Maritsa Iztok Complex

Maritsa Iztok-3
Maritsa Iztok-3
Country	Bulgaria
Location	Bulgaria;
Coordinates	42°8′40″N 26°0′12″E / 42.14444°N 26.00333°E
Status	Operational
Construction began	1978
Commission date	1980
Operator(s)	Energiina Kompaniya Maritsa Iztok 3 AD
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Lignite
Power generation
Units operational	4 X 225 MW
Make and model	LMZ
Nameplate capacity	900 MW
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Maritsa Iztok-2
Maritsa Iztok-2
Country	Bulgaria
Location	Radetski village
Coordinates	42°15′14″N 26°7′55″E / 42.25389°N 26.13194°E
Status	Operational
Construction began	7 May 1962
Commission date	10 November 1966
Owner(s)	Bulgarian Energy Holding EAD
Operator(s)	Maritsa East-2 TPP
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Lignite
Power generation
Units operational	4 X 150 MW; 2 X 210 MW; 2 X 215 MW
Make and model	LMZ; Electrosila
Nameplate capacity	1,465 MW
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Maritsa Iztok-1
(TPS AES Galabovo)
Maritsa Iztok-1; (TPS AES Galabovo)
	TPS AES Galabovo
Country	Bulgaria
Location	Galabovo
Coordinates	42°9′16″N 25°54′41″E / 42.15444°N 25.91139°E
Status	Operational
Construction began	June 2006
Commission date	3 June 2011
Owner(s)	AES Corporation
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Lignite
Power generation
Units operational	2 X 335 MW
Make and model	Alstom
Nameplate capacity	670 MW
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The Maritsa Iztok Complex is the largest energy complex in South Eastern Europe.^{[citation needed]} Maritsa Iztok 1 and 3 located entirely within Stara Zagora Province in south-central Bulgaria while Maritsa Iztok 2 is split with eastern neighboring Sliven Province. It consists of three lignite-fired thermal power stations. The complex is located in a large lignite coal basin, which includes several mines, enrichment plants, a briquette plant and its own railway system. The development of the thermal power and mining complex at Maritsa Iztok began in 1952, but the lignite deposits used to be known well in the mid-19th century. The Maritsa Iztok mines and power plants are interdependent as the only market for coal is the power plants, while the power plants have no other supplier of coal but the mines.^[1]

The complex is the largest source of CO₂ emissions in Bulgaria with 142,913,573 tons emitted in 2020.

^ Velinova, Sia (8 June 2007). "Bulgaria Maritsa Iztok Picks Favourite". SeeNews. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2008.

[seenews1-1] Velinova, Sia (8 June 2007). "Bulgaria Maritsa Iztok Picks Favourite". SeeNews. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2008.

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