List of power stations in Germany
Introduction The following page lists most of the '''power stations in the electricity sector in Germany'''. For traction current, see List of installations for 15 kV AC railway electrification in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Nuclear  Name Location Geographical Coordinates Type Capacity (MW) Operational NotesVAKKahl am MainBWR 151960–1985MZFRLeopoldshafenPHWR 521965–1984AVRJülichHTGR 131966–1988KKRRheinsbergVVER 621966–1990GDR plant, shut down after German reunificationKRB Unit AGundremmingenBWR 2381966–1977KRB Unit BGundremmingenBWR 12841984–2017KRB Unit CGundremmingenBWR 12881985–2021Shut down on 31 December 2021KWOObrigheimPWR 3401968–2005KWLLingenBWR 2501968–1977HDRGrosswelzheimBWR 231969–1971KKSStadePWR 6401972–2003KKNNiederaichbachHWGCR 1001973–1974KGR Unit 1GreifswaldVVER 4081974–1990GDR plant, shut down after German reunificationKGR Unit 2GreifswaldVVER 4081975–1990 KGR Unit 3GreifswaldVVER 4081978–1990KGR Unit 4GreifswaldVVER 4081979–1990KGR Unit 5GreifswaldVVER 4081989–1990KWB Unit ABiblisPWR 1176 1975–2011KWB Unit BBiblisPWR 12401977–2011KWWWürgassenBWR 6401975–1994GKN Unit 1NeckarwestheimPWR 7851976–2011capacity including traction currentGKN Unit 2NeckarwestheimPWR 12691989–April 2023Shut down: 15 April 2023KKBBrunsbüttelBWR 7711977–2011 KKI Isar Unit 1EssenbachBWR 8701979–2011KKI Isar Unit 2EssenbachPWR 13651988–April 2023Shut down: April 15, 2023KKU UnterweserStadlandPWR 12851979–2011KNK-I/IILeopoldshafenFBR 211979–1991fast sodium-cooled research reactorKKP Unit 1PhilippsburgBWR 8901980–2011 KKP Unit 2Philippsburg PWR 13581985–2019KKGGrafenrheinfeldPWR 12751981–2015KKK KrümmelGeesthachtBWR 12601984–2011KWGGrohndePWR 13601985–2021Shut down: Dec. 31, 2021KBRBrokdorfPWR 13261986–2021Shut down: Dec. 31, 2021KMKMülheim-KärlichPWR 12191987–1988THTRHamm-UentropHTGR 2961987–1988KKEEmslandPWR 12901988–April 2023Shut down April 15, 2023Legend::  Types::BWR = Boiling water reactor, FBR = Fast breeder reactor, HTGR = High-temperature gas-cooled reactor, HWGCR = Heavy water gas-cooled reactor, PHWR = Pressurized heavy-water reactor, PWR = Pressurized water reactor, VVER = Water-water energetic reactor
Thermal  NameLocation Coordinates Capacity (MW) Height of Chimneys m / ft Year Fuel Remarks Ahrensfelde Power Plant  Ahrensfelde     152   1990 - 2020  Natural gas  Altchemnitz Heating Power Station  232  1972  Oil (until 1981), natural gas Altbach Power Station  1270    Coal Asdonkshof Waste Incineration Plant  22 (98)   1995  Waste Baunatal Heating Power Plant Kassel-Baunatal    42        Bayer-Power Station Leverkusen  Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia         were used until 1944 as carrier for Bayer Cross Leverkusen  Bergkamen Power Station Bergkamen, North Rhine-Westphalia | 747  1981  Coal Berlin-Buch Power Plant  5  1974   Berlin-Charlottenburg Heating Power Plant  215    Berlin-Köpenick Power Plant 10       Gas Berlin-Lichterfelde Power Plant  450  1974  Gas Berlin-Moabit Heating Power Plant  150        Berlin-Mitte Heating Power Plant  440    Berlin-Reuter/West Power Plant  600   Coal  Reuter West Power Plant Berlin-Reutter  165  1930  Waste Berlin-Wilmersdorf Heating Power Plant  330    Berlin-Klingenberg Power Plant  188    Berlin-Lichtenberg Power Plant  36    Berrenrath Industrial Power Plant  107        Bexbach Power Station  773   Coal Bochum Heating Power Plant  21    Boxberg Power Station Boxberg, Saxony | 2575     Coal (lignite) Braunschweig-Mitte Heating Power Plant  319  1983   Bremen-Farge Power Plant  343    Bremen-Findorff Waste Incineration Plant 15.3        Unit 6 of Bremen-Hafen Power Station  450   Coal Bremen-Hastedt Power Plant  280        Bremen-Mittelsbüren