AOS GmbH power station

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AOS GmbH power station is an operating power station of at least 31-megawatts (MW) in Stade- Bützfleth, Niedersachsen, Germany.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
AOS GmbH power station Stade- Bützfleth, Niedersachsen, Germany 53.6575, 9.502 (exact)[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 53.6575, 9.502

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating[2] gas[3][2] 31[2] gas turbine[2] yes[4][5] 2012[3]

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 1 Aluminium Oxid Stade GmbH[5] DADCO Alumina & Chemicals [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): both[5]
  • Captive industry: Other Metals & Mining[5]

Background

Operating since 2012, the power station provides combined heat-and-power (CHP) to AOS GmbH's aluminium production facility in Niedersachsen.[6] It provides 31 MW of power through open-cycle gas-fired turbines.[7]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20240124191518/https://datasets.wri.org/dataset/globalpowerplantdatabase. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240219043348/https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/Sachgebiete/ElektrizitaetundGas/Unternehmen_Institutionen/Versorgungssicherheit/Erzeugungskapazitaeten/Kraftwerksliste/kraftwerksliste-node.html. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125091319/https://datasets.wri.org/dataset/globalpowerplantdatabase. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20240124172454/https://data.open-power-system-data.org/conventional_power_plants/2018-12-20. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220708215916/https://www.aos-stade.de/pages_gb/production/main-produktionsverfahren_gb.html. Archived from the original on 08 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "AOS - Main Production". AOS. Retrieved Apr 28th, 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. Kraftwerksliste, ID BNA1437 Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency), version from August 2019

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