Wiesengrund power station

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Wiesengrund power station is an operating power station of at least 22-megawatts (MW) in Eisenach, Thüringen, Germany.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Wiesengrund power station Eisenach, Thüringen, Germany 50.98258, 10.27975 (exact)[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 50.98258, 10.27975

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating[2] gas[2] 22[2] steam turbine[2] yes[2] 1993[2]

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 Operator
Unit 1 Opel Eisenach GmbH[3] Stellantis [100.0%] TEN Thüringer Energienetze GmbH[2]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): both[3]
  • Captive industry: Automobiles[3]

Background

This power station provides 22 MW of combined heat-and-power (CHP) to Opel's automobile manufacturing plant in Eisenach, Germany.[4] It is currently owned by Opel Eisenach, a subsidiary of the Opel Automobiles GmbH.[5]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20240125091319/https://datasets.wri.org/dataset/globalpowerplantdatabase. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 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)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20211201165504/https://gmauthority.com/blog/gm/gm-facilities/gm-europe-facilities/gm-germany-facilities/gm-opel-eisenach-germany-plant/. Archived from the original on 01 December 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Opel Eisenach Germany Plant". GE Authority. Retrieved May 3rd, 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Kraftwerksliste, ID BNA1505 Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency), version from November 2021

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