Power Plant  280      also traction current Bridge of Nossen Heating Power Plant  270    Buschhaus Power Station Helmstedt, Lower Saxony | 380  1984  Coal (lignite)  Castrop-Rauxel Power Station  290   Coal Power Plant Chemnitz Chemnitz| 195    Coal (lignite), gas, Oil  Cuno Power Station     Dormagen Power Plant Dormagen    410         Dortmund-Derne Power Station     Coal  Dresden-Reick Heating Power Station      Datteln Power Station  1100   Coal  also traction current Emden-Biomass Power Plant Emden    20        Emden Power Plant  Emden   450    Emsland Natural Gas Power Plant  864   Natural gas Ensdorf Power Plant  430     Erfurt-Ost Heating Power Station  Erfurt, Thuringia  51 00 55 N 011 02 23 E       demolished  Essen-Karnap Incineration Plant     Waste Franken I Power Plant  843     Franken II Power Station    1963/64    demolished in 2001 Flensburg Heating Power Plant  Flensburg    170    Frankfurt Traction Current Power Plant  12      1966    only traction current Freimann Heating Power Plant  160       Natural gas Frimmersdorf Power Station  623   Coal (lignite)  CO2 output (2017) = 3.58 million tonnes Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Schweinfurt  126      Coal, Waste Gera-Nord Heating Power Station (3 Essen)      Gersteinwerk  Werne, North Rhine-Westphalia| 2127  1984  Coal  Goldenberg Power Plant  171     Grosskrotzenburg Power Station  1132   Coal GuD-Heating Station Knapsack  Hürth    800     Gustav Knepper Power Station  350   Coal  demolished by explosives on February 17, 2019 Hagenwerder Power Plant, Unit III Görlitz/Hagenwerder, Saxony |   1972/73  Coal  demolished by explosives on June 19, 1998  Hamm-Schmehausen Power Station  850  Natural gas Hannover-Herrenhausen Power Plant  Hannover   105    Hannover-Kronsberg Heating Power Plant Hannover-Kronsberg    1.17        Hannover-Linden Power Plant  Hannover   100    Hannover-Stöcken Power Plant  230    Herne Power Station  Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia   950  1989  Coal Heilbronn Power Station  Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg    1130   Coal Hermann Wenzel Power Plant  Duisburg             Heyden Power Station  920   Coal Huckingen Power Plant Duisburg-Huckingen   600        Ibbenbüren Power Station Ibbenbüren, North Rhine-Westphalia | 770  1985  Anthracite Ingolstadt Waste Incineration Plant  Ingolstadt        Ingolstadt Power Station  840   Oil  Irsching Power Station  Irsching, Bavaria ; 1869   Natural gas, Oil Power Plant Jänschwalde Jänschwalde| 3000  1981  Coal (lignite)  Jena Heating Power Station 225   Natural gas Karlsruhe-West Heating Power Plant  33    Karlsruhe RDK 7 and 8  1827    Bituminous Coal Kassel Power Plant Kassel    34        Kempten Waste Power Plant  Kempten        Kiel Power Plant  Kiel   354    Kirchmöser Power Station  160     traction current Kirchlengern Power Plant  Kirchlengern    182      305      Coal   Lauchhammer-South Heating Plant        demolished in 2002 Lausward Power Plant  520     also traction current Leuna Power Station  158    Lingen Reffinery Power Plant  68    Lippendorf Power Station Lippendorf, Saxony |   1967  Coal (lignite)  demolished in 2005 Lippendorf Power Station Lippendorf, Saxony | 1867      1999/2000  Coal (lignite)  Two new plants commissioned 1999 / 2000  Lünen Power Station  500   Coal  110 MW traction current Lünen Trianel Coal Power Plant  750     2013  Coal  Trianel Coal Power Plant, Lünen Magdeburg Waste Power Plant  Magdeburg    150    Mannheim-Neckarau Power Station  2146   Coal  310 MW traction current Marbach Power Plant       Marl-Chemiepark Power Station Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia |      Coal  demolished  Marl-Chemiepark Power