The following page lists most of the power stations in the electricity sector in Germany. For traction current, see List of installations for 15 kV AC railway electrification in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
As of July 2023, Germany still had 58 active coal power plants.[1]
| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Height of Chimneys m / ft | Year | Fuel | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahrensfelde Power Plant | Ahrensfelde | 152 | 27m (89feet) | 1990 - 2020 | Natural gas | |||
| Altchemnitz Heating Power Station | Altchemnitz, Saxony | 232 | 225m (738feet) | 1972 | Oil (until 1981), natural gas | |||
| Altbach, Baden-Württemberg | 1270 | 250m (820feet) | Coal | |||||
| Asdonkshof Waste Incineration Plant | Kamp-Lintfort, North Rhine-Westphalia | 22 (98) | 200m (700feet) | 1995 | Waste | |||
| Baunatal Heating Power Plant | Kassel-Baunatal | 42 | ||||||
| Bayer-Power Station Leverkusen | Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia | 220m (720feet) | were used until 1944 as carrier for Bayer Cross Leverkusen | |||||
| Bergkamen, North Rhine-Westphalia | 747 | 282m (925feet) | 1981 | Coal | ||||
| Berlin-Buch Power Plant | Berlin | 5 | 120m (390feet) | 1974 | ||||
| Berlin-Charlottenburg Heating Power Plant | Berlin-Charlottenburg | 215 | 104m (341feet) | |||||
| Berlin-Köpenick Power Plant | Berlin | 10 | Gas | |||||
| Berlin-Lichterfelde Power Plant | Berlin | 450 | 158m (518feet) | 1974 | Gas | |||
| Berlin-Moabit Heating Power Plant | Berlin-Moabit | 150 | ||||||
| Berlin-Mitte Heating Power Plant | Berlin-Mitte | 440 | 100m (300feet) | |||||
| Berlin-Reuter/West Power Plant | Berlin-Charlottenburg | 600 | 122m (400feet) | Coal | Reuter West Power Plant | |||
| Berlin-Reutter | Berlin-Charlottenburg | 165 | 122m (400feet) | 1930 | Waste | |||
| Berlin-Wilmersdorf Heating Power Plant | Berlin-Mitte | 330 | 102m (335feet) | |||||
| Berlin-Klingenberg Power Plant | Berlin | 188 | 169m (554feet) | |||||
| Berlin-Lichtenberg Power Plant | Berlin | 36 | 169m (554feet) | |||||
| Berrenrath Industrial Power Plant | Berrenrath | 107 | ||||||
| Bexbach, Saarland | 773 | 240m (790feet) | Coal | |||||
| Bochum Heating Power Plant | Bochum | 21 | 130m (430feet) | |||||
| Boxberg, Saxony | 2575 | 300m (1,000feet) | Coal (lignite) | |||||
| Braunschweig-Mitte Heating Power Plant | Braunschweig, Lower Saxony | 319 | 198m (650feet) | 1983 | ||||
| Bremen-Farge Power Plant | Bremen | 343 | 150m (490feet) | |||||
| Bremen-Findorff Waste Incineration Plant | Bremen | 15.3 | ||||||
| Bremen | 450 | 250m (820feet) | Coal | |||||
| Bremen-Hastedt Power Plant | Bremen | 280 | ||||||
| Bremen-Mittelsbüren Power Plant | Bremen | 280 | 197m (646feet) | also traction current | ||||
| Bridge of Nossen Heating Power Plant | Dresden | 270 | 80m (260feet) | |||||
| Helmstedt, Lower Saxony | 380 | 300m (1,000feet) | 1984 | Coal (lignite) | ||||
| Castrop-Rauxel Power Station | Castrop-Rauxel, North Rhine-Westphalia | 290 | 230m (760feet) | Coal | ||||
| Chemnitz | 195 | 308m (1,010feet) | Coal (lignite), gas, Oil | |||||
| Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia | 240m (790feet) | |||||||
| Dormagen Power Plant | Dormagen | 410 | ||||||
| Dortmund-Derne Power Station | Dortmund-Derne, North Rhine-Westphalia | 210m (690feet) | Coal | |||||
| Dresden-Reick Heating Power Station | Dresden-Reick, Saxony | 204m (669feet) | ||||||
| Datteln | 1100 | 180m (590feet) | Coal | also traction current | ||||
| Emden-Biomass Power Plant | Emden | 20 | ||||||
| Emden Power Plant | Emden | 450 | 120m (390feet) | |||||
| Emsland Natural Gas Power Plant | Lingen | 864 | 160m (530feet) | Natural gas | ||||
| Ensdorf Power Plant | Ensdorf | 430 | 180m (590feet) | |||||
| Erfurt-Ost Heating Power Station | Erfurt, Thuringia | 51 00 55 N 011 02 23 E | 226m (741feet) | demolished | ||||
| Essen-Karnap Incineration Plant | Essen-Karnap, North Rhine-Westphalia | 200m (700feet) | Waste | |||||
| Franken I Power Plant | Nuremberg | 843 | 150m (490feet) | |||||
| Franken II Power Station | Erlangen, Bavaria | 202m (663feet) | 1963/64 | demolished in 2001 | ||||
| Flensburg Heating Power Plant | Flensburg | 170 | 140m (460feet) | |||||
| Frankfurt Traction Current Power Plant | Frankfurt | 12 | 1966 | only traction current | ||||
| Freimann Heating Power Plant | Munich | 160 | Natural gas | |||||
| Frimmersdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia | 623 | 200m (700feet) | Coal (lignite) | CO2 output (2017) = 3.58 million tonnes | ||||
| Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Schweinfurt | Schweinfurt | 126 | 97.5m (319.9feet) | Coal, Waste | ||||
| Gera-Nord Heating Power Station (3 Essen) | Gera, Thuringia | 225m (738feet) | ||||||
| Werne, North Rhine-Westphalia | 2127 | 282m (925feet) | 1984 | Coal | ||||
| Goldenberg Power Plant | Hürth | 171 | 125m (410feet) | |||||
| Großkrotzenburg, Hessen | 1132 | 250m (820feet) | Coal | |||||
| GuD-Heating Station Knapsack | Hürth | 800 | 70m (230feet) | |||||
| Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia | 350 | 210m (690feet) | Coal | demolished by explosives on February 17, 2019 | ||||
| Hagenwerder Power Plant, Unit III | Görlitz/Hagenwerder, Saxony | 250m (820feet) | 1972/73 | Coal | demolished by explosives on June 19, 1998 | |||
| Hamm-Schmehausen Power Station | Hamm-Schmehausen, North Rhine-Westphalia | 850 | 200m (700feet) | Natural gas | ||||
| Hannover-Herrenhausen Power Plant | Hannover | 105 | 110m (360feet) | |||||
| Hannover-Kronsberg Heating Power Plant | Hannover-Kronsberg | 1.17 | ||||||
| Hannover-Linden Power Plant | Hannover | 100 | 100m (300feet) | |||||
| Hannover-Stöcken Power Plant | Hannover | 230 | 70m (230feet) | |||||
| Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia | 950 | 300m (1,000feet) | 1989 | Coal | ||||
| Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg | 1130 | 250m (820feet) | Coal | |||||
| Hermann Wenzel Power Plant | Duisburg | |||||||
| Petershagen, North Rhine-Westphalia | 920 | 227m (745feet) | Coal | |||||
| Huckingen Power Plant | Duisburg-Huckingen | 600 | ||||||
