The Dürnrohr power station is a
thermal power station in
Lower Austria.
The power station was built as a replacement for the
Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Station, a plant that was finished but due to a 1978 referendum never started up. The Dürnrohr plant was built in its proximity in order to use the already established power lines and other infrastructure. It consists of two blocks: the first with output of 405
MW operated by
VERBUND Austrian Thermal Power AG and the second with output 352 MW operated by the
Energie-Versorgung Niederösterreich AG. The plant was finished in 1987.
The plant was powered by
black coal imported from the
Czech Republic and
Poland but today it burns any type of coal and can also use
natural gas. In 2004 a heating plant (largest such in Austria, at the time) using the dissipated
waste heat was opened.
In 2009 the
district heating pipeline from the power station to
Sankt Pölten
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was erected from
EVN Wärme. It is the longest district heating pipeline in Austria, with a length of 31 km.
Longest district heating pipeline in operation; in German
from ORF
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The power station is one of the biggest emitters of CO2 in Austria.Sankt Pölten
Sankt Pölten (; Central Bavarian: ''St. Pödn''), mostly abbreviated to the official name St. Pölten, is the capital and largest city of the State of Lower Austria in northeast Austria, with 55,538 inhabitants as of 1 January 2020. St. Pölten ...
with a length of 31 km
Dürnrohr - Müllverbrennungsanlage.JPG, Waste incineration plant Dürnrohr
References
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Coal-fired power stations in Austria
Natural gas-fired power stations in Austria
Economy of Lower Austria