Franken 1 power station

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Franken 1 power station is an operating power station of at least 835-megawatts (MW) in Nurnberg, Bayern, Germany.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Franken 1 power station Nurnberg, Bayern, Germany 49.4208, 11.0077 (exact)[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit Block 1, Unit Block 2: 49.4208, 11.0077

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit Block 1 operating[2][3] gas[2] 395[2][4] combined cycle[2] no[2] 1973[4]
Unit Block 2 operating[2][3] gas[2] 440[2][4] combined cycle[2] no[2] 1976[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 Block 1 Uniper Kraftwerke GmbH[4] Fortum Oyj [76.0%]; other [24.0%]
Unit Block 2 Uniper Kraftwerke GmbH[4] Fortum Oyj [76.0%]; other [24.0%]

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 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 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/20240124172603/https://transparency.entsoe.eu/. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220921005104/https://www.uniper.energy/de/deutschland/kraftwerke-deutschland/franken. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Additional data

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