Tušimice Power Station
Encyclopedia
Tušimice Power Station is a lignite
-fired power station in Tušimice, Czech Republic
. It is owned and operated by CEZ Group
.
The first power station in Tušimice (Tušimice I) was commissioned in 1963–1964. The current power station (Tušimice II) was commissioned in 1973–1974. The power station consists of four generation units with a capacity of 200 MW each. Its turbine
s and generators are produced by Škoda
, and steam boilers are produced by Vítkovické železárny. Tušimice II has a 300 metres (984.3 ft) flue-gas stack built in 1974.
The power station is supplied by lignite from the local Nástup–Tušimice Mines.
Lignite
Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, or Rosebud coal by Northern Pacific Railroad,is a soft brown fuel with characteristics that put it somewhere between coal and peat...
-fired power station in Tušimice, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
. It is owned and operated by CEZ Group
CEZ Group
CEZ Group is a conglomerate of 96 companies , 72 of them in the Czech Republic. It is involved in the electricity generation, distribution, and trade. CEZ Group operates also in Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Kosovo, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and...
.
The first power station in Tušimice (Tušimice I) was commissioned in 1963–1964. The current power station (Tušimice II) was commissioned in 1973–1974. The power station consists of four generation units with a capacity of 200 MW each. Its turbine
Turbine
A turbine is a rotary engine that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful work.The simplest turbines have one moving part, a rotor assembly, which is a shaft or drum with blades attached. Moving fluid acts on the blades, or the blades react to the flow, so that they move and...
s and generators are produced by Škoda
Škoda Works
Škoda Works was the largest industrial enterprise in Austro-Hungary and later in Czechoslovakia, one of its successor states. It was also one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Europe in the 20th century...
, and steam boilers are produced by Vítkovické železárny. Tušimice II has a 300 metres (984.3 ft) flue-gas stack built in 1974.
The power station is supplied by lignite from the local Nástup–Tušimice Mines.
External links
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b5015
- http://www.cez.cz/en/power-plants-and-environment/coal-fired-power-plants/cr/tusimice.html
- Demolition of ETU I