Berlin-Klingenberg power station

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Berlin-Klingenberg power station is a 164-megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant in the state of Berlin, Germany.

In 2017, the plant stopped using coal entirely.

Location

The undated satellite below shows the plant in Rummelsberg district.

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Background

The 1927 coal plant was modernized in 1965 and 1974 before being converted to a 3 x 63 MW combined heating and power plant commissioned in 1981 to 1985. The plant was fueled by lignite coal and gas. It mainly supplied heat, and was fueled by open-pit mines in Cottbus, Germany.

Proposed 800 MW plant

An 800 MW supercritical plant was proposed by Vattenfall at the site of the plant. According to Deutsche Umwelthilfe, the project was abandoned in 2009 due to local resistance. Instead, the company announced that it would pursue a new combined heating and cooling plant powered by natural gas and biomass.

Plans for the biomass plant were later abandoned in favor of plans for modernizing the gas-fired part of the CHP plant by 2020, after which the lignite part of the plant will be closed.

Project Details

• Sponsor: Vattenfall
• Parent company: Vattenfall
• Location: Berlin, state of Berlin, Germany
• Coordinates: 52.48890, 13.49680 (exact)
• Gross generating capacity (operating): 164 MW
  • Gas-fired steam turbine with CHP, 164 MW (start-up in 1981)
• Gross generating capacity (retired): 308 MW
  • Unit 4: Coal-fired subcritical, 188 MW (start-up in 1981)
  • Unit 5: Coal-fired subcritical, 60 MW (start-up in 1985)
  • Unit 6: Coal-fired subcritical, 60 MW (start-up in 1985)

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