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Eesti Energia inks deal with Israeli firms for €100-million cogeneration power plant.
The plant will both contribute to energy security of supply via electricity frequency reserves, and has potential for cogeneration use in supplying district heating to nearby Narva.
The gas-fired power plant will be erected on a plot belonging to the Balti power plant near Narva. Once up and running it will will provide frequency reserves.
It will also utilize cogeneration of electricity and heat. "Although the power plant planned by Enefit Industry is not a base heat solution, it is still an additional option for supplying heat energy," Karp added.
Cogeneration, or combined heat and power (CHP), is the simultaneous production of electricity and useful heat from a single fuel source, and in addition to the 100MW of electricity, the plant will be able to provide up to 85MW of heat to the Narva district heating network.
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