List of power stations in Germany

The following page lists most of the power stations in the electricity sector in Germany. For traction current, see List of installations for 15 kV AC railway electrification in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Coal, gas, oil, waste

As of July 2023, Germany still had 58 active coal power plants.

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Height of chimneys m / ft		Year	Fuel	Remarks
Ahrensfelde Power Plant	Ahrensfelde	52°35′23.0″N 13°33′31″E	152	27	89	1990 - 2020	Natural gas
Altchemnitz Heating Power Station	Altchemnitz, Saxony	50°47′54.9″N 12°55′2.7″E	232	225	738	1972	Oil (until 1981), natural gas
Altbach Power Station	Altbach, Baden-Württemberg	48°43′1.42″N 9°22′2.91″E 48°43′2.77″N 9°22′26.82″E	1270	250	820		Coal
Asdonkshof Waste Incineration Plant	Kamp-Lintfort, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°31′23.17″N 6°34′31.96″E	22 (98)	200	660	1995	Waste
Baunatal Heating Power Plant	Kassel-Baunatal		42
Bayer-Power Station Leverkusen	Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia			220	720			used until 1944 as carrier for Bayer Cross Leverkusen
Bergkamen Power Station	Bergkamen, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°38′12.16″N 7°37′14.05″E	747	282	925	1981	Coal
Berlin-Buch Power Plant	Berlin	52°38′6″N 13°30′37.17″E	5	120	390	1974
Berlin-Charlottenburg Heating Power Plant	Berlin-Charlottenburg	52°31′19.76″N 13°18′31.18″E	215	104	341
Berlin-Köpenick Power Plant	Berlin	52°26′7″N 13°34′54″E	10				Gas
Berlin-Lichterfelde Power Plant	Berlin	52°25′29.81″N 13°18′35.4″E	450	158	518	1974	Gas
Berlin-Moabit Heating Power Plant	Berlin-Moabit	52°32′15″N 13°20′45″E	150
Berlin-Mitte Heating Power Plant	Berlin-Mitte	52°30′41.73″N 13°25′15.57″E	440	100	330
Berlin-Reuter/West Power Plant	Berlin-Charlottenburg	52°32′4.45″N 13°14′40.32″E	600	122	400		Coal	Reuter West Power Plant
Berlin-Reutter	Berlin-Charlottenburg	52°31′51.89″N 13°14′44.49″E	165	122	400	1930	Waste
Berlin-Wilmersdorf Heating Power Plant	Berlin-Mitte	52°28′53.89″N 13°18′28.32″E	330	102	335
Berlin-Klingenberg Power Plant	Berlin	52°29′24.09″N 13°29′45.39″E	188	169	554
Berlin-Lichtenberg Power Plant	Berlin	52°31′24.25″N 13°31′19.96″E	36	169	554
Berrenrath Industrial Power Plant	Berrenrath	50°51′55.2″N 6°49′26.8″E	107
Bexbach Power Station	Bexbach, Saarland	49°21′48.51″N 7°14′13.38″E	773	240	790		Coal
Bochum Heating Power Plant	Bochum	51°27′5.69″N 7°13′10.73″E	21	130	430
Boxberg Power Station	Boxberg, Saxony	51°24′53.95″N 14°33′41.76″E 51°24′55″N 14°33′48.94″E 51°24′57.17″N 14°34′0.18″E 51°24′59.93″N 14°34′19.09″E	2575	300	980		Coal (lignite)
Braunschweig-Mitte Heating Power Plant	Braunschweig, Lower Saxony	52°16′43.57″N 10°30′53.96″E	319	198	650	1983
Bremen-Farge Power Plant	Bremen	53°12′7.65″N 8°30′57.96″E	343	150	490
Bremen-Findorff Waste Incineration Plant	Bremen	53°6′51″N 8°49′1″E	15.3
Unit 6 of Bremen-Hafen Power Station	Bremen	53°7′29.54″N 8°43′43.11″E	450	250	820		Coal
Bremen-Hastedt Power Plant	Bremen	53°03′35.2″N 8°52′23.4″E	280
