Coal-Fired Plants in Germany
Brandenburg & Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Janschwalde Location: BB Operator: Vattenfall Europe AG Configuration: 6 X 500 MW Operation: 1981-1988 Fuel: lignite Boiler supplier: De-Bau T/G supplier: LMZ, Electrosila Photograph courtesy of Vattenfall Posted 2 Aug 2003	Rostock D Location: MV Operator: Vattenfall Europe AG Configuration: 1 X 550 MW Operation: 1994 Fuel: bituminous coal Boiler supplier: Borsig T/G supplier: ABB Photograph courtesy of Babcock-Hitachi Europe GmbH Posted 31 Jan 2004	Schwarze Pumpe Location: BB Operator: Vattenfall Europe AG Configuration: 2 X 800 MW Operation: 1997-1998 Fuel: lignite Boiler supplier: EVT T/G supplier: Siemens Quick facts: These large steam sets were important design precursors to many of the current generation of supercritical coal-fired units being planned and built in Europe. Photograph courtesy of Vattenfall Posted 2 Aug 2003
	Sonne Location: BB Operator: HKW Sonne GmbH & Co Configuration: 3 X 20 MW, 1 X 6 MW Operation: 1955-1961 (ret 1996?) Fuel: lignite Boiler supplier: ?? T/G supplier: ?? Quick facts: For over 100 years, the area around Freienhufen was a center of lignite mining. After the Second World War, the existing works were dismantled and moved to the Soviet Union as reparations. From 1952 to 1954, a new briquette factory was built and this was followed by a second works with a power station. The last briquette was pressed in 1997. Photograph courtesy of ostkolhe Posted 5 Sep 2005

Abbreviations: ABB = Asea Brown Boveri, EVT = Energie-und Verfahrenstechnik GmbH, T/G = turbine generator

Data: Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base, industcards

Updated 07/26/08

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