordingly. Each of units is a set of 10-MW generators. Its total capacity 250 MW is equal to one sixth of the maximum consumption of Estonia.

The power plant is located next to the Kiisa 110/330 kV substation, which is connected to the Estonia's main transmission lines. As an emergency reserve power plant, it should reach full output within 10 minutes. It will be fully automatic without permanent personnel on site. The plant is connected with the natural gas grid. In addition, it has an oil terminal with tanks' capacity up to 14000 m3 of diesel.

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References

Construction started in 2011 and the first unit was commissioned in January 2014 and the second unit was commissioned in July 2014.[http://elering.ee/emergency-reserve-power-plants-2/ Emergency Reserve Power Plants (ERPP I and ERPP II), Elering, Kiisa, Estonia] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-03-11 Retrieved 2016-03-01.)

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