Orot Rabin Power Plant
| Orot Rabin Power Station | |
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Orot Rabin power plant and its coal pier, viewed from Caesarea Maritima
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 Location of Orot Rabin
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| Country | Israel |
| Location | Hadera |
| Coordinates | 32°28′12″N 34°53′22″E / 32.47°N 34.8895°ECoordinates: 32°28′12″N 34°53′22″E / 32.47°N 34.8895°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1973 |
| Commission date | 1981 |
| Owner(s) | IEC |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Secondary fuel | Fuel oil |
| Tertiary fuel | Crude oil |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 4 × 375 MW 2 × 575 MW |
| Make and model |
Babcock & Wilcox ABB GE MAN |
| Nameplate capacity | 2,590 MW |
Orot Rabin (Hebrew: אורות רבין, lit. Rabin Lights) is a coal-fired power station situated on the Mediterranean coast in Hadera, Israel. It is owned and operated by the Israel Electric Corporation (IEC).
Construction of the station began in 1973 and block 1 (steam boiler, turbine and generator units 1-4) began operating in stages between 1981 and 1984. A second generation block (boiler, turbine and generator units 5-6) came online in 1996. A coal port is attached directly to the station which supplies all its coal consumption needs. Its total generating capacity is 2,590MW of electricity using the six power generating units (composed of two large units and four smaller units) located at the site. The plant's overall design can accommodate two additional large generation units which could be built at a future date.
Originally the power station was named Maor David after David Shiffman, then-chairman of the IEC who died during its lengthy period of construction. However, after the completion of a major expansion of the station in the 1990s and the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, the station was renamed in his honor to Orot Rabin, Hebrew for "Rabin Lights".
As of 2016[update] the plant is Israel's largest power station with its 2,590 MW representing about 19% of the Israel Electric Corporation's total generation capacity (that is, unless Phase D expansion at the Rutenberg power station in Ashkelon will be built, at which point the latter would surpass Orot Rabin as Israel's largest power station). The plant burns 18,000 tons of coal every 24 hours and uses 320,000 tons of seawater every hour. It is also possible to operate the station using Fuel oil or crude oil. In 2009, a large desalination plant was built adjacent to the power station.
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