Cordemais Power Station
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| Cordemais Power Station | |
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| Country | France |
| Location | Cordemais |
| Coordinates | 47°16′48″N 1°52′48″W / 47.28000°N 1.88000°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1970 |
| Owner | |
| Operator | Électricité de France |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 |
| Units decommissioned | 3 |
| Nameplate capacity | 1,200 MW |
| Capacity factor | 16% |
| Annual net output | 1.693 TWh (2022) |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The Cordemais Power Station is a thermal power station in France. It has two coal-fired units with a capacity of 600 MW each. It previously had three oil-fired units; a 585 MW generating unit that was decommissioned in 1996 and two 700 MW generating unit decommissioned in 2017 and 2018[1]
The station is in the western part of France at Cordemais in the department of Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire. With an annual electricity production of 1.69 TWh in 2022 it is an important source of electricity supply for Brittany represents 6% of the electricity production of the region.[2]
It has four chimneys, two of which at 220 m (720 ft), are some of the tallest structures in France.[3] It is fully owned by the French energy giant Électricité de France.
The station consumes between 1.3 and 2 million tonnes of coal per year. The coal, imported from South Africa, Poland, the United States and Australia, arrives at port facilities at Montoir-de-Bretagne and is conveyed to the power station by barge.
