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| − | {{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Hungaryandcoal}} '''Matra Power Station''' is an existing 950 megawatt (MW) coal plant in Hungary. A new coal unit was proposed and then cancelled. | + | {{Moved to GEM}} |
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| − | ==Location==
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| − | The undated satellite photo below shows the power station in Heves.
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| − | ==Background on plant==
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| − | Mátra Power Station ([[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]: ''Mátrai Erőmű'') is a lignite coal-fired power plant in the valley of the Mátra mountains, Hungary.<ref>{{Cite web
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| − | ==Proposed Expansion==
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| − | A new coal fired co-generation plant was proposed by [[Matrai Erömu]], which is majority-owned by [[RWE]] and the the Hungarian Electricity Works, to have an installed capacity of 2,000 megawatts. However, RWE does not list the project as being amongst its "power plant new-build" list.<ref>RWE, [http://www.rwe.com/generator.aspx/rwe-power-icw/power-plant-new-build/language=en/id=502962/page.html "Power plant new-build"], RWE website, undated, accessed July 2008.</ref>
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| − | On its website RWE states that "the company operates an 800 MW lignite-fired power plant that is supplied with coal from two opencast mines. Matra is Hungary’s second largest power producer and extracts half of the country's lignite." It also stated that in late 2006 and early 2007 two topping gas turbines (TGT) were commissioned at the plant which "have raised the capacity of the connected power plant units by some 10 per cent."<ref>[http://www.rwe.com/generator.aspx/rwe-power-icw/company/locations/lignite/language=en/id=264014/lignite.html "Lignite"], RWE website, accessed July 2008.</ref>
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| − | ==2010: Expansion Project Scrapped==
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| − | In 2010, RWE announced that it was cancelling plans to add a new 440-megawatt (MW) unit to its Matra coal-fired power plant.<ref>[http://mwne.ws/ZQhtYG "RWE Cancels Hungarian Coal-Fired Project, an Industrial Info News Alert,"] Industrial Information Europe, November 5, 2010</ref>
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| − | ==Project Details of expansion==
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| − | *'''Sponsor:''' [[Matrai Erömu]]
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| − | *'''Parent company:''' [[RWE]], Energie Baden-Wurttemberg (EnBW), MVM Hungary
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| − | *'''Location:''' Visonta, East of Gyongyos, Heves, Hungary
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| − | *'''Coordinates:''' 47.79027,20.06358 (exact)
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| − | *'''Status:''' Cancelled
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| − | *'''Capacity:''' 440 MW
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| − | *'''Coal Type:''' Lignite
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| − | *'''Coal Source:'''
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| − | *'''Source of financing:'''
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| − | ==Articles and Resources==
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| − | ===Sources===
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| − | ===Related SourceWatch Articles===
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| − | *[[Europe and coal]]
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| − | *[[Global use and production of coal]]
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| − | ===External Articles===
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| − | * András Perger, [http://energiaklub.hu/dl/kiadvanyok/lignite_hungary.pdf "The role of coal in the Hungarian electricity sector with special attention to the use of lignite,"] Energy Club, November 2009
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| − | [[Category:Hungary]]
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| − | [[Category:Proposed coal plants in Hungary]]
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| − | [[Category:Existing coal plants in Hungary]]
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| − | [[Category: Proposed coal plants in Europe]]
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