Zolling power station

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Zolling power station is an operating power station of at least 474-megawatts (MW) in Zolling, Freising, Bayern, Germany.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Zolling power station	Zolling, Freising, Bayern, Germany	48.455287, 11.799544 (exact)

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Unit 5: 48.455287, 11.799544

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year	Retired year
Unit 5	operating	coal - bituminous, bioenergy - wastewater and sewage sludge (solids or biogas)	474	supercritical	1986	2025 (planned)

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner
Unit 5	Onyx Power [100.0%]

Background

Zolling power station is a one-unit coal-fired power plant with a total capacity of 474 MW. The plant was completed in 1986, and is owned by Engie. The first 40-MW unit went online in 1958. Three more sets followed by 1966. The old units were all demolished in 1989. The Unit-5 stack was transferred to GDF SUEZ (now Engie) in 2009 as part of a swap deal with E.ON.

The operating unit co-fires with wastewater sludge, a form of biomass.

In April 2019, Engie signed an agreement with US-based Riverstone Holdings LLC, a private equity firm, for the sale of its shares in coal-fired power plants in the Netherlands and in Germany.

In October 2022, BNA, the German utility regulator, approved the plant's closure. The power station was slated for retirement in February 2025.

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Additional data

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