Ludwigshafen Süd power station

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Ludwigshafen Süd power station is an operating power station of at least 415-megawatts (MW) in Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Ludwigshafen Süd power station Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany 49.5136, 8.4316 (exact)[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 49.5136, 8.4316

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating[2] gas[2] 415[2] combined cycle[2] yes[3] 1997[3]

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 BASF SE[3] BASF SE [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): both[3]
  • Captive industry: Chemicals[3]

Background

The Ludwigshafen Sud power plant operates at BASF's chemical production facility at Ludwigshafen, providing 396 MW of combined heat-and-energy (CHP) to the industrial site.[4] The generating unit is a gas-fired combined cycle gas turbine.[5]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20220817205129/https://zenodo.org/record/3349843. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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 3.2 3.3 3.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220708225346/https://www.rwe.com/en/the-group/countries-and-locations/ludwigshafen-ccgt-plant. Archived from the original on 08 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. RWE. "Ludwigshafen CCGT plant". www.rwe.com. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  5. Kraftwerksliste, ID BNA0615 Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency), version from August 2019

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