thumb|Endesa Termic
thumb|Chimney of the As Pontes power plant compared in height with the [[Eiffel Tower in Paris]]
Endesa Termic is a chimney belonging to the coal power plant held by Spanish utility Endesa at As Pontes de García Rodríguez in the outskirts of Ferrol in the province of A Coruña, north-western Spain. Endesa Termic was built in 1974 and is the second tallest chimney in Europe.
The plant is currently undergoing a process of adaptation to the higher calorific value of hard coal due to the end of lignite extraction in the local mine. Another combined-cycle thermal power plant is currently being tested, which uses gas as fuel and produces 800 MW of power between its three turbines: two gas turbines and one steam turbine. The steam used by the latter is produced using the heat from the exhaust gases of the gas turbines.
See also
- List of towers
- List of chimneys
- List of tallest freestanding structures in the world
- List of tallest structures in Spain
- Endesa acronym in Spanish for Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A.
- Ferrol City and Naval Station in North Western Spain
References
External links
- Industrial Area & Mine for the Endesa Termic Plant in As Pontes de García Rodríguez
- The Coal Power Plant of As Pontes de García Rodríguez en Ferrolterra (Outskirts of Ferrol) North-western Spain.
- Black Shadows in Green Galicia - The Coal Power Plant of As Pontes de García Rodríguez (Web in Spanish)
- Foster Wheeler to Upgrade Second Unit at As Pontes Power Plant
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b1018