TIHANGE-1

Operational


Reactor Details

Reactor Type Model Owner Operator
PWR
Framatome 3 loops reactor
ENGIE ELECTRABEL
ENGIE ELECTRABEL
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity) Design Net Capacity Gross Capacity Thermal Capacity
962 MWe
870 MWe
1009 MWe
2873 MWt
Construction Start Date First Criticality Date
01 Jun, 1970
21 Feb, 1975
First Grid Connection Commercial Operation Date
07 Mar, 1975
01 Oct, 1975

LifeTime Performance

Electricity Supplied Energy Availability Factor Operation Factor Energy Unavailability Factor Load Factor
314.56 TW.h
80.1 %
83.6 %
19.9 %
80.0 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year 2023

Operating History

Year Electricity Supplied
[GW.h]
Reference Unit Power
[MW]
Annual Time On Line
[h]
Operation Factor
[%]
Energy Availability Factor
[%]
Load Factor
[%]
Annual Cumulative Annual Cumulative
1975 3096.300 870 5360 94.5 76.2 76.2 76.2 76.2
1976 4409.500 870 6354 72.3 57.5 61.3 57.7 61.4
1977 5842.300 870 7234 82.6 76.7 68.1 76.7 68.2
1978 6371.000 870 7582 86.6 84.3 73.1 83.6 72.9
1979 5159.000 870 6121 69.9 67.6 71.8 67.7 71.7
1980 6173.000 870 7337 83.5 80.7 73.5 80.8 73.4
1981 6414.200 870 7762 88.6 83.8 75.1 84.2 75.1
1982 6164.800 870 7269 83.0 80.8 75.9 80.9 75.9
1983 5843.000 870 7135 81.4 76.5 76.0 76.7 76.0
1984 6374.000 870 7774 88.5 83.4 76.8 83.4 76.8
1985 5979.000 870 8077 92.2 81.1 77.2 78.4 77.0
1986 4005.000 870 5429 62.0 54.8 75.2 52.6 74.8
1987 7337.000 870 8733 99.7 97.6 77.0 96.3 76.6
1988 6310.000 870 7520 85.6 83.9 77.6 82.6 77.0
1989 6508.000 870 7854 89.7 87.8 78.3 85.4 77.6
1990 6683.000 870 8082 92.3 88.4 79.0 87.7 78.3
1991 6163.000 870 7714 88.1 81.0 79.1 80.9 78.4
1992 6059.000 870 7807 88.9 79.1 79.1 79.3 78.5
1993 7317.000 870 8459 96.6 96.4 80.0 96.0 79.4
1994 6737.000 863 8018 91.5 90.0 80.5 89.1 79.9
1995 5442.000 931 6488 74.1 70.0 80.0 70.4 79.4
1996 7210.660 931 7823 89.1 88.2 80.4 88.2 79.9
1997 7942.570 962 8385 95.7 94.3 81.1 94.2 80.6
1998 7264.000 962 7777 88.8 86.3 81.3 86.2 80.9
1999 7272.000 962 7905 90.2 85.5 81.5 86.3 81.1
2000 8457.000 962 8782 100.0 99.3 82.3 100.1 81.9
2001 6969.000 962 7481 85.4 82.5 82.3 82.7 82.0
2002 7047.150 962 7631 87.1 83.9 82.4 83.6 82.0
2003 7990.420 962 8552 97.6 95.1 82.8 94.8 82.5
2004 7106.470 962 7456 84.9 84.5 82.9 84.1 82.6
2005 6810.950 962 7403 84.5 80.2 82.8 80.8 82.5
2006 8186.910 962 8693 99.2 98.8 83.4 97.2 83.0
2007 7055.900 962 7627 87.1 85.1 83.4 83.7 83.0
2008 7264.540 962 7650 87.1 85.2 83.5 86.0 83.1
2009 8269.540 962 8679 99.1 97.8 83.9 98.1 83.6
2010 7316.100 962 7752 88.5 86.4 84.0 86.8 83.7
2011 6848.280 962 7333 83.7 81.2 83.9 81.3 83.6
2012 6763.300 962 8784 100.0 79.4 83.8 80.0 83.5
2013 6878.120 962 7203 82.2 80.4 83.7 81.6 83.5
2014 7192.760 962 7503 85.6 84.5 83.7 85.4 83.5
2015 5927.290 962 6211 70.9 69.7 83.4 70.3 83.2
2016 2871.030 962 3026 34.4 33.7 82.1 34.0 81.9
2017 3409.970 962 3675 42.0 40.4 81.0 40.5 80.9
2018 7633.870 962 8024 91.6 89.8 81.3 90.6 81.1
2019 8319.240 962 8714 99.5 98.2 81.7 98.7 81.5
2020 303.850 962 434 4.9 3.6 79.8 3.6 79.7
2021 8384.090 962 8760 100.0 99.0 80.3 99.5 80.2
2022 4685.630 962 4940 56.4 55.3 79.7 55.6 79.6
2023 8242.060 962 8760 100.0 97.4 80.1 97.8 80.0
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.


Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-02-15


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