Station           Mehrum Power Station  690   Coal  Merkenich Heating Power Station  195   Natural gas, Coal (lignite) Moers-Meerbeck Power Station     Coal Moorburg Power Plant  1730      2015  Coal Munich-North Heating Power Plant  360   Coal Munich-South Heating Power Plant  698    Natural gas, Oil Neurath Power Station  4300   Coal (lignite)  (3 × 312 MW, 636 + 636) and 2 × 1100 MW CO2 output (2017) = 29.90 million tonnes Niederaussem Power Station  3864        Coal (lignite)  CO2 output (2017) = 27.17 million tonnes  Offleben Power Station       Coal (lignite) Pleinting Power Plant  725  1968 - 2008  Light oil Rostock Power Station  600     Coal  Rüstersieler Power Station Rüstersieler, Lower Saxony | 747     Coal Römerbrücke Heating Power Plant  110    Robert Frank Power Plant  Landesbergen   500    Shamrock Power Plant  Herne    132    Sindelfingen Heating Power Plant       Schkopau Power Station  916   Coal (lignite)  110 MW traction current Schwedt Power Station      Power Plant Scholven Gelsenkirchen| 760   Coal Scholven A Power Station        Schwandorf Power Station     Coal (lignite)  demolished Schilling Power Station    1962  Oil  demolished Schwarze Pumpe power station  1600   Coal (lignite) Stuttgart-Gaisburg Power Plant  60    Stuttgart-Münster Power Plant  164     Thierbach Power Station Espenhain, Saxony |      Coal (lignite)  demolished Thyrow Gas Turbine Power Plant  Thyrow    300        Tiefstack Power Station  Hamburg    321     Coal and gas  Veltheim Power Plant  880    Coal  Völklingen-Fenne Power Plant  600     Steag Völklingen complex Voerde Power Plant Voerde, North Rhine-Westphalia | 2234      Coal (lignite)  Steag pdf page Walheim Power Plant  253   Coal Walsum Power Station Walsum, North Rhine-Westphalia | 410  1988  Coal  Werdohl-Elverlingsen Power Station Werdohl, North Rhine-Westphalia | 637    Coal Wedel CHP Plant  260    Coal  Wedel CHP Plant Weiher-3 CHP Plant  680   Coal  Weiher PP Weisweiler Power Plant  2457    Primary: Coal (lignite), Secondary: Natural gas  Weisweiler PP Westfalen Hamm Power Plant   850     2007  Natural gas  Westfalen Hamm PP Wilhelmshaven Power Station (E.ON)  747  1976  Coal Wolfsburg Heating Power Plant  Wolfsburg   140    Wolfsburg-West Heating Power Plant  Wolfsburg   300    Weissenhorn Waste Incineration Plant Weissenhorn            West Heating Power Plant  Frankfurt    244      Westerholt Power Station Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia |     1997  Coal  demolished in 2006 Wuppertal-Barmen Heating Power Plant  56    Wuppertal-Elberfeld Heating Power Plant  100     Zolling CHP plant  449     Coal, Biomass
Hydroelectric  Station Town Geographical coordinates  Capacity (MW) Bad Abbach Power Station  3.5 MW ( traction current) Aufkirchen Power Station  40 ( 13 MW traction current) Bad Säckingen Power Station  73.6 Bergheim Power Station  23.7 ( only traction current) Bertoldsheim Power Station  18.9 ( only traction current) Bettenberg Power Station  0.2 Bittenbrunn Power Station  20.2 ( only traction current) Dettingen Power Station  11 Eitting Power Station  ? ( only traction current) Fankel Power Station  16.4 Forggensee Dam  45.5 Iffezheim Power Station  104 Ingolstadt Hydroelectric Power Station  19.8 ( only traction current) Kachlet Power Station  52 Koblenz Power Station  16 Laufenburg Power Station  106 Möhne Dam  7.04 Mühlhausen Power Station  1.68 Pfrombach Power Station  ? ( also traction current) Rheinfelden Power Station  25.7 Ryburg-Schwörstadt Power Station  120 Serrig Power Station  12.1 Walchensee Hydroelectric Power Station  124 ( 52 MW traction current) Wendefurth Power Station  80 Wyhlen Dam  38.5 Schärding-Neuhaus Power Station  96 Sylvenstein Dam  7 Söse Dam  1.44
