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.

Location

The map below shows the location of the plant, in Werne, Unna, North Rhine-Westphalia.

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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).

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.

The coal plant was planned for decommissioning in 2017. In 2015 it was announced that the decommissioning date was postponed to 2019. The coal-fired Block K was disconnected from the grid and shut down on March 29, 2019.

The June 2021 "Kraftwerksstilllegungsliste der Bundesnetzagentur" lists the steam portions of Units F2, G2 and I2 as temporarily shut down, and K2 as retired.

As of October 28, 2021, Gersteinwerk F and Gersteinwerk G were listed as "safety reserve on standby" and not currently generating electricity according to RWE's Transparency offensive.

Plant Details

• Sponsor: RWE Generation SE
• Parent company: RWE Aktiengesellschaft
• Location: Werne, Unna, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Coordinates: 51.673532, 7.720513 (exact)
• Gross generating capacity (operating): 55 MW
  • Unit I1: Gas-fired open-cycle gas turbine, 55 MW (start-up in 1973)
• Gross generating capacity (mothballed): 1,287 MW
  • Unit I2: Gas-fired unknown combustion technology, 355 MW (start-up in 1973)
  • Unit F1: Gas-fired combined cycle, 55 MW (start-up in 1973)
  • Unit F2: Gas-fired combined cycle, 355 MW (start-up in 1973)
  • Unit G1: Gas-fired combined cycle, 55 MW (start-up in 1973)
  • Unit G2: Gas-fired combined cycle, 355 MW (start-up in 1973)
  • Unit K1: Gas-fired open-cycle gas turbine, 112 MW (start-up in 1984)
• Gross generating capacity (retired): 669 MW
  • Unit H1: Gas-fired, 55 MW (operated 1973-2018)
  • Unit K2: Coal-fired subcritical, 614 MW (operated 1984-2019)

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