RDK (Karlsruhe) power station

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{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Germanyandcoal}} RDK (Karlsruhe) power station, also known as the Rheinhafen power station, is a 1,460-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Location

The undated satellite below shows the power station in Karlsruhe.

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Background

The power station consisted of the following coal- and gas-fired units:[1]

  • Units 1 & 2: 64 MW each
  • Units 3: 100 MW
  • Unit 4S: 353 MW
  • Units 5 & 6: 180 MW each
  • Unit 7: 550 MW
  • Unit 8: 912 MW

The first seven units were commissioned from 1955 to 1985, and unit 8 in 2014. Units 1 to 3 have been shut down since the 1980s; both oil and gas-fired units 5 and 6 are since 1993 in cold reserve, meaning they can start operating again after an interval. Unit 4S is a combined cycle natural gas-fired plant, which has been used for reserve power since 2017.[2] The coal-fired power plant unit 7 has been used for intermediate load and coal-fired unit 8 for baseload.[3]

Unit 8

In April 2008 Power in Europe listed the project status as being "tendering, proposed" with a notional commissioning date of 2011/2012. It also listed the installed capacity as being in the range of 890-912 megawatts with "400?" in brackets. The project was approved by the ENBW board in December 2006. The newsletter also noted that the company was also "actively investigating" a 400 megawatt combined cycle gas turbine plant on the same site. Both the projects are slated as replacement for nuclear power stations set to be retired.[4]

According to a November 2012 report by Deutsche Umweltshilfe, the project was under construction with expected completion in 2013.[5]

Unit 8 was commissioned in 2014 with a capacity of 910 MW.[3][1]

Project Details

  • Sponsor: Energie Baden-Württemberg
  • Parent company: EnBW AG
  • Location: Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
  • Coordinates: 49.013306, 8.305416 (exact)
  • Coal Type: Bituminous
  • Gross capacity (operating):

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