Coal-Fired Plants in Germany - Hessen

Kassel-2
Location: HE
Operator: Städtische Werke AG
Configuration: 1 X 38 MW CHP
Operation: 1957
Fuel: coal
Boiler supplier: ??
T/G supplier: Siemens
Quick facts: CHP plant built by Preussenelektra and later transferred to Städtische Werke AG.

Photograph courtesy of Städtische Werke AG
Posted 22 Oct 2005

Offenbach-2
Location: HE
Operator: Energieversorgung Offenbach AG
Configuration: 1 X 64 MW CHP
Operation: 1988
Fuel: hard coal
Boiler supplier: Deutsche Babcock
T/G supplier: Siemens
EPC: Siemens
Quick facts: CFB boiler.

Photograph courtesy of Energieversorgung Offenbach AG
Posted 1 Jan 2006

Staudinger
Location: HE
Operator: E.ON Energie AG
Configuration: 2 X 260 MW, 1 X 320 MW, 1 X 660 MW, 1 X 510 MW
Operation: 1962-1992
Fuel: hard coal, natural gas
Boiler supplier: Babcock Borsig, Deutsche Babcock
T/G supplier: Siemens, BBC, ABB
Quick facts: Staudinger-5 has a supercritical boiler and turboset running at a thermal efficiency of 43%. It was an important design step leading to the very large German units now under construction. Unit-5 has SCR and a limestone FGD system and burns a wide variety of hard coals sourced from around the world. No stack is installed as the exhaust from the FGD is routed through the hyperbolic cooling tower.

Photograph by Stefan Plogmann
Posted 3 May 2006

Abbreviations: CFB = circulating fluidzed bed, CHP = combined heat and power, T/G = turbine generator

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

Updated 12/31/07

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