Endesa Termic
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Endesa Termic is a 356 metre high chimney belonging to the thermal power station
(i.e.:coal power plant) held by Spanish utility Endesa
at As Pontes de García Rodríguez
in the outskirts of Ferrol in the province of A Coruña, north-western Spain
. Endesa Termic was built in 1974 and is the second tallest chimney in Europe
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Thermal power station
A thermal power station is a power plant in which the prime mover is steam driven. Water is heated, turns into steam and spins a steam turbine which drives an electrical generator. After it passes through the turbine, the steam is condensed in a condenser and recycled to where it was heated; this...
(i.e.:coal power plant) held by Spanish utility Endesa
Endesa (Spain)
Endesa, S.A. is the largest electric utility company in Spain. The firm, a majority-owned subsidiary of the Italian utility company Enel, has 10 million customers in Spain, with domestic annual generation of over 97,600 GWh from nuclear, fossil-fueled, hydroelectric, and renewable resource power...
at As Pontes de García Rodríguez
As Pontes de García Rodríguez
As Pontes de García Rodríguez is a municipality in the Comarca of Eume, in North-western Spain, in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It is the largest council in the province.-Economy:...
in the outskirts of Ferrol in the province of A Coruña, north-western Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. Endesa Termic was built in 1974 and is the second tallest chimney in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
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See also
- List of towers
- List of chimneys
- List of tallest freestanding structures in the world
- List of tallest structures in Spain
- EndesaEndesa (Spain)Endesa, S.A. is the largest electric utility company in Spain. The firm, a majority-owned subsidiary of the Italian utility company Enel, has 10 million customers in Spain, with domestic annual generation of over 97,600 GWh from nuclear, fossil-fueled, hydroelectric, and renewable resource power...
acronym in Spanish for Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A. - Ferrol City and Naval Station in North Western SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
External links
- Industrial Area & Mine for the Endesa Termic Plant in As Pontes de García Rodríguez
- The Coal Power Plant of As Pontes de García Rodríguez en Ferrolterra (Outskirts of Ferrol) North-western Spain.
- Black Shadows in Green Galicia - The Coal Power Plant of As Pontes de García Rodríguez (Web in Spanish)
- Foster Wheeler to Upgrade Second Unit at As Pontes Power Plant
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b1018