Ahtme Power Plant ( Estonian : Ahtme soojuselektrijaam ) was an oil shale -fired power plant in Ahtme, Kohtla-Järve , Estonia . It was owned by VKG Soojus, a subsidiary of Viru Keemia Grupp . Until the end of 2012, it supplied with heat Ahtme district of Kohtla-Järve and Jõhvi .
17-424: Construction of the 48 MW Ahtme Power Plant by Baltische Öl started in 1942 as a part of the larger oil-shale processing complex. To survive the war time air strikes, the plant was to be located below the ground. However, it was never finished and was destroyed by the retreating Germans. The new plant was designed by AtomEnergoProekt . The first generator of the plant was commissioned on 28 October 1951 with
34-580: Is divided party per fess into two halves, the bottom red and the top white . Inside the white field is a black stag's antler. The pattern refers in to firstly the County of Hohenberg, whose white-red coat of arms appeared on municipal seal as early as 1278, and to Württemberg, whose own coat of arms prominently features stag horns. The addition of the stag horn also distinguished Schömberg's arms from those of other former Hohenberger towns ( Haigerloch , Horb am Neckar , and Rottenburg am Neckar ). This pattern
51-636: Is a town in the Zollernalbkreis district of Baden-Württemberg , Germany . Until 1805, the towns of Schömberg and Schörzingen [ de ] were in possession of the County of Hohenberg . As part of the process of German mediatization , the two towns were awarded to the Kingdom of Württemberg , whose government assigned them in 1810 to Oberamt Rottweil [ de ] . The towns were reassigned to Landkreis Balingen [ de ] in 1938. In
68-472: The 1950s and 1960s, Schömberg enjoyed a period of growth to the south, east, and west. The 1973 Baden-Württemberg district reform [ de ] merged the district of Balingen into the newly created Zollernalb district in January. The next month, on 1 February, Schömberg and Schörzingen merged into a single municipality. There was further urban growth in the 1980s, when a gap between some industrial parks to
85-447: The Ahtme oil shale mine, oil shale for the power plant was supplied from there. As a start up fuel, the plant used shale oil . Its cooling water was piped from Lake Konsu , located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southeast. Oil shale ash was dumped in the nearby ash field. Ash was transported in closed the system by pumping ash and water mixture to the depository field. Closure of the ash landfill
102-460: The German retreat and the associated loss of assets. After the war the company was placed in trusteeship. In 1949, it was decided to dissolve the company as of 31 October 1950. However, the liquidation was not completed until 1966. The company had a number of private shareholders, but the sole voting right in the company belonged to Borussia GmbH, a state holding company. However, the leading role in
119-592: The commissioning of the Narva Power Plants , was reached only at the end of the 1950s. Originally the main task of the plant was to provide electricity and heat to the nearby Ahtme oil shale mine and other oil shale industries . Later it started to heat Ahtme and Jõhvi towns. After commissioning of the Narva Power Plants the importance of the Ahtme Power Plant as an electricity producer decreased and it
136-489: The consortium was held by Deutsche Bank and IG Farben . Other shareholders were energy companies Deutsche Erdöl , Gewerkschaft Elwerath, Wintershall , Preußische Bergwerks- und Hütten and Braunkohle-Benzin , and financial institutions Dresdner Bank , Reichs-Kredit-Gesellschaft and Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft . Kontinentale Öl was a holding company which operated through its subsidiaries. Its subsidiaries were: Sch%C3%B6mberg, Zollernalbkreis Schömberg
153-630: The existing oil shale industry was merged into that subsidiary. The company operated in Estonia until September 1944, when Soviet troops were advancing into Estonia. About 200 oil shale specialists employed by Baltische Öl were evacuated to Schömberg , Germany to work the Operation Desert ( Unternehmen Wüste ) . In August 1942, Karpathen Öl was established which took over oil assets in Galicia . In 1944, Kontinentale Öl bore huge losses due to
170-601: The northern municipal border. The Schlichem is also the location of the lowest elevation above sea level in Schömberg at 640 meters (2,100 ft) Normalnull (NN). The highest elevation, 998 meters (3,274 ft) NN, is found at the top of the Plettenberg, in the east. The Federally-protected Plettenkeller [ de ] and Schwarzenbach [ de ] nature reserves are partially located within Schömberg's municipal area. Schömberg's municipal coat of arms
187-667: The oil company Astra Română. For the oil production in the Caucasus region, the subsidiary Ost Öl GmbH (Ostöl) was founded in August 1941. The company purchased rigs, vehicles and other production equipment; however, except in Maikop, the oil fields in the Caucasus were never captured by the German Army . In July 1941, Baltische Öl GmbH was founded for the oil shale extraction in Estonia . All of
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#1732855043626204-425: The second generator following at the end of the same year. The first generator had a capacity of 22.5 MW. At the beginning the plant used Riley Stoker boilers and General Electric generators; however, boilers developed for the pulverized firing of coal and lignite were not fit to work on pulverized oil shale. The planned capacity of 72.5 MW which made it the most powerful power plant in Estonia until
221-650: The south was closed with the construction of additional commercial zones. The township ( Stadt ) of Schömberg is located in Zollernalbkreis , a district of the German state of Baden-Württemberg . It is physically located in the foothills of the Swabian Jura , specifically in the Upper Swabian Jura [ de ] . The main watercourse in the municipal area is the Schlichem , whose deeply-cut valley forms part of
238-751: Was a German oil company during World War II . Kontinentale Öl was established on 27 March 1941 in Berlin with capital of 80 million Reichsmark (equivalent to 343 million 2021 euros). The company had exclusive rights to trade oil products and to acquire oil assets in German-occupied territories . In addition to the occupied territories, it operated its subsidiaries also in Germany. In Romania it acquired shares in Concordia and Columbia oil companies which belonged to French and Belgian owners. Later it acquired 50% in
255-757: Was in use by Schömberg before the 1973 merger with Schörzingen and was reapproved by the Zollernalb district office on 1 October 1976. On the Tübingen–Sigmaringen railway and the Balingen–Rottweil railway , a tourism Train of the S WEG Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs-AG . The railway was reactivated for excursion trips of the Rad-Wander(Bike Hiking)-Shuttle, running from May to October, supporting cycling tourism to Schömberg Stausee(Schömberger Reservoir). Bathing, sunbathing, eating, going for
272-450: Was mainly utilized as a heating plant. Correspondingly, the electrical capacity of the plant was decreased. Since 2000, the plant has installed capacity of 30 MW of electricity and 370 MW of heat. It is equipped with three Barnaul BKZ-75-39F middle-pressure boilers and two Bukkau type boilers, one 20 MW Sverdlovsk and one 10 MW VEB Görlitzer Maschinenbau [ Wikidata ] AT-25-2 turbine. Before closure of
289-537: Was supported from the European Union Cohesion Fund . Part of oil shale ash was used to produce cinder blocks at the Ahtme building materials factory. On 1 January 2013 the plant was closed due to EU environmental regulations. In March 2011, a 100 MW natural gas -fired boiler house for peak and back-up loads was commissioned, which continues operating after closure of the old power plant. Baltische %C3%96l Kontinentale Öl AG ( Konti Öl )
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