Schkopau Power Station
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The power plant Schkopau is a German lignite-fired power plant near the hamlet Korbetha the community Schkopau in Saalekreis (Saxony -Anhalt). It has two power plant units that have gone into operation in 1995 and 1996 respectively. The chimney of the power plant Schkopau is 200 meters high.
The power plant itself belongs to 58.1 % by subsidiaries of E.ON AG. The other 41.9 % were over the Saale Energie GmbH ( Schkopau ) the NRGenerating German Holdings GmbH ( depths, Switzerland ). The operator of the power plant was similarly divided: 55.6 % belong to E.ON, 44.4% of the Saale Energie GmbH. In 2012, took over the Czech energy provider EP Energy as the 41.9 percent share of NRGeneration German Holdings GmbH.
Technology and Operations
The two turbine-generators to produce electrical energy for public needs are basically designed for a capacity of 450 megawatts each, but are only nominally rated at 418.7 MW (block A) and 387.3 MW operated ( Block B). Any further generated in the boilers steam quantity is used in an additional turbine generator with a capacity of 110 MW for the generation of traction power ( single-phase AC with a frequency of 16.7 Hz ) for the German Bahn AG. The power plant also coupled steam for the chemical industry (in combined heat and power). The time required for the operation of the power plant lignite it receives from the MIBRAG that promotes this in the opencast mines of Zeitz environment ( particularly from the mining Profen ).
The power station is connected via a high-voltage line to the substation Lauchstaedt and fed there in the 380 kV transmission network of 50 Hertz Transmission.
Environment and human health
Critics at the power plant Schkopau the high emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, mercury and particulate matter, generating from the cancer substances (nickel, cadmium, PAHs, dioxins and furans) may be present. Moreover, in view of climate change are the CO2 emissions in the criticism which are particularly high in lignite power plants per kilowatt hour of electricity. A Greenpeace at the University of Stuttgart commissioned emission study comes to the conclusion that the coal-fired power plant every year 76 deaths were attributable, on the list of " harmful to human health coal-fired power plants in Germany " Schkopau ranked in 10th place
The power plant Schkopau reported the following pollutant emissions in the European Register " PRTR "
Other typical pollutant emissions were not reported because they are reportable from a minimum annual amount in the PRTR only, eg Dioxins and furans from 0.0001 kg, cadmium from 10 kg, 20 kg arsenic, copper and chromium from 100 kg of lead and zinc from 200 kg of ammonia and nitrous oxide (N2O ) from 10.000 kg volatile organic compounds except methane (NMVOC ) of 100,000 kg.
The European Environment Agency has estimated the cost of the environment and human health of the 28,000 largest industrial facilities in Europe based on the reported in the PRTR emissions data with the scientific methods of the European Commission. After the power plant Schkopau is ranked 39 of the damage costs of all European industrial plants.