Maritsa Iztok-1 (TPS AES Galabovo) | |
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Country | Bulgaria |
Location | Galabovo |
Coordinates | 42°9′16″N 25°54′41″E / 42.15444°N 25.91139°E |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | June 2006 |
Commission date | 3 June 2011 |
Owner(s) | AES Corporation |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Lignite |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 2 X 335 MW |
Make and model | Alstom |
Nameplate capacity | 670 MW |
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Maritsa Iztok-2 | |
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Country | Bulgaria |
Location | Radetski village |
Coordinates | 42°15′14″N 26°7′55″E / 42.25389°N 26.13194°E |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 7 May 1962 |
Commission date | 10 November 1966 |
Owner(s) | Bulgarian Energy Holding EAD |
Operator(s) | Maritsa East-2 TPP |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Lignite |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 4 X 150 MW 2 X 210 MW 2 X 215 MW |
Make and model | LMZ Electrosila |
Nameplate capacity | 1,465 MW |
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Maritsa Iztok-3 | |
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Country | Bulgaria |
Location | |
Coordinates | 42°8′40″N 26°0′12″E / 42.14444°N 26.00333°E |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 1978 |
Commission date | 1980 |
Operator(s) | Energiina Kompaniya Maritsa Iztok 3 AD |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Lignite |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 4 X 225 MW |
Make and model | LMZ |
Nameplate capacity | 900 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.