Coal Power Plants in Germany

111 plants · 60,375 MW total installed capacity

#	Power plant	Capacity (MW)	Year
1	Niederaussem power station	3,430	1979
2	Kraftwerk Niederaußem	3,133	1972
3	Kraftwerk Jänschwalde	3,000	1997
4	Janschwalde power station	2,790	1985
5	Boxberg power station	2,585	1989
6	Kraftwerk Weisweiler	2,361	1972
7	BoA 2	2,100	2012
8	Neurath power station	2,068	1974
9	GKM (Mannheim) power station	1,958	1980
10	Weisweiler power station	1,800	1968
11	Hamburg-Moorburg	1,600	2015
12	Schwarze Pumpe power station	1,500	1998
13	KW Voerde	1,390	1972
14	Altbach power station	1,200	1992
15	KW Walsum	1,200	2015
16	Staudinger power station	1,132	1992
17	Westfalen	1,049	2014
18	Schkopau power station	900	1996
19	Braunkohlekraftwerk Lippendorf	875	1999
20	Kraftwerk Heyden	875	1951
21	Lippendorf power station	875	2000
22	Heyden power station	875	1987
23	Ibbenbüren-B power station	794	1985
24	Heilbronn power station	778	1977
25	Wilhelmshaven power station	757	1976
26	Trianel Kohlekraftwerk Lünen	746	2013
27	Herne power station	729	1976
28	Kraftwerk Bexbach	726	1983
29	Bergkamen power station	717	1981
30	Kraftwerk Bergkamen	717	1981
31	Kraftwerk Scholven	690	1972
32	KWM	690	1979
33	Scholven power station	690	1973
34	Weiher	655.6	1976
35	KW West	640	1971
36	Berlin-Reuter-West power station	564	1988
37	Frimmersdorf power station	562	1962
38	Kraftwerk Zolling	542	1958
39	Kraftwerk Rostock	514	1994
40	Rostock power station	514	1994
41	Lünen power station (KSBG)	473	1967
42	Kraftwerk Fenne	432	1972
43	Hafen power station	427	1973
44	Kraftwerk Ensdorf	389	1974
45	Säckingen power station	360	1967
46	Buschhaus power station	352	1985
47	Bremen-Farge power station	350	1969
48	Nord 2	332.7	1991
49	Kiel power station	323	1970
50	Kraftwerk Tiefstack	321	1917
51	Kraftwerk Werdohl-Elverlingsen	310	1982
52	Kraftwerk II	296.2	1966
53	GKH Hannover power station	272	1989
54	Walheim power station	267	1966
55	Heizkraftwerk Wedel	260	2015
56	Wedel power station	260	1961
57	Heizkraftwerk 3	211	1989
58	Werdohl-Elverlingsen Power Station	206	1965
59	HKW Nord West	200	—
60	Flensburg power station	195	1986
61	Tiefstack power station	194	1993
62	Kraftwerk Stuttgart-Münster	179.4	2014
63	Modellkraftwerk	179	1982
64	Klingenberg	164	1981
65	Stuttgart-Muenster	159.9	1983
66	Waldshut power station	150	1942
67	Heizkraftwerk Moabit	140	2001
68	HKW West	138.5	1985
69	Chemiepark Marl power station	136	1974
70	Berlin-Reuter power station	124	1969
71	Heizkraftwerk Wolfsburg Nord/Süd	123	1938
72	Hastedt power station	119	1989
73	Wachtberg power station	118	1959
74	Kraftwerk N 230	110	1971
75	G-Kraftwerk	103	1962
76	HKW I	95	1985
77	Berlin-Moabit power station	89	1990
78	Deuben power station	86	1936
79	Wuppertal-Elberfeld power station	85	1989
80	Industrie-Kraftwerk	79	1975
81	Cologne-Merkenich power station	75.3	2010
82	Cottbus CHP power station	74	1999
83	Buer power station	70	1985
84	HKW Nord	61.5	2000
85	Chemnitz Nord power station	56.8	1989
86	Hkw Offenbach power station	54	1988
87	Huerth Ville / Berrenrath power station	52	1991
88	Dessau power station	49	1996
89	Grubenheizkraftwerk	49	1979
90	Heizkraftwerk FFO	45	1997
91	FKK	33.5	1988
92	Waehlitz power station	31	1994
93	HKW Sachtleben	27.5	1962
94	Pforzheim power station	26.9	1990
95	Kraftwerk L 57	26	1957
96	Heizkraftwerk der Sappi Stockstadt GmbH	24.8	1969
97	P&L Werk Jülich	24.6	2004
98	Heizkraftwerk Stuttgart-Gaisburg	22.6	2009
99	Heizkraftwerk Magirusstraße	20.7	1978
100	P&L Werk Könnern	20.3	1993

Frequently Asked Questions: Coal Power in Germany

How many Coal power plants are in Germany?

Germany has 111 Coal power plants; the 100 largest alone total 60,375 MW of installed capacity.

What is the largest Coal power plant in Germany?

Niederaussem power station is the largest Coal power plant in Germany, with an installed capacity of 3,430 MW, commissioned in 1979.

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