Cordemais Power Station

Thermal power station in France

Cordemais Power Station

Country| France
Location| Cordemais
Coordinates| 47°16′48″N 1°52′48″W﻿ / ﻿47.28000°N 1.88000°W﻿ / 47.28000; -1.88000
Status| Operational
Commission date| 1970 (1970)
Owner|

* Électricité de France

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.edf.fr/centrale-thermique-cordemais
Commons| Related media on Commons

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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.

## History

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The Cordemais power station was commissioned in 1970 with a single oil-fired generating unit with a nameplate capacity of 585 MW. It was extended in 1976 with another two oil-fired units of 700 MW each, and in 1983 with one coal-fired unit of 600 MW. Its last expansion, another 600 MW coal-fired unit, was added in 1984. The station then functioned at a capacity of 3,185 MW until 1996, when the 1970s-built unit was decommissioned. In 2017 then in 2018, the other two oil-fired groups were decommissioned, resulting in its current capacity of 1,200 MW.

## See also

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* France portal
* Energy portal

* List of tallest structures in France
* List of power stations in France

## References

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1. ^ "La centrale thermique de Cordemais" (PDF). edf.fr. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
2. ^ "La centrale thermique de Cordemais fiche presse 2023" (PDF). EDF. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
3. ^ "Top 10 Tallest Structures of France". frenchmoments.eu. Retrieved 4 January 2014.