Weisweiler power station

{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Germanyandcoal}}Weisweiler power station is a 1,958-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Location

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Background on Plant

Weisweiler power station was an eight-unit coal-fired power plant, units A-H, completed between 1955 and 1975. Units A-B of 100 MW each were retired in 2000, and unit C of 134 MW and unit D of 150 MW in 2012. Units E-H of 330 MW to 630 MW each, with a total capacity of 1,958 MW. The plant is owned by RWE. The power station also has 2x190 MW gas turbines upstream of units 7 and 8.

Plant Details

• Sponsor: RWE Power AG
• Parent company: RWE
• Location: Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Coordinates: 50.839578, 6.322382 (exact)
• Status: Operating (Units E-H), Retired (Units A-D)
• Gross capacity: 1,958 MW (363 MW, 340 MW, 630 MW, 625 MW)
• Type: Subcritical
• In service: 1955 - 1975
• Coal type: Lignite
• Coal source: Adjacent mines
• Source of financing:

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