Buer power station
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Buer power station is a retired power station in Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Buer power station | Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | 51.602778, 7.009444 (exact) |
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 1: 51.602778, 7.009444
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year | Retired year | Emergency/Backup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Retired[1] | coal: unknown | 76 | subcritical | yes | 1985 | 2023 | False |
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Uniper SE [100%] | Uniper SE [100.0%] |
Ownership Tree
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Background
The mine-mouth plant began operating as a 50 MW plant in 1930, but was largely destroyed by a large number of bombing raids during World War II. Power generation resumed in 1955. From 1968 to 1975, the coal-fired Blocks B to E (370 MW each) and oil-fired blocks G and H were commissioned. In 1979 Block F, with 740 MW, was commissioned.
In 1985, Buer power station of 76 MW net output was commissioned at the power station.
In 2001-2003, the oil-fired units were decommissioned, and demolished in 2009.[2][3]
Coal-fired units D-F totaling 1,480 MW were retired in 2014.[4]
On July 14, 2021, Uniper announced that Unit C "will cease commercial electricity production as early as end of October 2022 and will be permanently decommissioned as of then."
A November 2024 update to the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) power plant list stated that the power station ceased burning coal in March 2023.[5]
Gas-fired capacity at Scholven
In August 2018 Uniper said it plans to build new gas-fired units to replace the two remaining Scholven coal units, units B-C totaling 640 MW. The gas units are intended to initially supplement the coal units but fully replace them by 2022 with the power supplied to a nearby industrial customer.[6]
As part of the plan, Uniper has teamed up with German chemicals company Evonik to build a 15 km (10 mile) gas pipeline to connect Scholven to the network of Open Grid Europe.[7]
The new Scholven plant will consist of a 114 MWe/140 MWt natural-gas-fuelled twin-gas-turbine CHP facility, due for completion in 2022. Uniper says it intends to eventually replace the existing elderly coal-fired units at the site with gas-fuelled capacity.[8]
Construction on a 138 MWe unit was announced in 2020.[9]
As of July 2021, Uniper states that "the existing coal-fired power plant is to be transformed by autumn 2022 through the construction of a modern combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT)."[10] After that, Uniper says it plans to convert the gas fired power plant to use 100 percent green hydrogen by 2030.[10]
Proposed coal expansion at Scholven
In 2008, an 1100 MW expansion of the power station was proposed by E.ON Kraftwerke, with a notional commissioning date of 2014/15. In 2008 the project was designated by Power in Europe as being at the "pre-proposal" level. The newsletter noted that "reports surface of a further new coal plant project for E.ON, perhaps at this existing generation site."[11]
The new coal-fired unit at Scholven was never built.
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ "Bundesnetzagentur - Kraftwerksliste". www.bundesnetzagentur.de. Archived from the original on 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
- ↑ "Scholven power plant," E.ON, accessed April 2016
- ↑ "Coal-Fired Plants in Nordrhein-Westfalen," Industcards, accessed April 2016
- ↑ "2015 first quarter results," E.ON, 07 May 2015
- ↑ "Kraftwerksliste," Bundesnetzagentur, November 29, 2024
- ↑ "Uniper's power generation H1 earnings rise, plans coal-to-gas conversion," Platts, Aug 7, 2018
- ↑ "Vattenfall looks to gas and biomass as end of coal power looms," Reuters, Oct 29, 2018
- ↑ "Gas new build for CHP and grid support," Modern Power Systems, 18 June 2019
- ↑ Uniper starts work on new gas-fired power plant at Scholven, Montel News, Feb 6, 2020
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Scholven C power plant awarded closure by Federal Network Agency and will be taken off the grid ahead of schedule". Uniper. July 14, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "PiE’s new power plant project tracker – April 2008", Power in Europe, Issue 523, April 7, 2008, page 23.
Additional data
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