Bremen-Mittelsbüren Power Plant	Bremen	53°07′44.33″N 8°41′0.22″E	280	197	646			also traction current
Bridge of Nossen Heating Power Plant	Dresden	51°02′30.47″N 13°42′29.6″E	270	80	260
Buschhaus Power Station	Helmstedt, Lower Saxony	52°10′18.35″N 10°58′37.89″E	380	300	980	1984	Coal (lignite)
Castrop-Rauxel Power Station	Castrop-Rauxel, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°34′49.37″N 7°18′49.19″E	290	230	750		Coal
Power Plant Chemnitz	Chemnitz	50°51′28.01″N 12°55′25.79″E	195	308	1,010		Coal (lignite), gas, oil
Cuno Power Station	Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°24′15.41″N 7°24′49.09″E		240	790
Dormagen Power Plant	Dormagen		410
Dortmund-Derne Power Station	Dortmund-Derne, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°34′12.38″N 7°31′40.98″E		210	690		Coal
Dresden-Reick Heating Power Station	Dresden-Reick, Saxony	51°1′28.14″N 13°46′59.78″E		204	669
Datteln Power Station	Datteln	51°37′48.16″N 7°19′52.73″E	1100	180	590		Coal	also traction current
Emden-Biomass Power Plant	Emden		20
Emden Power Plant	Emden		450	120	390
Emsland Natural Gas Power Plant	Lingen	52°28′50.93″N 7°18′20.11″E	864	160	520		Natural gas
Ensdorf Power Plant	Ensdorf	49°17′40.04″N 6°46′18.13″E	430	180	590
Erfurt-Ost Heating Power Station	Erfurt, Thuringia	51 00 55 N 011 02 23 E		226	741			demolished
Essen-Karnap Incineration Plant	Essen-Karnap, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°30′53.98″N 6°59′37.93″E		200	660		Waste
Franken I Power Plant	Nuremberg	49°25′14.88″N 11°00′27.64″E	843	150	490
Franken II Power Station	Erlangen, Bavaria	49°33′47″N 10°58′25″E		202	663	1963/64		demolished in 2001
Flensburg Heating Power Plant	Flensburg		170	140	460
Frankfurt Traction Current Power Plant	Frankfurt	50°05′48.88″N 8°39′5.26″E	12			1966		only traction current
Freimann Heating Power Plant	Munich	48°11′18″N 11°36′42″E	160				Natural gas
Frimmersdorf Power Station	Frimmersdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°3′16.19″N 6°34′33.31″E 51°3′19.76″N 6°34′34.7″E 51°3′28.02″N 6°34′38.65″E	623	200	660		Coal (lignite)	CO2 output (2017) = 3.58 million tonnes
Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Schweinfurt	Schweinfurt	50°1′48.31″N 10°13′24.98″E	126	97.5	320		Coal, waste
Gera-Nord Heating Power Station (3 Essen)	Gera, Thuringia	50°54′18.59″N 12°3′48.34″E 50°54′17.65″N 12°3′44.96″E 50°54′15.69″N 12°3′48.6″E		225	738
Gersteinwerk	Werne, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°40′24.79″N 7°43′14.28″E	2127	282	925	1984	Coal
Goldenberg Power Plant	Hürth	50°51′40.47″N 6°50′7.34″E	171	125	410
Grosskrotzenburg Power Station	Großkrotzenburg, Hessen	50°5′17.76″N 8°57′5.97″E	1132	250	820		Coal
GuD-Heating Station Knapsack	Hürth		800	70	230
Gustav Knepper Power Station	Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°34′06.52″N 7°20′56.77″E	350	210	690		Coal	demolished by explosives on February 17, 2019
Hagenwerder Power Plant, Unit III	Görlitz/Hagenwerder, Saxony	51°3′42″N 14°56′55″E		250	820	1972/73	Coal	demolished by explosives on June 19, 1998
