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

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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. 1.0 1.1 Weisweiler Coal Power Plant Germany, GEO, accessed April 2016
  2. 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
  3. Kabinett legt Weisweiler-Abschaltung für 2021 fest, Montel, June 24, 2020
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Kraftwerksliste, ID BNA1023, Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency), version from August 2019
  5. Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) 529900GB7KCA94ACC940, Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation, accessed January 2020
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Kraftwerksliste, ID BNA1024, Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency), version from August 2019
  7. RWE schaltet drei Braunkohle-Anlagen ab, Aachener Zeitung, December 30, 2021

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