Dormagen power station

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Dormagen power station is an operating power station of at least 586-megawatts (MW) in Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Dormagen power station Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany 51.0791, 6.8287 (exact)[1]

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 51.0791, 6.8287

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating[2][3] gas[2][3] 586[2][3] combined cycle[2][3] yes[2][3] 2000[4]

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 RWE Generation SE[4] RWE Aktiengesellschaft [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): both[4]
  • Captive industry: Chemicals[4]

Background

Dormagen power station is a combined heat-and-power (CHP) gas-fired combined-cycle unit delivering 586 MW of power.[5] The majority of the power and all of the heat produced goes to the Dormagen Chempark in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.[6]

Articles and Resources

References

  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)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220708230729/https://www.rwe.com/en/the-group/countries-and-locations/dormagen-ccgt-plant. Archived from the original on 08 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125003840/https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/Sachgebiete/ElektrizitaetundGas/Unternehmen_Institutionen/Versorgungssicherheit/Erzeugungskapazitaeten/Kraftwerksliste/start.html. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220709013503/https://www.modernpowersystems.com/features/featurebayer-dormagen-goes-for-captive-chp/. Archived from the original on 09 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Dormagen CCGT plant". RWE. Retrieved November 4, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Bayer Dormagen goes for captive CHP - Modern Power Systems". www.modernpowersystems.com. Retrieved 2022-04-28.

Additional data

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