Pumped-storage hydroelectric  Station  Location Coordinates Capacity gen (MW)   Capacity pump (MW) Notes Albbecken Pumped Storage Station ( Witznau Pumped Storage Station)  220  128   Bleiloch Pumped Storage Station   80  ? Dhron Valley Dam   8.1  ? Since 1995 no pump operation Erzhausen Pumped Storage Station  220  228   Geesthacht Pumped Storage Station  131  ? Glems Pumped Storage Station  90  ? Goldisthal Pumped Storage Station  1060  ? Happurg Pumped Storage Station  176  ? Häusern Pumped Storage Station  140  ? Hohenwarte II Pumped Storage Station  320  ? Hotzenwald Pumped Storage Station  992  ? Koepchenwerk Pumped Storage Station  153  ? Langenprozelten Pumped Storage Station  160 ( only traction current)  ? Leitzach Pumped Storage Station  93  ? Markersbach Pumped Storage Station  1050  ? Mittweida Pumped Storage Station  1.65  ? Defunct Niederwartha Pumped Storage Station  120  ? Oder Valley Dam  5.04  ? Ortenberg-Lissberg Pumped Storage Station  2.3  ? Reisach Pumped Storage Station  105  ? Rönkhausen Pumped Storage Station  160  ? Rudolf-Fettweis-Power Plant  44  ? Rusel Power Plant  44  ? Säckingen Pumped Storage Station  472  ? Tanzmühle Pumped Storage Station  25.2  ? Waldeck I Pumped Storage Station  146  ? Waldeck II Pumped Storage Station  440  ? Waldshut Pumped Storage Station  176  ? Warmutsgund Pumped Storage Station  4.72  ? Wendefurth Pumped Storage Station  80  ? Wisenta Pumped Storage Station  3.3  ?
Wind power  + '''Germany's largest onshore wind power plants'''   Description  Location  Coordinates Peak Power (MW)  Production (MW·h/year)  Capacity factorHoltriem  Lower Saxony  207    Reußenköge  Schleswig-Holstein    203    Werder/Kessin  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern    201    Stößen-Teuchern  Sachsen-Anhalt    183     Hüselitz  Sachsen-Anhalt    151      + '''Germany's largest offshore wind power plants'''   Description  Location  Coordinates Peak Power (MW)  Production (MW·h/year)  Capacity factorHohe See  North Sea  497    0.42Borkum Riffgrund 2  North Sea    464    0.30Veja Mate  North Sea    402    BARD  North Sea    400    Global Tech I  North Sea     400
Photovoltaic  + '''Germany's largest photovoltaic (PV) power plants'''   Description  Location  Coordinates Peak Power (MW)  Production (MW·h/year)  Capacity factorNeuhardenberg Solar Park     Strasskirchen Solar ParkStrasskirchen 54    Lieberose Photovoltaic Park    53    0.11 Kothen Solar Park    45    Finsterwalde Solar Park    42     550,000 thin-film modules  (see Waldpolenz Solar Park) Muldentalkreis 40 40,000  0.11  Amsdorf Solar Park     Solarpark Heideblick     Solarpark Eiche     Lauingen Energy Park     1408 SOLON mover  (see Erlasee Solar Park) Arnstein 12 14,000  0.13   57,912 solar modules  (see Pocking Solar Park) Pocking 10 11,500  0.13   57,600 solar modules(see Bavaria Solarpark) Mühlhausen 6.3 6,750  0.12   30,000 BP Solar modules Bürstadt 5 4,200  0.10   33,500 Shell Solar modules Espenhain 5 5,000  0.11   25,000 BP solar modules(see Geiseltalsee Solarpark) Merseburg 4 3,400  0.10   50,000 solar modules  Gottelborn  4  8,200  0.23   32,740 solar modules Hemau 4  3,900  0.11   Solara, Sharp and Kyocera solar modules Dingolfing 3.3 3,050  0.11   Sharp solar modules(see Bavaria Solarpark)  Guenching  1.9 -     Sharp solar modules(see Bavaria Solarpark)  Minihof  n.a. 1.9 -
See also * List of power stations in Europe* List of largest power stations in the world*  ''Map of large CHP Plants under construction / in planning''. Source:  ''Enerlytics Press Release Dec. 12 2011 ''*  ''Map of new coal and natural gas power plants in planning ''. Source:  ''Enerlytics Kraftwerke Invest May 18 2012''
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