Power plants

Cabora-Bassa (also spelled Cahora Bassa) is the name for an HVDC-power system between the static inverter station Songo, Mozambique, which is situated near the Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Generation Station based on the Cahora Bassa dam near Zambezi falls in Mozambique, and the converter station Apollo near Pretoria, South Africa. The HVDC-power line from Cabora-Bassa is a symmetric HVDC, which can transmit 1920 megawatts at a voltage level of 533 kilovolts and 1800 amperes. Thyristor valves are used, which unlike other HVDC-schemes are mounted outdoors and not in a hall. The 1420 kilometre long powerline runs through inaccessible terrain, so it is mostly built as monopolar lines 1 km apart. In case of a single line failure, transmission with reduced power is possible via the surviving pole and return through the earth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cabora-Bassa"

Coal Creek Station is a large power plant in North Dakota. Located near the Missouri River between Underwood, North Dakota and Washburn, North Dakota, it is the largest lignite-fired electricity plant in North Dakota. Its two generators are each rated at 550 megawatts, with a peak total production of nearly 1.2 gigawatts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coal Creek Station"

DnieproGES ( , ) is the first hydropower plant on the Dnieper river, located in Zaporizhzhia. ...more on Wikipedia about "DnieproGES"

Duck Reach Power Station was the first publicly-owned hydro-electric plant in the Southern Hemisphere, and provided the Tasmanian city of Launceston with hydro-electric power from its construction in 1895 to its closure in 1955. ...more on Wikipedia about "Duck Reach"

Elk River Station is an incinerator operating in Elk River, Minnesota that generates 35 to 42 megawatts of electrical power. The site was originally built as a coal and oil-fired facility in 1950, then was converted to a nuclear power plant ( boiling water reactor) in 1963. The nuclear reactor was small and only operated from 1964 until 1968 before undergoing decommission and dismantlement in the following years, ending in the early 1970s. It resumed operating on coal and oil in 1968. In 1989, the facility was again converted, this time to use garbage for fuel. Waste arrives from Anoka, Benton, Hennepin, Sherburne, and Stearns counties, and the ash remaining after incineration is taken to a landfill in Becker, Minnesota. Elk River Station is operated by the Great River Energy cooperative. ...more on Wikipedia about "Elk River Station"

The Fayette Power Project is a coal fired power plant located near La Grange, Texas in Fayette County, Texas. It is owned by Austin Energy and the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) and operated by LCRA. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fayette Power Project"

Hazelwood power station, in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria, is a thermal brown coal station built between 1964 and 1971. The power station and associated mine were privatised by the Kennett government in 1996. It was sold for $2.35 billion, and it operates as 'International Power Hazelwood' (IPRH), an Australian public company, which is owned by UK company International Power (91.8% share) and the Commonwealth Bank Group (the remaining 8.2%). The head office is near Morwell, 150 kilometres east of Melbourne. Prior to January 2003, International Power Hazelwood was known as Hazelwood Power. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hazelwood power station"

The Lake Margaret Power Station which was built between 1911 and 1914 is the second oldest hydro-electric power plant operating in Tasmania, the Moorina Power Station built in 1906 is the oldest. Even older is the Duck Reach Power Station but it is no longer in use. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lake Margaret Power Station"

According to the WWF, these are the most polluting power stations in terms of the level of carbon dioxide produced per unit of electricity generated. Hazelwood's actual CO₂ intensity for 2004 was 1.55 (Source International Power Hazelwood Annual Business Report 2004) ...more on Wikipedia about "List of most polluting power stations"

The Lockport Powerhouse is a dam used by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to control the outflow of the Sanitary and Ship Canal and limit the diversion of water from Lake Michigan into the Des Plaines River. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lockport Powerhouse"

The Lost Pines Power Project 1 is a natural gas fired power plant located near Bastrop, Texas in Bastrop County, Texas. It is owned by GenTex Power Corporation, a wholly owned affiliate of the Lower Colorado River Authority. The plant, along with Sim Gideon Power Plant, is part of the Lost Pines Power Park. The plant was completed in 2001, and has a generating capacity of 545 megawatts ...more on Wikipedia about "Lost Pines Power Project 1"

