Iru Power Plant

Iru Power Plant
Iru Power Plant
Location of the Iru Power Plant in Estonia
Official name	Iru Elektrijaam
Country	Estonia
Location	Iru, Maardu
Coordinates
Status	Operational
Construction began	1976 (unit 1) 2010 (unit 3)
Commission date	1978 (unit 1) 2013 (unit 3)
Construction cost	€105 million (unit 3)
Owner(s)	Eesti Energia
Operator(s)	Iru Elektrijaam AS
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Natural gas (units 1 and 2) Municipal solid waste (unit 3)
Secondary fuel	Fuel oil (units 1 and 2)
Cogeneration?	yes
Power generation
Units operational	1 X 80 MW 1 X 110 MW 1 X 17 MW (under construction)
Make and model	LMZ (units 1 and 2) TMZ (units 1 and 2) Sibtjazmaz (units 1 and 2) CNIM (unit 3)
Thermal capacity	648 MW
Nameplate capacity	207 MW

Iru Power Plant is a co-generation power plant in Iru village, Maardu, Estonia. It is a subsidiary of Eesti Energia.

The first unit of power plant was commissioned in 1978. In the beginning it operated as a boiler plant. In 1980, it was converted into co-generation power plant.

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Iru Power Plant (close view)

The power plant has three operational units with capacities of 80 MW, 110 MW accordingly and 67 MW. The primary fuel of the units 1 and 2 is natural gas and reserve fuel is fuel oil. total installed capacity of units 1 and 2 is 190 MW of electricity, 661.5 MWth of hot water and 162 of MWth steam. In co-generation mode the thermal capacity is 398 MW. It supplies heat to Maardu, and the Lasnamäe and central districts of Tallinn.

In 2006, Eesti Energia started preparations for construction of a waste incineration unit with capacity of 50 MW of heat and 17 MW of electricity. Construction started in 2010. It was commissioned on 16 June 2013. The unit processes up to 220,000 tonnes of mixed municipal waste per year. The unit was built and technology was provided by Constructions industrielles de la Méditerranée (CNIM). The general construction was carried out by Merko Ehitus, with the incineration grate supplied by Martin GmbH and the system for the treatment of waste gas by LAB, a subsidiary of CNIM. The unit cost about €105 million.