| Ibbenbüren, North Rhine-Westphalia | 770 | 275m (902feet) | 1985 | Anthracite | ||||
| Ingolstadt Waste Incineration Plant | Ingolstadt | 80m (260feet) | ||||||
| Ingolstadt, Bavaria | 840 | 200m (700feet) | Oil | |||||
| Irsching, Bavaria | 1869 | 200m (700feet) | Natural gas, Oil | |||||
| Jänschwalde | 3000 | 300m (1,000feet) | 1981 | Coal (lignite) | ||||
| Jena Heating Power Station | Jena, Thuringia | 225 | 225m (738feet) | Natural gas | ||||
| Karlsruhe-West Heating Power Plant | Karlsruhe | 33 | 140m (460feet) | |||||
| Karlsruhe RDK 7 and 8 | Karlsruhe | 1827 | 233m (764feet) | Bituminous Coal | ||||
| Kassel Power Plant | Kassel | 34 | ||||||
| Kempten Waste Power Plant | Kempten | 60m (200feet) | ||||||
| Kiel Power Plant | Kiel | 354 | 113m (371feet) | |||||
| Kirchmöser Power Station | Brandenburg | 160 | 70m (230feet) | traction current | ||||
| Kirchlengern Power Plant | Kirchlengern | 182 | 66m (217feet) | |||||
| Siegenbeckstraße, Hamm-Uentrop | 305 | Coal | ||||||
| Lauchhammer-South Heating Plant | Lauchhammer, Saxony | 200m (700feet) | demolished in 2002 | |||||
| Lausward Power Plant | Düsseldorf | 520 | 150m (490feet) | also traction current | ||||
| Leuna Power Station | Leuna | 158 | 70m (230feet) | |||||
| Lingen Reffinery Power Plant | Lingen | 68 | 150m (490feet) | |||||
| Lippendorf, Saxony | 300m (1,000feet) | 1967 | Coal (lignite) | demolished in 2005 | ||||
| Lippendorf, Saxony | 1867 | 1999/2000 | Coal (lignite) | Two new plants commissioned 1999 / 2000 | ||||
| Lünen, North Rhine-Westphalia | 500 | 250m (820feet) | Coal | 110 MW traction current | ||||
| Lünen Trianel Coal Power Plant | Lünen, North Rhine-Westphalia | 750 | 2013 | Coal | Trianel Coal Power Plant, Lünen | |||
| Magdeburg Waste Power Plant | Magdeburg | 150 | 60m (200feet) | |||||
| Mannheim-Neckarau Power Station | Mannheim-Neckarau, Baden-Württemberg | 2146 | 200m (700feet) | Coal | 310 MW traction current | |||
| Marbach Power Plant | Marbach | 160m (530feet) | ||||||
| Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia | 300m (1,000feet) | Coal | demolished | |||||
| Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia | 241m (791feet) | |||||||
| Hohenhameln, Lower Saxony | 690 | 250m (820feet) | Coal | |||||
| Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia | 195 | 250m (820feet) | Natural gas, Coal (lignite) | |||||
| Moers-Meerbeck Power Station | Moers-Meerbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia | 210m (690feet) | Coal | |||||
| Moorburg Power Plant | Hamburg | 1730 | 2015 | Coal | ||||
| Munich-North Heating Power Plant | Munich | 360 | 130m (430feet) | Coal | ||||
| Munich-South Heating Power Plant | Munich | 698 | 175m (574feet) | Natural gas, Oil | ||||
| Grevenbroich | 4300 | 195m (640feet) | Coal (lignite) | (3 × 312 MW, 636 + 636) and 2 × 1100 MW CO2 output (2017) = 29.90 million tonnes[2] | ||||
| Niederaussem | 3864 | Coal (lignite) | CO2 output (2017) = 27.17 million tonnes | |||||
| Offleben, Lower Saxony | 207m (679feet) | Coal (lignite) | ||||||