Hamm-Schmehausen Power Station	Hamm-Schmehausen, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°40′49.1″N 7°58′12.7″E	850	200	660		Natural gas
Hannover-Herrenhausen Power Plant	Hannover		105	110	360
Hannover-Kronsberg Heating Power Plant	Hannover-Kronsberg		1.17
Hannover-Linden Power Plant	Hannover		100	100	330
Hannover-Stöcken Power Plant	Hannover	52°25′13″N 9°38′51.03″E	230	70	230
Herne Power Station	Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°33′2.36″N 7°11′15.27″E	950	300	980	1989	Coal
Heilbronn Power Station	Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg	49°10′31.91″N 9°12′27.19″E	1130	250	820		Coal
Hermann Wenzel Power Plant	Duisburg
Heyden Power Station	Petershagen, North Rhine-Westphalia	52°22′53.79″N 8°59′55.2″E	920	227	745		Coal
Huckingen Power Plant	Duisburg-Huckingen		600
Ibbenbüren Power Station	Ibbenbüren, North Rhine-Westphalia	52°17′9.11″N 7°44′45.23″E	770	275	902	1985	Anthracite
Ingolstadt Waste Incineration Plant	Ingolstadt			80	260
Ingolstadt Power Station	Ingolstadt, Bavaria	48°45′43.23″N 11°30′11.73″E	840	200	660		Oil
Irsching Power Station	Irsching, Bavaria	48°46′1.32″N 11°34′45.19″E 48°46′1.48″N 11°34′49.46″E; 48°46′1.43″N 11°34′52.92″E	1869	200	660		Natural gas, oil
Power Plant Jänschwalde	Jänschwalde	51°49′56.07″N 14°27′10.89″E 51°49′55.76″N 14°27′25.89″E 51°49′55.5″N 14°27′40.96″E	3000	300	980	1981	Coal (lignite)
Jena Heating Power Station	Jena, Thuringia	50°53′51.53″N 11°35′12.5″E	225	225	738		Natural gas
Karlsruhe-West Heating Power Plant	Karlsruhe	49°0′50.98″N 8°20′51.56″E	33	140	460
Karlsruhe RDK 7 and 8	Karlsruhe	49°0′47″N 8°18′29″E	1827	233	764		Bituminous coal
Kassel Power Plant	Kassel		34
Kempten Waste Power Plant	Kempten			60	200
Kiel Power Plant	Kiel		354	113	371
Kirchmöser Power Station	Brandenburg	52°23′40.55″N 12°25′4.97″E	160	70	230			traction current
Kirchlengern Power Plant	Kirchlengern		182	66	217
Kraftwerk Westfalen	Siegenbeckstraße, Hamm-Uentrop	51°40′49″N 7°58′11″E	305				Coal
Lauchhammer-South Heating Plant	Lauchhammer, Saxony	51°28′14″N 13°46′46″E		200	660			demolished in 2002
Lausward Power Plant	Düsseldorf	51°13′15.03″N 6°43′53.66″E	520	150	490			also traction current
Leuna Power Station	Leuna	51°17′53.19″N 12°01′10.22″E	158	70	230
Lingen Reffinery Power Plant	Lingen	52°33′43.33″N 7°18′9.49″E	68	150	490
Lippendorf Power Station	Lippendorf, Saxony	51°10′36.37″N 12°22′34.94″E		300	980	1967	Coal (lignite)	demolished in 2005
Lippendorf Power Station	Lippendorf, Saxony	51°10′56″N 12°22′24″E	1867			1999/2000	Coal (lignite)	Two new plants commissioned 1999 / 2000
Lünen Power Station	Lünen, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°36′50.79″N 7°28′53.12″E	500	250	820		Coal	110 MW traction current
Lünen Trianel Coal Power Plant	Lünen, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°36′51″N 7°27′42″E	750			2013	Coal	Trianel Coal Power Plant, Lünen
Magdeburg Waste Power Plant	Magdeburg		150	60	200
Mannheim-Neckarau Power Station	Mannheim-Neckarau, Baden-Württemberg	49°26′40″N 8°29′53″E 49°26′36.73″N 8°30′9.76″E	2146	200	660		Coal	310 MW traction current
Marbach Power Plant	Marbach	48°55′38.89″N 9°13′48.26″E		160	520
