Herne power station

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Herne power station is a 500-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Location

The undated satellite below shows the plant in Herne.

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Background

The power station consisted of four units: units 1 and 2 of 150 MW each, unit 3 of 300 MW, and unit 4 of 500 MW, commissioned from 1962 to 1989.

The first two 150 MW units have been retired: Unit 1 in 2014, and unit 2 in 2013. Unit 3, commissioned in 1966, was retired in 2017.

Proposed plant

Herne 5 Power Station was proposed by Steag to have an installed capacity of 750 megawatts. In April 2008 Power in Europe, an energy trade newsletter, reported that Steag "has parked Herne 5 (750-MW) because of rising equipment costs and the threat of 100% CO2 auctioning."

Project Details

• Sponsor: STEAG GmbH
• Parent company: STEAG
• Developer:
• Location: Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Coordinates: 51.550673, 7.187527 (exact)
• Status: Operating (Unit 4)
• Capacity: 500 MW
• Start date: 1989 (Unit 4)
• Type: Subcritical
• Coal Type: Bituminous
• Coal Source:
• Source of financing:

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