Dorad Power Station

Dorad power station
Location of Dorad power station in Israel
Country Israel
Location Ashkelon
Coordinates 31°38′6″N 34°31′48″E / 31.63500°N 34.53000°E / 31.63500; 34.53000Coordinates: 31°38′6″N 34°31′48″E / 31.63500°N 34.53000°E / 31.63500; 34.53000
Construction began 2011
Commission date 19 May 2014
Construction cost US$1 billion[1]
Owner(s) Dorad Energy Ltd.
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Natural gas
Secondary fuel Light fuel oil
Combined cycle? Yes
Power generation
Units operational 12 × gas turbines,
12 × steam generators,
2 × steam turbines
Make and model General Electric (gas turbines),
Innovative Steam Technologies (steam generators),
Škoda (steam turbines)
Nameplate capacity 840 MW
Website
http://www.dorad.co.il/home

The Dorad power station is a power station in Ashkelon, Israel. It is a combined cycle power station powered by natural gas.

Dorad is the second largest independent power station in the country. It can generate up to a total of 840 megawatts of electricity, which is sold to the IEC and to large industrial/institutional customers through the IEC's distribution grid. The major owners of the station are the EAPC, the Turkish Zorlu Energy and a group of Israeli businessmen.

The station is located near the IEC's Rutenberg Power Station (a large thermal power station), and is situated on the grounds of the EAPC's complex in Ashkelon. It features twelve General Electric LM6000-PC Sprint 48MW gas turbines arranged in two blocks of six turbines each, with each block connected to a 140MW combined cycle steam turbine manufactured by Škoda Power.[2] The gas turbines' operation will be enhanced through the injection of ultra-purified water supplied from the adjacent Ashkelon desalinization plant, one of the largest of its kind in the world.

Since the station came on line, its owners have requested permission from the national electricity authority to conduct a feasibility study for adding 500MW of additional generation capacity to the station.

References

  1. Darel, Yael (7 December 2011). "Progress at Dorad: 2 Turbines have Reached the Port of Ashdod". Maariv (in Hebrew). Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  2. "GE delivers gas-fired turbines to Dorad Energy power plant in Israel" (Press release). General Electric. 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
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