Profen power station

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Profen power station is a cancelled power station in Elsteraue, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Profen power station	Elsteraue, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	51.13333, 12.21667 (approximate)

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

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year	Retired year
Unit 1	cancelled	coal - lignite	660	unknown	–	–

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner
Unit 1	Mitteldeutsche Braunkohlengesellschaft mbH (MIBRAG) [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

• Coal source(s): domestic

Background

Profen power station was proposed by Mitteldeutsche Braunkohlengesellschaft (MIBRAG) in 2006. In 2015, MIBRAG announced that they were abandoning the project.

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Additional data

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