Weiher-3 power station

{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Germanyandcoal}} Weiher-3 power station, also known as the Quierschied-Weiher Power Station, is a 724-megawatt (MW) coal plant in Saarland, Germany.

In November 2016, plant owner Steag GmbH said it plans to mothball nearly a third of its German power generation capacity, including Weiher-3, citing a massive decline in wholesale prices.

Location

The map below shows the plant in Quierschied, Saarbrücken.

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Background

The single-unit, subcritical coal plant was first built in 1976 and upgraded in 2006 to its current capacity of 724 MW. It is owned by STEAG of KSBG.

800 MW Expansion Proposal Abandoned

According to Deutsche Umweltshilfe, a proposal to build an 800 MW expansion at the same location was abandoned without statement of reasons in 2007.

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