Marl-Chemiepark Power Station	Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°41′34″N 7°6′33″E		300	980		Coal	demolished
Marl-Chemiepark Power Station	Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°41′4.4″N 7°5′59.62″E		241	791
Mehrum Power Station	Hohenhameln, Lower Saxony	52°18′54.16″N 10°5′37.65″E	690	250	820		Coal
Merkenich Heating Power Station	Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°01′5.03″N 6°57′52.14″E	195	250	820		Natural gas, coal (lignite)
Moers-Meerbeck Power Station	Moers-Meerbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°28′13.95″N 6°38′32.78″E		210	690		Coal
Moorburg Power Plant	Hamburg	53°29′20″N 9°56′56″E	1730			2015	Coal
Munich-North Heating Power Plant	Munich	48°10′52.44″N 11°38′23.36″E	360	130	430		Coal
Munich-South Heating Power Plant	Munich	48°6′50.53″N 11°33′20.82″E	698	175	574		Natural gas, oil
Neurath Power Station	Grevenbroich	51°02′16.15″N 6°36′42.77″E	4300	195	640		Coal (lignite)	(3 × 312 MW, 636 + 636) and 2 × 1100 MW CO2 output (2017) = 29.90 million tonnes
Niederaussem Power Station	Niederaussem	50°59′44″N 6°40′09″E	3864				Coal (lignite)	CO2 output (2017) = 27.17 million tonnes
Offleben Power Station	Offleben, Lower Saxony	52°08′45.64″N 11°01′41.92″E		207	679		Coal (lignite)
Pleinting Power Plant	Pleinting	48°40′8.78″N 13°6′31″E	725	175	574	1968 - 2008	Light oil
Rostock Power Station	Rostock	54°08′34.24″N 12°7′58.62″E	600	141.5	464		Coal
Rüstersieler Power Station	Rüstersieler, Lower Saxony	53°33′56.93″N 8°8′46.46″E	747	275	902		Coal
Römerbrücke Heating Power Plant	Saarbrücken	49°13′25.15″N 7°00′53.71″E	110	177	581
Robert Frank Power Plant	Landesbergen		500	181	594
Shamrock Power Plant	Herne		132	76	249
Sindelfingen Heating Power Plant	Sindelfingen	48°41′48.83″N 8°59′57.39″E		120	390
Schkopau Power Station	Schkopau, Saxony-Anhalt	51°23′54.44″N 11°57′1.17″E	916	200	660		Coal (lignite)	110 MW traction current
Schwedt Power Station	Schwedt, Brandenburg	53°5′54.06″N 14°13′10.34″E		200	660
Power Plant Scholven	Gelsenkirchen	51°36′12.84″N 7°0′7.44″E 51°36′2.06″N 7°0′16.56″E	760	302	991		Coal
Scholven A Power Station	Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°35′59.83″N 7°0′20.27″E		240.5	789
Schwandorf Power Station	Schwandorf, Bavaria	49°18′13.82″N 12°4′39.05″E 49°18′14.42″N 12°4′35.33″E		235	771		Coal (lignite)	demolished
Schilling Power Station	Stade, Lower Saxony	53°37′4″N 9°31′57″E		220	720	1962	Oil	demolished
Schwarze Pumpe power station	Spremberg	51°32′8.93″N 14°21′17.11″E	1600	172	564		Coal (lignite)
Stuttgart-Gaisburg Power Plant	Stuttgart	48°46′56.09″N 9°13′52.81″E	60	160	520
Stuttgart-Münster Power Plant	Stuttgart	48°48′55.31″N 9°13′11.07″E	164	180	590
Thierbach Power Station	Espenhain, Saxony	51°10′4.83″N 12°30′28.89″E		300	980		Coal (lignite)	demolished
Thyrow Gas Turbine Power Plant	Thyrow		300
Tiefstack Power Station	Hamburg	53°31′37″N 10°3′49″E	321	120	390		Coal and gas
Veltheim Power Plant	Veltheim	52°11′23″N 8°56′1″E	880	140	460		Coal
Völklingen-Fenne Power Plant	Völklingen	49°14′58.48″N 6°52′53.2″E	600	160	520			Steag Völklingen complex
