Teruel Power Plant
Andorra, Spain
The 823rd largest power station in the world
Teruel Power Plant was a lignite fired power plant near the town of Andorra in the province of Teruel, community of Aragon, Spain. The flue gas stack of Teruel Power Plant was 343 metres (1, 125 ft) high. Teruel Power Plant had three generating units with a capacity of 350 megawatts each. In 1992, Teruel Power Plant was equipped with filters that reduced the amount of detrimental sulfur dioxide emitted in the smoke by 90%. The plant was closed in 2020. On February 16, 2023, the chimney was demolished by explosives. Until it was surpassed in 2025 by the demolition of Homer City Generating Station, the Teruel Power Plant chimney was the tallest freestanding structure ever demolished in a controlled manner.
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