| Pleinting Power Plant | Pleinting | 725 | 175m (574feet) | 1968 - 2008 | Light oil | |||
| Rostock | 600 | 141.5m (464.2feet) | Coal | |||||
| Rüstersieler, Lower Saxony | 747 | 275m (902feet) | Coal | |||||
| Römerbrücke Heating Power Plant | Saarbrücken | 110 | 177m (581feet) | |||||
| Robert Frank Power Plant | Landesbergen | 500 | 181m (594feet) | |||||
| Shamrock Power Plant | Herne | 132 | 76m (249feet) | |||||
| Sindelfingen Heating Power Plant | Sindelfingen | 120m (390feet) | ||||||
| Schkopau, Saxony-Anhalt | 916 | 200m (700feet) | Coal (lignite) | 110 MW traction current | ||||
| Schwedt Power Station | Schwedt, Brandenburg | 200m (700feet) | ||||||
| Gelsenkirchen | 760 | 302m (991feet) | Coal | |||||
| Scholven A Power Station | Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia | 240.5m (789feet) | ||||||
| Schwandorf Power Station | Schwandorf, Bavaria | 235m (771feet) | Coal (lignite) | demolished | ||||
| Stade, Lower Saxony | 220m (720feet) | 1962 | Oil | demolished | ||||
| Spremberg | 1600 | 172m (564feet) | Coal (lignite) | |||||
| Stuttgart-Gaisburg Power Plant | Stuttgart | 60 | 160m (530feet) | |||||
| Stuttgart-Münster Power Plant | Stuttgart | 164 | 180m (590feet) | |||||
| Espenhain, Saxony | 300m (1,000feet) | Coal (lignite) | demolished | |||||
| Thyrow Gas Turbine Power Plant | Thyrow | 300 | ||||||
| Hamburg | 321 | 120m (390feet) | Coal and gas | |||||
| Veltheim Power Plant | Veltheim | 880 | 140m (460feet) | Coal | ||||
| Völklingen-Fenne Power Plant | Völklingen | 600 | 160m (530feet) | Steag Völklingen complex | ||||
| Voerde Power Plant | Voerde, North Rhine-Westphalia | 2234 | Coal (lignite) | Steag pdf page | ||||
| Walheim Power Plant | Walheim | 253 | 148m (486feet) | Coal | ||||
| Walsum, North Rhine-Westphalia | 410 | 300m (1,000feet) | 1988 | Coal | ||||
| Werdohl, North Rhine-Westphalia | 637 | 282m (925feet) | Coal | |||||
| Wedel CHP Plant | Wedel | 260 | 151m (495feet) | Coal | Wedel CHP Plant | |||
| Weiher-3 CHP Plant | Quierschied-Weiher, Saarland | 680 | 232m (761feet) | Coal | Weiher PP | |||
| Weisweiler Power Plant | Eschweiler | 2457 | 180m (590feet) | Primary: Coal (lignite), Secondary: Natural gas | Weisweiler PP | |||
| Westfalen Hamm Power Plant[3] | Uentrop-Schmehausen, North Rhine-Westphalia | 850 | 2007 | Natural gas | Westfalen Hamm PP | |||
| Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony | 747 | 250m (820feet) | 1976 | Coal | ||||
| Wolfsburg Heating Power Plant | Wolfsburg | 140 | 118m (387feet) | |||||
| Wolfsburg-West Heating Power Plant | Wolfsburg | 300 | 160m (530feet) | |||||
| Weissenhorn Waste Incineration Plant | Weissenhorn | |||||||
| West Heating Power Plant | Frankfurt | 244 | 125m (410feet) | |||||
| Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia | 337.5m (1,107.3feet) | 1997 | Coal | demolished in 2006 | ||||
| Wuppertal-Barmen Heating Power Plant | Wuppertal | 56 | 137m (449feet) | |||||
| Wuppertal-Elberfeld Heating Power Plant | Wuppertal | 100 | 198m (650feet) | |||||
| Zolling CHP plant | Zolling, Bavaria | 449 | 220m (720feet) | Coal, Biomass | ||||
