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 Location: MV Operator: KNG Kraftwerks- und Netzgesellschaft mbH Configuration: 1 X 553 MW CHP Operation: 1994 Fuel: bituminous coal Boiler supplier: Borsig T/G supplier: ABB Quick facts: Construction began in Jun 1991 and commissioning began in Mar 1994 with commercial service in Oct. Exhaust gases are routed through the 142m cooling tower. KNG is owned by E.ON (45.7%), Vattenfall (25%), RWE (24.6%), and E.DIS (4.7%). Photograph courtesy of KNG Re-posted 21 Jul 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 later supercritical coal-fired units built in Europe. Photograph courtesy of Vattenfall Posted 2 Aug 2003
Schwarze Pumpe KW West, Mitte & Ost Location: BB Operator: Gaskombinat "Fritz Selbmann" Schwarze Pumpe Configuration: West 4 X 25 MW, 3 X 50 MW,Mitte 6 X 50 MW, Ost-A 2 X 50 MW, Ost-B 4 X 100 MW, 1 x 12 MW CHP Operation: 1959-1970 (ret 1990) Fuel: lignite Boiler supplier: ?? T/G supplier: Bergmann-Borsig Quick facts: During the mid- to late 1950s, VEB Gaskombinat "Fritz Selbmann" Schwarze Pumpe (GKSP or GSP) built threee CHP plants known as West, Ost, and Mitte. These were estabished in the northern part of the GKSP site, a significant industrial complex with open-cut mines, syngas, coke, and briquette production works, and the power stations. GKSP was shutdown in 1990 following German reunification. Kraftwerk West, was the first to complete, then KW Mitte, then KW Ost. Photograph by Eugen Nozko (wikimedia) Posted 2 Feb 2013		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