Loy Yang Power Station is located on the outskirts of the city of Traralgon, in south eastern Victoria, Australia. It is coal powered, and is the largest amongst a number of power stations using the vast reserves of brown coal which exist in the Latrobe Valley. It is estimated that at current rates of extraction there is sufficient coal to last 1300 years. Loy Yang produces about one third of Victoria's electricity requirements, the vast majority of which is produced by coal powered plants. Australia's reliance on coal for power generation results in it being one of the largest per capita producers of carbon dioxide which is believed to contribute to global warming. ...more on Wikipedia about "Loy Yang Power Station"

The Manapouri Power Station is an underground hydroelectric power station owned and operated by Meridian Energy Limited. It is the largest hydroelectric power station in New Zealand. The station lies deep in a remote area of New Zealand's South Island on the western arm of Lake Manapouri, in Fiordland ( ). ...more on Wikipedia about "Manapouri Power Station"

Pearl Street Station was the first central power plant. It was located on Pearl Street in Manhattan. It began with one direct current generator, and it started generating electricity on September 4, 1882. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pearl Street Station" Enjoy shortopedia. Power_plants

The power station Jänschwalde is near the village Jänschwalde in Brandenburg at the German- Polish border. The installed capacity of the brown coal power station amounts to 3,000 megawatts and consists of six 500 MW blocks, where two units form a plant. It is the largest brown coal power plant of Germany in operation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Power Station Jänschwalde"

Power Station Westerholt was a coal fired power station in Gelsenkirchen- Westerholt, Germany. The power plant consisted of two units built in the 1960's, each capable of producing 150 MW of electricity. Its smokestack, built in 1997, is 337 meters (1105.6 feet) tall, making it Germany's tallest chimney (even though the power plant is no longer in use). ...more on Wikipedia about "Power Station Westerholt"

In an ill-fated gas turbine episode which marked the life of the first President Street Power Station, Johannesburg, supply tenders were invited, but although the cheapest was for steam driven plant, the consultants recommended a gas engine scheme that promised sufficient savings in fuel consumption to recover the increased capital cost within a few years. However, the Scottish contractors, Stewart and Company, supplied untested and experimental engines. There was a history of costly failure of gas engines in UK linked to the problem of bituminous coal and impurities that caused breakdowns. The estimated power needed by Johannesburg was almost10 MW, which required gas engines bigger than any previously built. ...more on Wikipedia about "President Street Power Station, Johannesburg"

Richmond Power Station is a Victorian era coal fired power station which operated on the banks of the Yarra River in Richmond, Victoria, Australia from its construction in 1891 until its closure in 1976. It was one of the first alternating current (AC) electricity generation plants in the state. It has since been converted into office space and is the headquarters of international fashion brand Country Road. The area in which it is located is now called Cremorne. ...more on Wikipedia about "Richmond Power Station"

The Sim Gideon Power Plant is a natural gas fired power plant located near Bastrop, Texas in Bastrop County, Texas. It is owned and operated by the Lower Colorado River Authority. The plant, along with Lost Pines Power Project 1, is part of the Lost Pines Power Park. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sim Gideon Power Plant"

Teruel Power Plant is a large coal fired power plant at Teruel, Spain. It has a 343 metre tall chimney. ...more on Wikipedia about "Teruel Power Plant"

The Thomas C. Ferguson Power Plant is a natural gas fired power plant located near Marble Falls, Texas in Llano County, Texas. It is owned and operated by the Lower Colorado River Authority. The plant was completed in 1974, and has a generating capacity of 420 megawatts ...more on Wikipedia about "Thomas C. Ferguson Power Plant"

TPP Nikola Tesla is a power plant complex located on the right bank of the river Sava, approximatly 40 km upstream from Belgrade, near the town of Obrenovac. By far the largest one in Serbia, the complex generates around 16 TWh anually, which covers almost half of Serbia's needs for electricity. The complex and two of its plants are named in honor of Nikola Tesla. ...more on Wikipedia about "TPP Nikola Tesla"

A traction powerstation is a power station, which produces only traction current. Pure traction power stations are rare. There was such a power station in Muldenstein (former Eastern Germany). There are much more power stations, which have generators for three phase AC current and for traction current. ...more on Wikipedia about "Traction powerstation"

An underground power station is a type of hydroelectric power station constructed by excavating the major components (e.g. machine hall, penstocks, and tailrace) from rock, rather than the more common surface-based construction methods. ...more on Wikipedia about "Underground power station"

Vemork, a small community in Norway, close to the city Rjukan and within the Tinn municipality, in the county of Telemark. ...more on Wikipedia about "Vemork"

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