Vojany Power Station

Vojany Power Station
Location of the Vojany Power Station
Official name	Elektráreň Vojany
Country	Slovakia
Location	Vojany
Coordinates	48°33′13″N 21°58′41″E / 48.55361°N 21.97806°E / 48.55361; 21.97806
Status	Decommissioned
Construction began	1961
Commission date	1966
Decommission date	26 March 2024
Owner	Slovenské elektrárne
Slovenské elektrárne
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Secondary fuel	Natural gas
Tertiary fuel	Fuel oil
Power generation
Units operational	12 x 110 MW
Make and model	Škoda
Nameplate capacity	1,320 MW
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Vojany Power Station was a thermal power station at Vojany, Slovakia. It consists of 12 units, with 110 MW generation capacity each. Planning of the first plant began in 1959, the project was approved in 1960, and construction began in 1961. It was commissioned in 1966. The second plant was approved in 1966, construction started in 1968, and it was commissioned in 1973–1974.^[1][2]

The first plant was designed to use semi-anthracite coal imported from Ukraine by a purpose-built wide-gauge rail line. Cooling water is supplied from the Zemplínska Šírava reservoir.^[1][2] Its flue gas stack is 200 metres (656 ft) tall.

The second plant uses heavy fuel oil. Between 1979 and 1985 it was modernized to use also natural gas.^[2] Its flue gas stack, which was completed in 1974, was originally 300 metres (984 ft) tall. In 1998, its height was reduced to 175 metres (574 ft).^[3]

The operator of the power plant, Slovenské elektrárne, shut down the Vojany power plant from operation on 26 March 2024. This decommissioning ended the production of electricity from coal in Slovakia. Future use of this area as a solar park or battery storage is being considered.^[4]

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