Rutenberg Power Station is a coal

Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...

-powered power plant

Power station

A power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric energy....

 situated on the Mediterranean

Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...

 coast in Ashkelon

Ashkelon

Ashkelon is a coastal city in the South District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, and north of the border with the Gaza Strip. The ancient seaport of Ashkelon dates back to the Neolithic Age...

, Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

. It is owned and operated by Israel Electric Corporation

Israel Electric Corporation

Israel Electric Corporation is the main supplier of electrical power in Israel.IEC builds, maintains and operates power generation stations, sub-stations, as well as the transmission and distribution networks....

 (IEC). Rutenberg is the newest thermal power station in Israel and the second largest in terms of generation capacity. It accounts about twenty percent of IEC's capacity. The power station is situated close to the sea since its cooling system is using sea water.

The power station is named after Pinhas Rutenberg

Pinhas Rutenberg

Pinhas Rutenberg was a prominent engineer and a businessman, a Russian socialist and a Zionist leader. He played an active role in two Russian revolutions, in 1905 and 1917. During World War I, he was among the founders of the Jewish Legion and of the American Jewish Congress...

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History

The construction works on site were started in early 1980s after completion of the Orot Rabin

Orot Rabin

Orot Rabin is a coal-fired power station situated on the Mediterranean coast in Hadera, Israel. It is owned and operated by Israel Electric Corporation .-History:...

 power station. The phase A turned on in 1990. The phase B was finished in 2000. The coal was supplied by train from Port of Ashdod

Port of Ashdod

The Port of Ashdod is one of Israel's two main cargo ports. The port is located in Ashdod, about 40 kilometers south of Tel Aviv, adjoining the mouth of the Lachish River. Its establishment doubled the country's port capacity. It is a major point of entry for both cargo and tourists in and out of...

 until coal pier was constructed on site. Phase D plan was approved in 2008, however the construction works were not started yet due to several objections. Once completed phase D will increase plant generation capacity in additional 1,250 MW.

Description

The power station has installed capacity of 2,250 MW. Its boilers were supplied by Babcock & Wilcox, and turbines and generators were supplied by GEC-Alstom and ABB.

The power station consumes 18,240 tonnes of coal per day, and 330 tonnes of cooling water per hour.