Bergkamen Power Station
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The power plant Bergkamen is a coal power plant in Mountain Kamen in the Unna.
History
1978 was established for the purpose of power plant operation, the project company STEAG and RWE Power, Community power plant Bergkamen A oHG. RWE Power holds in that company shares amounting to 51%, the remaining 49 % accounted for by the Steag GmbH.
In 1981, the power plant on dates - Hamm Canal was put into operation, however, was at this time the flue gas desulfurization system only in a first stage available.
In 1985, the flue gas desulphurisation plant was completed after four years of operation.
1989 was taken in addition to a plant for nitrogen oxide reduction in operation.
2008 was increased by 33 MW by retrofitting the performance of the power plant, since the power is 780 MW.
Specifications
The power plant has an installed gross capacity of 780 megawatts ( MW) .. The usable power output in 2011 was approximately 3,520 GWh ( 3.52 billion kWh). In addition, district heating was coupled with an output of 0.02 GWh (20 MWh or 20,000 kWh) over the same period.
In order to produce the electricity and district heating approximately 1.2 million tonnes of coal were burned in 2011, it emerged in the same period by the coal combustion in the power plant 3,150,000 tons of carbon dioxide ( 894.89 tonnes of CO2 per GWh).
The power plant is of the RWE Power (51% ) and the Steag GmbH (49%) operated together. For transport of the coal and removal of ashes, the power plant has its own port on the dates - Hamm Canal. The district heat produced is used by the district heating supply Niederrhein GmbH for the heat - supply of the city mountain Kamen. The chimney of the power station is 284 meters high.
The connection to the transmission network of Amprion done on the 380 - kV level of the switchgear at Gersteinwerk.
Cooling Tower
View from the stockpile Big Wood
Marina Rünthe, in the background, the power plant
Emissions
Coal power plants are being criticized because of their pollutant emissions. Even after the installation of filter systems in the 1980s, which remove most of the sulfur from the flue gases, coal power plants continue to push relevant amounts of sulfur dioxide. In addition to sulfur reach environmental and noxious nitrogen oxides and harmful fine dust, it contained heavy metals and PAHs into the environment. In Germany the energy industry in 2010 contributed 71% ( 6,571 tons ) to the total mercury emissions.
The pollutant emissions of all major coal-fired power plants and industrial facilities are published in the European Pollutant Emission Register (via German portal www.Thru.de ).
Emissions below the reportable quantity threshold are listed in the table with "<" next to the limit.
Air pollutants
Water pollutants
Particulate pollutants ( Movement of Hazardous Waste )
Economic costs of environmental and health
The European Environment Agency has calculated the economic costs of environmental and health effects of the 28,000 largest industrial facilities in Europe based on the reported in the PRTR emissions data ( fiscal year 2009 ) in the context of a scientific study.
This study was commissioned by the EU Commission, provided the basis for the calculations in addition to the emission data from the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register further epidemiological studies on the health effects of particulate matter. In addition, costs for the treatment of diseases caused by the pollutants released and the loss of working hours were calculated by these diseases.