Maritsa Iztok Complex

Maritsa Iztok-1
(TPS AES Galabovo)
TPS AES Galabovo
Map
CountryBulgaria
LocationGalabovo
Coordinates42°9′16″N 25°54′41″E / 42.15444°N 25.91139°E / 42.15444; 25.91139
StatusOperational
Construction beganJune 2006
Commission date3 June 2011
OwnerAES Corporation
Thermal power station
Primary fuelLignite
Power generation
Units operational2 X 335 MW
Make and modelAlstom
Nameplate capacity670 MW
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Maritsa Iztok-2
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CountryBulgaria
LocationRadetski village
Coordinates42°15′14″N 26°7′55″E / 42.25389°N 26.13194°E / 42.25389; 26.13194
StatusOperational
Construction began7 May 1962
Commission date10 November 1966
OwnerBulgarian Energy Holding EAD
OperatorMaritsa East-2 TPP
Thermal power station
Primary fuelLignite
Power generation
Units operational4 X 150 MW
2 X 210 MW
2 X 215 MW
Make and modelLMZ
Electrosila
Nameplate capacity1,465 MW
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Maritsa Iztok-3
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CountryBulgaria
Location
Coordinates42°8′40″N 26°0′12″E / 42.14444°N 26.00333°E / 42.14444; 26.00333
StatusOperational
Construction began1978
Commission date1980
OperatorEnergiina Kompaniya Maritsa Iztok 3 AD
Thermal power station
Primary fuelLignite
Power generation
Units operational4 X 225 MW
Make and modelLMZ
Nameplate capacity900 MW
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The Maritsa Iztok Complex is the largest energy complex in South Eastern Europe.[citation needed] Maritsa Iztok 1 and 3 located entirely within Stara Zagora Province in south-central Bulgaria while Maritsa Iztok 2 is split with eastern neighboring Sliven Province. It consists of three lignite-fired thermal power stations. The complex is located in a large lignite coal basin, which includes several mines, enrichment plants, a briquette plant and its own railway system. The development of the thermal power and mining complex at Maritsa Iztok began in 1952, but the lignite deposits used to be known well in the mid-19th century. The Maritsa Iztok mines and power plants are interdependent as the only market for coal is the power plants, while the power plants have no other supplier of coal but the mines.[1]

The complex is the largest source of CO2 emissions in Bulgaria with 142,913,573 tons emitted in 2020.

  1. ^ Velinova, Sia (8 June 2007). "Bulgaria Maritsa Iztok Picks Favourite". SeeNews. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2008.