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Mishor Rotem Power Station Location of Mishor Rotem Power Station
Country Israel Location Mishor Rotem, Dimona Coordinates 31°03′19″N 35°11′04″E / 31.05528°N 35.18444°ECoordinates: 31°03′19″N 35°11′04″E / 31.05528°N 35.18444°E Status Operational Construction began 1987 Commission date 1989 Construction cost US$30 million Operator(s) Rotem Amfert Developer(s) PAMA Power station information Primary fuel Oil shale Turbine manufacturer(s) Alstom Power generation information Installed capacity 13 MW As of November 1, 2010 The Mishor Rotem Power Station was an oil shale-fired power station in the area of Mishor Rotem, Israel. It was closed in April, 2011. Israel Chemicals, owner of the site, announced that it was closing the plant because it made negligible profits and because it was better to close the plant rather than cause future damage to the environment.[1] Israel Chemicals plans a new gas-fired power station at the same site.
History
The oil shale plant was first commissioned as 1978 as a test pilot plant, with an installed capacity of 0.1 MW. Between 1982 and 1986, the PAMA, a subsidiary of Israel Electric Corporation, established and operated a 1 MW pilot plant. After a R&D program was carried out and funded by PAMA and the Israel Ministry of National Infrastructures with an investment of approximately $30 million, the 13 MW demonstration plant was completed in 1989. The generated power was sold to the Israel Electric Corporation, and low-pressure steam was supplied to an adjacent industrial complex. After 2000, the power station was operated by Rotem Amfert Negev, a subsidiary of Israel Chemicals.[2]
The power station required approximately half a million tons of oil shale annually, which was transported from a nearby open-pit mine. A large part of the ash generated in the process was used in products such as cat litter. Most of the ash product was distributed in Europe under the commercial name Alganite.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Israel Chemicals EVP Asher Grinbaum talks about nurturing vultures and the company's efforts to reduce environmental damage., Globes, 22 March 2011, Yuval Azulai
- ^ a b Oil-shale in Israel, Tsevi Minster, Geological Survey of Israel, Presentation at 26th Oil Shale Symposium, 2006, http://www.mni.gov.il/mni/en-US/NaturalResources/MinesandQuarries/QuarriesOilShale.htm, retrieved 2010-08-31
Power stations Coal-firedOrot Rabin · RutenbergGas-firedOil-firedHaifaAshalimMishor RotemSDECompanies and organisations Israel Electric Corporation · Arava Power CompanySee also: Categories:- Power stations in Israel
- Oil shale-fired power stations
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