Romerbrucke power station

From Global Energy Monitor

Romerbrucke power station is an operating power station of at least 230-megawatts (MW) in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. It is also known as Saarbruecken-Roemerbruecke steam turbine.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Romerbrucke power station Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany 49.223677, 7.014874 (exact)

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 2a: 49.223677, 7.014874
  • Unit 1, Unit 2b, Unit IC: 49.2239, 7.0149

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating[1][2] gas[1] 74[1] combined cycle[1] yes[2] 2005[3]
Unit 2a operating coal - bituminous 53 subcritical 1988
Unit 2b operating[1][2] gas[1] 53[1] steam turbine[1] yes[2] 1965[3]
Unit IC operating[4] gas[5] 50[5] internal combustion combined cycle[5] yes[5] 2022[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 1 Energie SaarLorLux AG[3] Engie SA [51.0%]; Stadtwerke Saarbrücken GmbH [49.0%]
Unit 2a Onyx Power [100.0%]
Unit 2b Energie SaarLorLux AG[3] Engie SA [51.0%]; Stadtwerke Saarbrücken GmbH [49.0%]
Unit IC Energie SaarLorLux AG[3] Engie SA [51.0%]; Stadtwerke Saarbrücken GmbH [49.0%]

Background

According to Energie SaarLorLux, the fuel used by the Römerbrücke has been largely converted from coal to gas, as of October 2021. The 2021 Kraftwerksliste der Bundesnetzagentur states the both of the plants units use gas as their main fuel.[6]The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity reports that 125 MW of power are generated using fossil gas as of October 2021.[7]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 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)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220927085225/https://transparency.entsoe.eu/content/static_content/Static%20content/knowledge%20base/SFTP-Transparency_Docs.html. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220706215817/https://www.saarbruecker-stadtwerke.de/energie/die_energieerzeugung_der_sw. Archived from the original on 06 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230119203508/https://www.kraftwerk-saarbruecken.com/. Archived from the original on 19 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20230422192548/https://www.kraftwerk-saarbruecken.com/gasmotorenkraftwerk/was-ist-gamor/. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. Kraftwerksliste, ID BNA0861b Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency), version from January 2021
  7. ENTSOE, ID 11WD7UCHT5XROEMT, European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity, data from October 2021

Additional data

To access additional data, including interactive maps of the power stations, downloadable datases, and summary data, please visit the Global Coal Plant Tracker and the Global Oil and Gas Plant Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.