| Trbovlje Power Station | |
|---|---|
 Trbovlje Chimney above the Sava Valley | |
 Location of the Trbovlje Power Station in Slovenia | |
| Country | |
| Coordinates | 46°7′33″N 15°3′41″E / 46.12583°N 15.06139°E |
| Status | Completed |
| Construction began | 1964 |
| Commission date | 1966 |
| Decommission date | 2016 |
| Operator(s) | Termoelektrarna Trbovlje d.o.o. |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Lignite |
| Secondary fuel | Natural gas |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 X 125 MW 1 X 63 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 188 MW |
| External links | |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The Trbovlje Power Station (Slovene: Termoelektrarna Trbovlje) was a lignite-fired power station on the bank of the Sava River near Trbovlje, Slovenia. The plant was operated by Termoelektrarna Trbovlje d.o.o.[1]
The original power station was built in 1915. The new power station was built in 1964–1968 and it became operational in 1966. It consisted of two units. The first unit was a 125 MW steam unit. The second unit was a 63 MW gas unit which included two gas generators.[2] It was used as a reserve unit for the Slovenian electric system.[3]
The Trbovlje Chimney (Trboveljski dimnik) of the power station, built in 1976, is the tallest flue-gas stack in Europe. The 360-metre (1,180 ft) high flue-gas stack was poured in 210 days, and required 11,866 cubic metres (419,000 cu ft) of concrete and 1,079 tons of reinforcing steel. A high chimney was required for the site to ensure that emissions were removed from the deep, narrow valley under all weather conditions.[1]
In November 2014 it was announced that the power station would be shut down;[4][5] the station was finally closed in 2016 after several years dormant.[6]
In 2020, the climbers Janja Garnbret and Domen Škofic climbed an artificial climbing route created up the 360-metre chimney for the film 360 Ascent.[2]
- ^ a b "Coal-Fired Plants in Slovenia". Archived from the original on 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ a b Murphy, Mary (2021-02-01). "Must-Watch: '360 Ascent' Documents World's Tallest Artificial Multipitch Climb". GearJunkie. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
- ^ "TPP Trbovlje". IBE d.d. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
- ^ "Trbovlje Power Plant Sent Into Liquidation". 17 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ Church, Ben (2021-02-02). "'The most special thing I've done': Two world-class climbers scale the tallest chimney in Europe". CNN. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- ^ Bojan Kavcic. "Slovenia's 'eco-hero' who crushed a cement giant." Science X. June 4, 2017. https://phys.org/news/2017-06-slovenia-eco-hero-cement-giant.html