| Station | Town | Geographical coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Abbach Power Station | Bad Abbach | 3.5 MW (traction current) | |
| Aufkirchen | 40 (13 MW traction current) | ||
| Bad Säckingen | 73.6 | ||
| Bad Säckingen | 23.7 (only traction current) | ||
| Rennertshofen | 18.9 (only traction current) | ||
| Nagold | 0.2 | ||
| Bittenbrunn | 20.2 (only traction current) | ||
| Dettingen | 11 | ||
| Eitting | ? (only traction current) | ||
| Fankel | 16.4 | ||
| Rosshaupten | 45.5 | ||
| Iffezheim | 104 | ||
| Ingolstadt | 19.8 (only traction current) | ||
| Passau | 52 | ||
| Koblenz | 16 | ||
| Laufenburg | 106 | ||
| Günne | 7.04 | ||
| Mühlacker | 1.68 | ||
| Pfrombach | ? (also traction current) | ||
| Rheinfelden | 25.7 | ||
| Schwörstadt | 120 | ||
| Serrig | 12.1 | ||
| Kochel am See | 124 (52 MW traction current) | ||
| Wendefurth | 80 | ||
| Grenzach-Wyhlen | 38.5 | ||
| Neuhaus am Inn | 96 | ||
| Langleger | 7 | ||
| Osterode am Harz | 1.44 | ||
| Station | Location | Coordinates | Capacity gen (MW) | Capacity pump (MW) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albbecken Pumped Storage Station (Witznau Pumped Storage Station) | Witznau | 220 | 128 | ||
| Remptendorf | 80 | ? | |||
| Heidenburg | 8.1 | ? | Since 1995 no pump operation | ||
| Erzhausen | 220 | 228 | |||
| Geesthacht | 131 | ? | |||
| Glems | 90 | ? | |||
| Goldisthal | 1060 | ? | |||
| Happurg | 176 | ? | |||
| Häusern | 140 | ? | |||
| Hohenwarte | 320 | ? | |||
| Wehr | 992 | ? | |||
| Herdecke | 153 | ? | |||
| Langenprozelten | 160 (only traction current) | ? | |||
| Vagen | 93 | ? | |||
| Markersbach | 1050 | ? | |||
| Mittweida | 1.65 | ? | Defunct | ||
| Niederwartha | 120 | ? | |||
| Bad Lauterberg | 5.04 | ? | |||
| Ortenberg | 2.3 | ? | |||
| Reisach | 105 | ? | |||
| Rönkhausen-Glinge | 160 | ? | |||
| Forbach | 44 | ? | |||
| Deggendorf-Mietraching | 44 | ? | |||
| Bad Säckingen | 472 | ? | |||
| Döllnitz | 25.2 | ? | |||
| Hemfurth-Edersee | 146 | ? | |||
| Hemfurth-Edersee | 440 | ? | |||
| Waldshut | 176 | ? | |||
| Obersdorf | 4.72 | ? | |||
| Wendefurth | 80 | ? | |||
| Crispendorf | 3.3 | ? | |||
| - ! Description | Location ! Coordinates | Peak Power (MW) ! Production (MW·h/year) | Capacity factor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holtriem | Lower Saxony | 207 | ||||
| Reußenköge | Schleswig-Holstein | 203 | ||||
| Werder/Kessin | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 201 | ||||
| Stößen-Teuchern | Sachsen-Anhalt | 183 | ||||
| Hüselitz | Sachsen-Anhalt | 151 |
| - ! Description | Location ! Coordinates | Peak Power (MW) ! Production (MW·h/year) | Capacity factor[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hohe See | 54.4333°N 6.4667°W | 497 | 0.42 | |||
| Borkum Riffgrund 2 | North Sea | 54.9667°N 6.4956°W | 464 | 0.30 | ||
| North Sea | 54.3167°N 5.8667°W | 402 | ||||
| North Sea | 54.355°N 5.98°W | 400 | ||||
| Global Tech I | North Sea | 54.2619°N 6.4106°W | 400 |
Under the Atomic Energy Act, the last three nuclear energy plants were shut down by April 2023.
