Narva oil shale-fired thermal power plants, Estonia

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 19 March 2019 at 15:48:12 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI L2A acquired on 17 April 2019 at 09:30:39 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, energy, infrastructure, climate change, greenhouse gas, shale oil, open pit mine, Estonia
Fig. 1 - S1 (19.03.2019) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - Narva power complex includes world's two largest oil shale-fired plants
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Fig. 2 - S1 (19.03.2019) - vv,vh,vv colour composite - Eesti & Auvere power plants (which total 1915 MW) near a large shale open pit mine.
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In 2012, Estonia produced 85% of its electricity from mined oil shale. Narva plants produce yearly ~4.5M tons of alcaline ash, put in storage basins.
Fig. 3 - S2 (17.04.2019) - 12,8,2 colour composite - In Narva at the Russian border, 765 MW Balti power plant also hosts a 39 MW windfarm
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Fig. 4 - S2 (17.04.2019) - 12,8,2 colour composite - Lying 50 km west of Eesti shale mine, exhausted Aidu shale open pit closed in 2012.
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