Voerde Power Plant	Voerde, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°34′37.65″N 6°40′53.19″E	2234				Coal (lignite)	Steag pdf page
Walheim Power Plant	Walheim	49°01′6.38″N 9°9′26.39″E	253	148	486		Coal
Walsum Power Station	Walsum, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°31′42.81″N 6°42′52.54″E	410	300	980	1988	Coal
Werdohl-Elverlingsen Power Station	Werdohl, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°16′33.04″N 7°42′26.24″E 51°16′33.46″N 7°42′23.75″E	637	282	925		Coal
Wedel CHP Plant	Wedel	53°33′59.25″N 9°43′32.14″E	260	151	495		Coal	Wedel CHP Plant
Weiher-3 CHP Plant	Quierschied-Weiher, Saarland	49°20′5.23″N 7°2′7.85″E	680	232	761		Coal	Weiher PP
Weisweiler Power Plant	Eschweiler	50°50′21.14″N 6°19′25.88″E	2457	180	590		Primary: coal (lignite), secondary: natural gas	Weisweiler PP
Westfalen Hamm Power Plant	Uentrop-Schmehausen, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°40′36″N 7°58′21″E	850			2007	Natural gas	Westfalen Hamm PP
Wilhelmshaven Power Station (E.ON)	Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony	53°33′53″N 8°8′49″E	747	250	820	1976	Coal
Wolfsburg Heating Power Plant	Wolfsburg		140	118	387
Wolfsburg-West Heating Power Plant	Wolfsburg		300	160	520
Weissenhorn Waste Incineration Plant	Weissenhorn
West Heating Power Plant	Frankfurt		244	125	410
Westerholt Power Station	Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia	51°36′4.48″N 7°3′52.16″E		337.5	1,107	1997	Coal	demolished in 2006
Wuppertal-Barmen Heating Power Plant	Wuppertal	51°16′8.86″N 7°12′1.71″E	56	137	449
Wuppertal-Elberfeld Heating Power Plant	Wuppertal	51°14′54.19″N 7°7′7.61″E	100	198	650
Zolling CHP plant	Zolling, Bavaria	48°27′19.05″N 11°47′58.25″E	449	220	720		Coal, biomass

Hydroelectric

Station	Town	Geographical coordinates	Capacity (MW)
Bad Abbach Power Station	Bad Abbach	48.94638809°N 12.01305556°E / 48.94638809; 12.01305556 (Bad Abbach Power Station)	3.5 MW (traction current)
Aufkirchen Power Station	Aufkirchen	48.3052492°N 11.8577135°E / 48.3052492; 11.8577135 (Aufkirchen Power Station)	40 (13 MW traction current)
Bad Säckingen Power Station	Bad Säckingen	47.5577658°N 7.956714°E / 47.5577658; 7.956714 (Bad Säckingen Power Station)	73.6
Bergheim Power Station	Bad Säckingen	48.7507492°N 11.2729812°E / 48.7507492; 11.2729812 (Bergheim Power Station)	23.7 (only traction current)
Bertoldsheim Power Station	Rennertshofen	48.735722°N 11.0208321°E / 48.735722; 11.0208321 (Bertoldsheim Power Station)	18.9 (only traction current)
Bettenberg Power Station	Nagold	48.600881°N 8.73715°E / 48.600881; 8.73715 (Bettenberg Power Station)	0.2
Bittenbrunn Power Station	Bittenbrunn	48.7344448°N 11.1436504°E / 48.7344448; 11.1436504 (Bittenbrunn Power Station)	20.2 (only traction current)
Dettingen Power Station	Dettingen	48.112167°N 10.133225°E / 48.112167; 10.133225 (Dettingen Power Station)	11
Eitting Power Station	Eitting	48.3589581°N 11.8827975°E / 48.3589581; 11.8827975 (Eitting Power Station)	? (only traction current)
Fankel Power Station	Fankel	50.124044°N 7.227222°E / 50.124044; 7.227222 (Eitting Power Station)	16.4
