Gersteinwerk power station
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Gersteinwerk power station (also known as Werne Gerstein power station) is a gas-fired power plant in the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, with 987 megawatts (MW) of operating capacity.
The plant's only coal-fired unit, block K, was retired in March 2019.[1]
Location
The map below shows the location of the plant, in Werne, Unna, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Background on Plant
As of November 2019, Gersteinwerk power station had seven gas-fired generating units with a total of 1,342 MW of generating capacity; one gas-fired unit (Block I2) was mothballed (Vorläufig Stillgelegt).[2]
Gersteinwerk power station previously had one coal-fired unit with a capacity of 665.5 MW. The plant was completed in 1984, and is owned by RWE. The block includes a 112-MW gas turbine in topping configuration.[3]
The coal plant was planned for decommissioning in 2017.[4] In 2015 it was announced that the decommissioning date was postponed to 2019.[5]
Plant Details
- Sponsor: RWE Generation SE[6]
- Parent company: RWE Aktiengesellschaft[7]
- Location: Werne, Unna, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Coordinates: 51.673532, 7.720513 (exact)
- Gross generating capacity (operating): 987 MW
- Unit F1: Gas-fired[6] combined cycle[6], 55 MW[6] (start-up in 1973)[6]
- Unit F2: Gas-fired[8], 355 MW[8] (start-up in 1973)[8]
- Unit G1: Gas-fired[9] combined cycle[9], 55 MW[9] (start-up in 1973)[9]
- Unit G2: Gas-fired[10] combined cycle[10], 355 MW[10] (start-up in 1973)[10]
- Unit I1: Gas-fired[11] open-cycle gas turbine[11], 55 MW[11] (start-up in 1973)[11]
- Unit K1: Gas-fired[12] open-cycle gas turbine[12], 112 MW[12] (start-up in 1984)[12]
- Gross generating capacity (mothballed): 355 MW
- Gross generating capacity (retired): 666 MW
- Block K: Coal-fired subcritical, 666 MW (operated 1984-2019)[1]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gersteinwerk produzierte Freitagmittag um 12.36 Uhr den letzten Strom aus Kohle," Ruhr Nachrichten, Mar 29, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kraftwerksliste, ID BNA1043 Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency), version from November 2019
- ↑ "Coal-Fired Plants in Nordrhein-Westfalen," Industcards, accessed April 2016
- ↑ "RWE: DECOMMISSIONING OF POWER PLANTS," RWE, Aug 14, 2014
- ↑ "Gersteinwerk: RWE sichert Sozialplan ohne Abstriche zu," Westdeutsche Allgemeine, 25 September 2015
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Kraftwerksliste, ID BNA1039 Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency), version from August 2019
- ↑ Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) 529900GB7KCA94ACC940 Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation, accessed January 2020
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Kraftwerksliste, ID BNA1043 Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency), version from November 2019
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Kraftwerksliste, ID BNA1040 Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency), version from August 2019
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Kraftwerksliste, ID BNA1045 Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency), version from August 2019
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Kraftwerksliste, ID BNA1042 Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency), version from August 2019
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Kraftwerksliste, ID BNA1046b Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency), version from August 2019
