Veltheim power station

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Veltheim power station is a retired power station in Porta Westfalica, Minden-Lübbecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Veltheim power station	Porta Westfalica, Minden-Lübbecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	52.190083, 8.934485 (exact)

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3: 52.190083, 8.934485

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year	Retired year
Unit 1	retired	coal - bituminous	100	subcritical	1963	2000
Unit 2	retired	coal - bituminous	100	subcritical	1965	2012
Unit 3	retired	coal - bituminous	320	subcritical	1970	2015

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner
Unit 1	GKW Veltheim GmbH [100.0%]
Unit 2	GKW Veltheim GmbH [100.0%]
Unit 3	GKW Veltheim GmbH [100.0%]

Background

Veltheim power station is a retired three-unit coal-fired power plant with a total capacity of 520 MW. It also has a 300 MW gas unit. The power station was owned 66.6% by E.ON Kraftwerke and 33.3% by Stadtwerke Bielefeld. In May 2010, Morgan Stanley Capital Group agreed to buy the 320-MW coal-fired set at Veltheim, thereby completing an asset divestiture agreement that E.ON reached with the EC. Unit-I was decommissioned in 2000 and Unit 2 in 2012. Unit 3 was retired in 2015.

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