Forggensee Dam	Rosshaupten	47.6542518°N 10.7497251°E / 47.6542518; 10.7497251 (Forggensee Dam)	45.5
Iffezheim Power Station	Iffezheim	48.8327607°N 8.1104851°E / 48.8327607; 8.1104851 (Iffezheim Power Station)	104
Ingolstadt Hydroelectric Power Station	Ingolstadt	48.7503672°N 11.4119518°E / 48.7503672; 11.4119518 (Ingolstadt Hydroelectric Power Station)	19.8 (only traction current)
Kachlet Power Station	Passau	48.5791554°N 13.4073865°E / 48.5791554; 13.4073865 (Kachlet Power Station)	52
Koblenz Power Station	Koblenz	50.365783°N 7.581553°E / 50.365783; 7.581553 (Koblenz Power Station)	16
Laufenburg Power Station	Laufenburg	47.5566146°N 8.0480593°E / 47.5566146; 8.0480593 (Laufenburg Power Station)	106
Möhne Dam	Günne	51.4896339°N 8.0589706°E / 51.4896339; 8.0589706 (Möhne Dam)	7.04
Mühlhausen Power Station	Mühlacker	48.933664°N 8.90195°E / 48.933664; 8.90195 (Mühlhausen Power Station)	1.68
Pfrombach Power Station	Pfrombach	48.4413727°N 11.9928968°E / 48.4413727; 11.9928968 (Pfrombach Power Station)	? (also traction current)
Rheinfelden Power Station	Rheinfelden	47.5700403°N 7.8126848°E / 47.5700403; 7.8126848 (Rheinfelden Power Station)	25.7
Ryburg-Schwörstadt Power Station	Schwörstadt	47.5868403°N 7.8338555°E / 47.5868403; 7.8338555 (Ryburg-Schwörstadt Power Station)	120
Schärding-Neuhaus Power Station	Neuhaus am Inn	48.4354009°N 13.4388113°E / 48.4354009; 13.4388113 (Schärding-Neuhaus Power Station)	96
Serrig Power Station	Serrig	49.566669°N 6.592558°E / 49.566669; 6.592558 (Serrig Power Station)	12.1
Söse Dam	Osterode am Harz	51.7386962°N 10.310626°E / 51.7386962; 10.310626 (Söse Dam)	1.44
Sylvenstein Dam	Langleger	47.5863428°N 11.549651°E / 47.5863428; 11.549651 (Sylvenstein Dam)	7
Walchensee Hydroelectric Power Station	Kochel am See	47.6298189°N 11.3374454°E / 47.6298189; 11.3374454 (Walchensee Hydroelectric Power Station)	124 (52 MW traction current)
Wendefurth Power Station	Wendefurth	51.7390417°N 10.9071493°E / 51.7390417; 10.9071493 (Wendefurth Power Station)	80
Wyhlen Dam	Grenzach-Wyhlen	47.5389195°N 7.7076817°E / 47.5389195; 7.7076817 (Wyhlen Dam)	38.5

Pumped-storage hydroelectric

Station	Location	Coordinates	Capacity gen (MW)	Capacity pump (MW)	Notes
Albbecken Pumped Storage Station (Witznau Pumped Storage Station)	Witznau	47.6878681°N 8.2514513°E / 47.6878681; 8.2514513 (Albbecken Pumped Storage Station)	220	128
Bleiloch Pumped Storage Station	Remptendorf	50.5252824°N 11.7150521°E / 50.5252824; 11.7150521 (Bleiloch Pumped Storage Station)	80	?
Dhron Valley Dam	Heidenburg	49.796274°N 6.8985558°E / 49.796274; 6.8985558 (Dhron Valley Dam)	8.1	?	Since 1995 no pump operation
Erzhausen Pumped Storage Station	Erzhausen	51.898611111111°N 9.925°E / 51.898611111111; 9.925 (Erzhausen Pumped Storage Station)	220	228
Geesthacht Pumped Storage Station	Geesthacht	53.4191238°N 10.3936458°E / 53.4191238; 10.3936458 (Geesthacht Pumped Storage Station)	131	?
Glems Pumped Storage Station	Glems	48.5051789°N 9.2872453°E / 48.5051789; 9.2872453 (Glems Pumped Storage Station)	90	?
