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 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

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

Updated 07/21/10

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