Varna Power Plant
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Varna Thermal Power Plant is located on the northern shore of the Lake Varna
near the village of Ezerovo at 12 km to the west of Varna
, eastern Bulgaria
. It was bought by the Czech
energy company CEZ Group
.
The plant was constructed at that location because it works with anthracite coal imported mainly from the Ukraine
. There is a coal port
built nearby with room for three ships - two for ships up to 12,000 t and one for ships up to 55,000 t.
The plant has 6 turbines with installed power of 210 MW which makes a total of 1,260 MW. Varna TPP is the second largest coal power plant in the Balkan peninsula after Maritsa Iztok 2 which is also situated in Bulgaria. In 2006, it produced 3 billion kWh electricity. Varna TPP has 900 employees. The income from the sold electrical energy is worth of 173,000,000 BGN
or approximately €80,000,000.
Two turbines working with gas
with installed power of 440 MW each are planned to be constructed by 2012 as a part of the company's strategy to reduce pollution.
Lake Varna
Lake Varna is the largest by volume and deepest liman or lake along the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, divided from the sea by a 2 km-wide strip of sand and having an area of 17 km², maximal depth 19 m, and a volume of 166 million m³....
near the village of Ezerovo at 12 km to the west of Varna
Varna
Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011...
, eastern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
. It was bought by the Czech
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....
energy company 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 plant was constructed at that location because it works with anthracite coal imported mainly from the Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. There is a coal port
Port
A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land....
built nearby with room for three ships - two for ships up to 12,000 t and one for ships up to 55,000 t.
The plant has 6 turbines with installed power of 210 MW which makes a total of 1,260 MW. Varna TPP is the second largest coal power plant in the Balkan peninsula after Maritsa Iztok 2 which is also situated in Bulgaria. In 2006, it produced 3 billion kWh electricity. Varna TPP has 900 employees. The income from the sold electrical energy is worth of 173,000,000 BGN
BGN
BGN is a three letter acronym of:* BiGlycaN, protein* Bulgarian lev, ISO 4217 code for the currency of Bulgaria* United States Board on Geographic Names* Ben Gurion International Airport,...
or approximately €80,000,000.
Two turbines working with gas
Gas
Gas is one of the three classical states of matter . Near absolute zero, a substance exists as a solid. As heat is added to this substance it melts into a liquid at its melting point , boils into a gas at its boiling point, and if heated high enough would enter a plasma state in which the electrons...
with installed power of 440 MW each are planned to be constructed by 2012 as a part of the company's strategy to reduce pollution.