List of tallest cooling towers explained

This is a list of cooling towers above 500 ft / 150 m.

List of tallest cooling towers

indicates a structure that is no longer standing.

Current as of August, 2020! Name! Type of structure! Country! Location! Height! Year completed! Remarks
Pingshan II Power StationCoal power stationChinaHuaibei689 ft(210 m)2020[1]
Kalisindh Thermal Power Station, Unit 1 cooling tower[2] Coal power stationIndiaJhalawar663feet2012[3]
Kalisindh Thermal Power Station, Unit 2 cooling towerCoal power stationIndiaJhalawar663feet2012
Niederaussem Power StationCoal power stationGermanyBergheim656feet2002
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit 3 & 4[4] Nuclear power stationUnited StatesBurke County, Georgia600feet2022
Walsum power plant[5] Coal power stationGermanyDuisburg594feet2008
Bełchatów Power Station, new unit[6] Coal power stationPolandBelchatow591feet2011
THTR-300Nuclear power plantGermanyHamm-Uentrop590feet1985Tallest cooling towers built from steel,[7] demolished in 1991, tallest of any kind to be demolished
Civaux Nuclear Power Plant, cooling tower 1[8] Nuclear power plantFranceCivaux589feet1996Base diameter of 153 m / 502 ft
Civaux Nuclear Power Plant, cooling tower 2[9] Nuclear power plantFranceCivaux589feet1996Base diameter of 153 m / 502 ft
Cooling towers of Golfech Nuclear Power PlantNuclear power plantFranceGolfech586feet2 cooling towers, base diameter of 146 m / 479 ft
Datteln Power Station[10] Coal power stationGermanyDatteln584feet2009
Lippendorf Power Station Unit 1[11] Coal power stationGermanyLippendorf574feet2000
Lippendorf Power Station Unit 2Coal power stationGermanyLippendorf574feet2000
Cooling towers of Chooz Nuclear Power PlantNuclear power plantFranceChooz564feet2 cooling towers, base diameter of 153 m / 502 ft
Neurath Power Station BoA 2Coal power stationGermanyGrevenbroich564feet2012
Neurath Power Station BoA 3Coal power stationGermanyGrevenbroich564feet2012
Novovoronezsh Nuclear power plant, Unit II-1[12] Nuclear power plantRussiaVoronezh Oblast561 ft(171 m)2013
Novovoronezsh Nuclear power plant, Unit II-2Nuclear power plantRussiaVoronezh Oblast561 ft(171 m)2014
Doel Nuclear Power Station, cooling tower 1[13] Nuclear power plantBelgiumBeveren554feet1975
Doel Nuclear Power Station, cooling tower 2Nuclear power plantBelgiumBeveren554feet1975
Callaway Nuclear Generating Station[14] Nuclear power plantUnited StatesFulton, MO553feet1984Base diameter of 131 m / 430 ft
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit #1[15] Nuclear power stationUnited StatesBurke County, Georgia548feet1976
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit #2Nuclear power stationUnited StatesBurke County, Georgia548feet1976
Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant,[16] Unit II-2Nuclear power plantRussiaLeningrad oblast548 ft(167 m)2018
Westphalia Power Plant, Unit D cooling tower[17] Coal power stationGermanyHamm546feet2009
Westphalia Power Plant, Unit E cooling tower[18] Coal power stationGermanyHamm546feet2009
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Generating Station[19] Nuclear power plantUnited StatesScriba, NY543feet1988
Cooling towers of Belleville Nuclear Power PlantNuclear power plantFranceBelleville-sur-Loire541feet2 cooling towers, base diameter of 147 m / 482 ft
Cooling towers of Cattenom Nuclear Power PlantNuclear power plantFranceCattenom541feet4 cooling towers, base diameter of 205 m / 673 ft
Cooling towers of Dampierre Nuclear Power PlantNuclear power plantFranceDampierre-en-Burly541feet4 cooling towers, base diameter of 131 m / 430 ft
Cooling towers of Nogent Nuclear Power PlantNuclear power plantFranceNogent-sur-Seine541feet2 cooling towers, base diameter of 147 m / 482 ft
Mülheim-Kärlich Nuclear Power Plant[20] Nuclear power plantGermanyMülheim-Kärlich532feet1978dismantled in 2019 by use of an excavator[21]
Plant Scherer Unit #1Coal power stationUnited StatesJuliette, Georgia531feet1982
Plant Scherer Unit #2Coal power stationUnited StatesJuliette, Georgia531feet1984
Plant Scherer Unit #3Coal power stationUnited StatesJuliette, Georgia531feet1987
Plant Scherer Unit #4Coal power stationUnited StatesJuliette, Georgia531feet1989
Lünen-Stummhafen Trianel Power Plant[22] Coal power stationGermanyLünen525feet2009
Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant, cooling tower 1[23] Nuclear power plantGermanyGundremmingen525feet1984
Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant, cooling tower 2[24] Nuclear power plantGermanyGundremmingen525feet1984