| Name | Location | Geographical Coordinates | Type | Capacity (MW) | Operational | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAK | Kahl am Main | BWR | align=center | 15 | 1960–1985 | ||
| MZFR | Leopoldshafen | PHWR | align=center | 52 | 1965–1984 | ||
| AVR | Jülich | HTGR | align=center | 13 | 1966–1988 | ||
| KKR | Rheinsberg | VVER | align=center | 62 | 1966–1990 | GDR plant, shut down after German reunification | |
| KRB Unit A | Gundremmingen | BWR | align=center | 238 | 1966–1977 | ||
| KRB Unit B | Gundremmingen | BWR | align=center | 1284 | 1984–2017[13] | ||
| KRB Unit C | Gundremmingen | BWR | align=center | 1288 | 1985–2021 | Shut down on 31 December 2021[14] | |
| KWO | Obrigheim | PWR | align=center | 340 | 1968–2005 | ||
| KWL | Lingen | BWR | align=center | 250 | 1968–1977 | ||
| HDR | Grosswelzheim | BWR | align=center | 23 | 1969–1971 | ||
| KKS | Stade | PWR | align=center | 640 | 1972–2003 | ||
| KKN | Niederaichbach | HWGCR | align=center | 100 | 1973–1974 | ||
| KGR Unit 1 | Greifswald | VVER | align=center | 408 | 1974–1990 | GDR plant, shut down after German reunification | |
| KGR Unit 2 | Greifswald | VVER | align=center | 408 | 1975–1990 | ||
| KGR Unit 3 | Greifswald | VVER | align=center | 408 | 1978–1990 | ||
| KGR Unit 4 | Greifswald | VVER | align=center | 408 | 1979–1990 | ||
| KGR Unit 5 | Greifswald | VVER | align=center | 408 | 1989–1990 | ||
| KWB Unit A | Biblis | PWR | align=center | 1176 | 1975–2011 | [15] | |
| KWB Unit B | Biblis | PWR | align=center | 1240 | 1977–2011 | ||
| KWW | Würgassen | BWR | align=center | 640 | 1975–1994 | ||
| GKN Unit 1 | Neckarwestheim | PWR | align=center | 785 | 1976–2011 | capacity including traction current | |
| GKN Unit 2 | Neckarwestheim | PWR | align=center | 1269 | 1989–April 2023 | Shut down: 15 April 2023 | |
| KKB | Brunsbüttel | BWR | align=center | 771 | 1977–2011 | ||
| KKI Isar Unit 1 | Essenbach | BWR | align=center | 870 | 1979–2011 | ||
| KKI Isar Unit 2 | Essenbach | PWR | align=center | 1365 | 1988–April 2023 | Shut down: April 15, 2023 | |
| KKU Unterweser | Stadland | PWR | align=center | 1285 | 1979–2011 | ||
| KNK-I/II | Leopoldshafen | FBR | align=center | 21 | 1979–1991 | fast sodium-cooled research reactor[16] | |
| KKP Unit 1 | Philippsburg | BWR | align=center | 890 | 1980–2011 | ||
| KKP Unit 2 | Philippsburg | PWR | align=center | 1358 | 1985–2019 | ||
| KKG | Grafenrheinfeld | PWR | align=center | 1275 | 1981–2015 | ||
| KKK Krümmel | Geesthacht | BWR | align=center | 1260 | 1984–2011 | ||
| KWG | Grohnde | PWR | align=center | 1360 | 1985–2021 | Shut down: Dec. 31, 2021 | |
| KBR | Brokdorf | PWR | align=center | 1326 | 1986–2021 | Shut down: Dec. 31, 2021 | |
| KMK | Mülheim-Kärlich | PWR | align=center | 1219 | 1987–1988 | ||
| THTR | Hamm-Uentrop | HTGR | align=center | 296 | 1987–1988 | ||
| KKE | Emsland | PWR | align=center | 1290 | 1988–April 2023 | Shut down April 15, 2023 | |
| Legend: Types: BWR = Boiling water reactor, FBR = Fast breeder reactor, HTGR = High-temperature gas-cooled reactor, HWGCR = Heavy water gas-cooled reactor, PHWR = Pressurized heavy-water reactor, PWR = Pressurized water reactor, VVER = Water-water energetic reactor |
