Weisweiler power station
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Weisweiler power station, in the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, has 1,995 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity (1,595 MW coal-fired and 400 MW gas-fired).
Location
The map below shows the location of the plant in Eschweiler, Aachen.
Background on Plant
Weisweiler power station was an eight-unit coal-fired power plant, units A-H, completed between 1955 and 1975. Units A-B of 100 MW each were retired in 2000, and unit C of 134 MW and unit D of 150 MW in 2012. Unit E was retired in 2021.[1] Unit F co-fires with refuse, a waste-derived fuel.[2] The plant is owned by RWE. The power station also has 2x200 MW gas turbines upstream of units 7 and 8.[1]
Additional coal retirements are expected at the power station by end of 2024, 2028, and 2029.[3]
Plant Details
- Sponsor: RWE Power AG[4]
- Parent company: RWE Aktiengesellschaft[5]
- Location: Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Coordinates: 50.839578, 6.322382 (exact)
- Status: Operating (Units F-H), Retired (Units A-E)
- Gross generating capacity (operating): 1,995 MW
- Unit F: Coal-fired subcritical, 340 MW (start-up in 1967, projected retirement 2024)
- Unit G: Coal-fired subcritical, 630 MW (start-up in 1974, projected retirement 2028)
- Unit H: Coal-fired subcritical, 625 MW (start-up in 1975, projected retirement 2029)
- Unit G_VGT: Gas-fired[4] open-cycle gas turbine[4], 200 MW[4] (start-up in 2006)[4]
- Unit H_VGT: Gas-fired[6] open-cycle gas turbine[6], 200 MW[6] (start-up in 2006)[6]
- Gross generating capacity (retired): 844 MW
- Unit A: Coal-fired subcritical, 100 MW (start-up in 1955, retired in 2000)
- Unit B: Coal-fired subcritical, 100 MW (start-up in 1955, retired in 2000)
- Unit C: Coal-fired subcritical, 134 MW (start-up in 1955, retired in 2012)
- Unit D: Coal-fired subcritical, 147 MW (start-up in 1959, retired in 2012)
- Unit E: Coal-fired subcritical, 363 MW (start-up in 1965, retired in 2021)[7]
- Type: Subcritical
- Coal type: Lignite
- Coal source: Adjacent mines
- Source of financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weisweiler Coal Power Plant Germany, GEO, accessed April 2016
- ↑ Del Zotto L., Tallini A., Di Simone G., Molinari G. & Cedola L., Energy Enhancement of Solid Recovered Fuel within Systems of Conventional Thermal Power Generation, Energy Procedia, December 2015
- ↑ Kabinett legt Weisweiler-Abschaltung für 2021 fest, Montel, June 24, 2020
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Kraftwerksliste, ID BNA1023, Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency), version from August 2019
- ↑ Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) 529900GB7KCA94ACC940, Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation, accessed January 2020
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Kraftwerksliste, ID BNA1024, Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency), version from August 2019
- ↑ RWE schaltet drei Braunkohle-Anlagen ab, Aachener Zeitung, December 30, 2021
