Stade Dow power station
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Stade Dow power station is an operating power station of at least 163-megawatts (MW) in Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating. It is also known as Stade EnBW.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Stade Dow power station | Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany | 53.6535, 9.4944 (approximate) |
The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Coal Unit | cancelled | coal - bituminous, other - hydrogen (unknown), bioenergy - unknown, fossil gas - natural gas | 920 | supercritical | – | 2020 | – |
| New Coal Unit | cancelled | other - hydrogen (unknown), coal - bituminous, bioenergy - unknown, fossil gas - natural gas | 920 | supercritical | – | 2020 | – |
| Unit 1 | operating[1] | gas[1] | 163[1][2] | combined cycle[1] | yes[2] | 2015[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 |
|---|---|---|
| New Coal Unit | Dow Deutschland Anlagengesellschaft mbH [100.0%] | – |
| New Coal Unit | – | – |
| Unit 1 | Dow Deutschland Anlagengesellschaft mbH[3] | The Dow Chemical Company [100.0%] |
Unit-level fuel conversion details:
New Coal Unit: Unknown or atypical conversion status Project-level captive use details
- Captive industry use (heat or power): chemicals
- Captive industry: Both
Project-level coal details
- Coal source(s): imported
Background
The power station is located at the site of the Dow chemical plant, owned by by Dow Chemical (USA). A combined cycle gas plant of 157 MW was commissioned at the site in 2015.[4]
A 920 MW coal plant at the site was also proposed previously.[5]
History of the coal plant proposal
Dow Deutschland Anlagengesellschaft mbH (Dow), the German branch of the US chemical group The Dow Chemical Company, was planning the construction and operation of a coal-fired power plant with a rated electrical output of up to 920 megawatts and a thermal output of up to 2100 megawatts at its chemical plant in Stade starting in 2008. The power plant was projected to have an electrical efficiency of approx. 45 percent. Steam extraction (combined heat and power generation) was projected to result in an overall efficiency of approximately 58 percent.[6]
The power plant was part of an "integrated energy concept" for the Stade chemical plant, which was intended to ensure the plant's long-term supply of electricity and steam. In addition to imported[7] hard coal, the power plant would also burn natural gas and biomass and use hydrogen as an energy source.[8]
The electricity not required for production was to be fed into the public grid. The information on how much this would have been varies between two-thirds[9] of the electricity produced and, at times, all of the total output.[10] Dow had looked for another partner to market the surplus electricity. In June 2009, the initially intended partner EnBW[11] withdrew from the project for economic reasons.[12] No new partner has been named since then.
Commissioning was planned for 2014.[13] The planning process began in June 2012.[14] After almost 10,000 citizens had submitted objections to the development plan by 25 March 2013, it was revised and made public again.[15]
In July 2014, the city council of Stade approved the construction of the power plant by amending the land use and development plan. Dow did not apply for any permits. A norm control action against the development plan filed in October 2015 by an alliance of BUND, NABU, Greenpeace and several citizens' initiatives failed in September 2017 before the Lüneburg Higher Administrative Court.[16]
In March 2018, a local resident filed a complaint against the verdict in alliance with Greenpeace and other environmental groups. The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig then had to decide on an appeal.[17]
The recommendations for a coal phaseout in Germany by 2038 said no new coal projects should go online;[18] presumably, once the phaseout is legislated, the proposed coal plant will be cancelled. The phaseout was finalized by the German parliament on July 3, 2020.[19]
Opposition
Dow's power plant project has been criticized by citizens' initiatives and environmental organisations. According to calculations by Deutsche Umwelthilfe, carbon dioxide emissions at the Stade chemical plant would increase considerably as a result of the new coal-fired power plant, whereas they could be massively reduced by the construction of an expanded gas-fired power plant. In addition, coal is no longer a competitive energy source, according to Dow; a coal-fired power plant is therefore neither justified to secure electricity supply nor to safeguard competitiveness.[20]
Gas Plant Details
- Sponsor: Dow Deutschland Anlagengesellschaft mbH[4]
- Parent company:
- Location: Stade, the state of Niedersachsen, Germany
- Coordinates: 53.6535, 9.4944 (exact)[21]
- Gross generating capacity (operating): 157 MW
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211028090847/https://www.kreiszeitung-wochenblatt.de/stade/c-wirtschaft/startschuss-fuer-das-dow-gaskraftwerk-in-stade_a25257. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.energate-messenger.de/news/137928/dow-nimmt-gaskraftwerk-in-betrieb.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Kraftwerksliste, ID BNA0918b Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency), version from August 2019
- ↑ "Germany's hard coal-fired newbuild electricity projects uncertain" ICICHeren, August 17, 2012.
- ↑ "Antwort auf die mündliche Anfrage zum Bau des Steinkohlekraftwerks in Stade," Niedersachsen, May 31, 2013
- ↑ "Atomausstieg – Neue Steinkohlekraftwerke in Stade," HAZ, June 3, 2011
- ↑ "19379 Broschüre Energiekonzept Version 17b," Dow Chemical, January 2013
- ↑ "Warum das Kohlekraftwerksprojekt von Dow in Stade weder umwelt- noch klimaverträglich noch alternativlos ist, Deutsche Umwelthilfe, Feb 25, 2013
- ↑ "Antwort auf die mündliche Anfrage zum Bau des Steinkohlekraftwerks in Stade," Niedersachsen, May 31, 2013
- ↑ "PiE’s new power plant project tracker – April 2008", Power in Europe, Issue 523, April 7, 2008, page 22.
- ↑ "EnBW baut in Stade kein Kohle-Kraftwerk mit Dow," Chemie.de, Jun 12, 2009
- ↑ "Neue Steinkohlekraftwerke in Stade und Wilhelmshaven geplant," HAZ, Jun 3, 2011
- ↑ "Integriertes Energiekonzept," Dow in Deutschland, accessed May 2018
- ↑ "Runde zwei für das Kraftwerk - Stade," kreiszeitung-wochenblatt, Nov 19, 2013
- ↑ "Kohlekraftwerk in Stade darf gebaut werden," NDR, Sep 28, 2017
- ↑ "Juristischer Streit um Kohlekraftwerk Stade geht in nächste Runde," Presseportal, Mar 19, 2018
- ↑ "Germany to close all 84 of its coal-fired power plants, will rely primarily on renewable energy," LA Times, Jan 26, 2019
- ↑ Deutsche Welle (2020-07-03). "Germany approves coal phaseout by 2038". DW.COM. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Warum das Kohlekraftwerksprojekt von Dow in Stade weder umwelt- noch klimaverträglich noch alternativlos ist,"] Deutsche Umwelthilfe, Feb 25, 2013
- ↑ Google Maps accessed January 2020
- ↑ FRESNA (FIAS Renewable Energy Systems & Network Analysis) version 4.1 (July 2019)
Additional data
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