Torre de refrigeración de Central nuclear de Ascó[25] Nuclear power plantSpainAscó525feet?Base diameter of 120 m / 393 ft
Temelín Nuclear power plantNuclear power plantCzech RepublicTemelin525feet1988155 meters in height, 4 cooling towers
Cooling towers of Cruas Nuclear Power PlantNuclear power plantFranceCruas509feet4 cooling towers, base diameter of 132 m / 433 ft
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, cooling tower 1[26] Nuclear power plantUnited StatesRhea County, TN506feet1977Base diameter of 123 m / 405 ft. Unit 1 didn't enter into service until 1996, the cooling towers was completed by 1977[27]
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, cooling tower 2Nuclear power plantUnited StatesRhea County, TN506feet1977Base diameter of 123 m / 405 ft. Unit 2 didn't enter into service until 2016, the cooling towers was completed by 1977
Brayton Point Power Station, cooling tower 1[28] Coal power plantUnited States500feet2009demolished in 2019, tallest concrete cooling towers to be explosively demolished[29]
Brayton Point Power Station, cooling tower 2Coal power plantUnited States500feet2009demolished in 2019
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant[30] Nuclear power plantUnited States499feet1976demolished in 2006[31]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pingshan II: the largest Cooling Tower in the world designed by Hamon . 2022-10-05 . Hamon . en.
  2. News: World's tallest cooling towers take shape in India. Construction Week Online . 14 August 2012 . 16 March 2024.
  3. Web site: Cooling Tower 1 of Kalisindh Power Plant, Jhalawar - SkyscraperPage.com. skyscraperpage.com.
  4. Web site: Vogtle Unit 3 cooling tower reaches final height of 600 feet . .
  5. Web site: Cooling Tower of Duisburg-Walsum Power Station, Unit 10, Duisburg - SkyscraperPage.com. skyscraperpage.com.
  6. Web site: Cooling Tower of Belchatow II Power Plant, Belchatow - SkyscraperPage.com. skyscraperpage.com.
  7. Web site: Literature. www.tensinet.com. 16 March 2024.
  8. Web site: Cooling Tower 1 of Civaux Power Plant, Civaux - SkyscraperPage.com. skyscraperpage.com.
  9. Web site: Cooling Tower 2 of Civaux Power Plant, Civaux - SkyscraperPage.com. skyscraperpage.com.
  10. Web site: Cooling Tower #4 of Datteln Power Plant, Datteln - SkyscraperPage.com. skyscraperpage.com.
  11. Web site: Power Plant Lippendorf. ZPP Ingenieure AG.
  12. News: IANS. 2015-06-04. Russia's largest N-power plant to go critical in September. Business Standard India. 2021-06-18.
  13. Web site: Koeltorens Kerncentrale Doel, Beveren - SkyscraperPage.com. skyscraperpage.com.
  14. Web site: Callaway Cooling Tower, Fulton - SkyscraperPage.com. skyscraperpage.com.
  15. Web site: Alvin W. Vogtle Nuclear Plant. georgiapower.com. 16 March 2024.
  16. Web site: Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant-2 (NPP-2), Leningrad Oblast, Russia. 2021-06-18. en-US.
  17. Web site: Cooling Towers of Unit D of Westphalia Power Plant, Hamm - SkyscraperPage.com. skyscraperpage.com.
  18. Web site: Cooling Towers of Unit E of Westphalia Power Plant, Hamm - SkyscraperPage.com. skyscraperpage.com.
  19. Web site: EIA - State Nuclear Profiles. www.eia.gov.
  20. Web site: Cooling Tower of Mülheim-Kärlich Nuclear Power Plant, Mülheim-Kärlich - SkyscraperPage.com. skyscraperpage.com.
  21. Web site: Hedmond . Shane . [VIDEO] Watch a Remote Controlled Excavator Chomp Through a 600' Tall Cooling Tower 1 Bite at a Time ]. Construction Junkie . 17 September 2019 . 16 March 2024.
  22. Web site: Cooling Tower of Lünen-Stummhafen Trianel Power Plant, Lünen - SkyscraperPage.com. skyscraperpage.com.
  23. Web site: Cooling Tower 1 of Gundremmingen Power Plant, Gundremmingen - SkyscraperPage.com. skyscraperpage.com.
  24. Web site: Cooling Tower 2 of Gundremmingen Power Plant, Gundremmingen - SkyscraperPage.com. skyscraperpage.com.
  25. Web site: Torre de refrigeración de Central nuclear de Ascó, Ascó - SkyscraperPage.com. skyscraperpage.com.
  26. Web site: Vital Statistics. TVA.com.
  27. Web site: Watts Bar – Making History In Yet Another Century. Author. Moderator. October 21, 2014.
  28. Web site: Brayton Point Cooling towers break record for tallest ever imploded. UPI.
  29. Web site: Brayton Point Cooling towers break record for tallest ever imploded - UPI.com. UPI. 16 March 2024.
  30. Web site: Trojan Nuclear Power Plant - Cooling Tower, Prescott - SkyscraperPage.com. skyscraperpage.com.
  31. Web site: Nuclear Tower Crumbles, On Purpose. www.cbsnews.com. 21 May 2006 .

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