Goldisthal Pumped Storage Station	Goldisthal	50.5080843°N 11.0044706°E / 50.5080843; 11.0044706 (Goldisthal Pumped Storage Station)	1060	?
Happurg Pumped Storage Station	Happurg	49.4870295°N 11.4747262°E / 49.4870295; 11.4747262 (Happurg Pumped Storage Station)	176	?
Häusern Pumped Storage Station	Häusern	47.7553855°N 8.1883067°E / 47.7553855; 8.1883067 (Häusern Pumped Storage Station)	140	?
Hohenwarte II Pumped Storage Station	Hohenwarte	50.6040914°N 11.4749408°E / 50.6040914; 11.4749408 (Hohenwarte II Pumped Storage Station)	320	?
Hotzenwald Pumped Storage Station	Wehr	47.6523655°N 7.9256701°E / 47.6523655; 7.9256701 (Hotzenwald Pumped Storage Station)	992	?
Koepchenwerk Pumped Storage Station	Herdecke	51.411363°N 7.4541378°E / 51.411363; 7.4541378 (Koepchenwerk Pumped Storage Station)	153	?
Langenprozelten Pumped Storage Station	Langenprozelten	50.0531314°N 9.5813522°E / 50.0531314; 9.5813522 (Langenprozelten Pumped Storage Station)	160 (only traction current)	?
Leitzach Pumped Storage Station	Vagen	47.8740619°N 11.8701214°E / 47.8740619; 11.8701214 (Leitzach Pumped Storage Station)	93	?
Markersbach Pumped Storage Station	Markersbach	50.5175266°N 12.8806436°E / 50.5175266; 12.8806436 (Markersbach Pumped Storage Station)	1050	?
Mittweida Pumped Storage Station	Mittweida	50.9895028°N 13.0066431°E / 50.9895028; 13.0066431 (Mittweida Pumped Storage Station)	1.65	?	Defunct
Niederwartha Pumped Storage Station	Niederwartha	51.0913301°N 13.6100435°E / 51.0913301; 13.6100435 (Niederwartha Pumped Storage Station)	120	?
Oder Valley Dam	Bad Lauterberg	51.6460663°N 10.5031013°E / 51.6460663; 10.5031013 (Oder Valley Dam)	5.04	?
Ortenberg-Lissberg Pumped Storage Station	Ortenberg	50.3763118°N 9.092592°E / 50.3763118; 9.092592 (Ortenberg-Lissberg Pumped Storage Station)	2.3	?
Reisach Pumped Storage Station	Reisach	49.530104°N 12.2845924°E / 49.530104; 12.2845924 (Reisach Pumped Storage Station)	105	?
Rönkhausen Pumped Storage Station	Rönkhausen-Glinge	51.2247664°N 7.9933155°E / 51.2247664; 7.9933155 (Rönkhausen Pumped Storage Station)	160	?
Rudolf-Fettweis-Power Plant	Forbach	48.6685328°N 8.3530855°E / 48.6685328; 8.3530855 (Rudolf-Fettweis-Power Plant)	44	?
Rusel Power Plant	Deggendorf-Mietraching	48.8592093°N 13.0070293°E / 48.8592093; 13.0070293 (Rusel Power Plant)	44	?
Säckingen Pumped Storage Station	Bad Säckingen	47.5656065°N 7.9536295°E / 47.5656065; 7.9536295 (Säckingen Pumped Storage Station)	472	?
Tanzmühle Pumped Storage Station	Döllnitz	49.5521595°N 12.281127°E / 49.5521595; 12.281127 (Tanzmühle Pumped Storage Station)	25.2	?
Waldeck I Pumped Storage Station	Hemfurth-Edersee	51.1661452°N 9.0463078°E / 51.1661452; 9.0463078 (Waldeck I Pumped Storage Station)	146	?
Waldeck II Pumped Storage Station	Hemfurth-Edersee	51.1665488°N 9.0465868°E / 51.1665488; 9.0465868 (Waldeck II Pumped Storage Station)	440	?
Waldshut Pumped Storage Station	Waldshut	47.6176199°N 8.192625°E / 47.6176199; 8.192625 (Waldshut Pumped Storage Station)	176	?
Warmutsgund Pumped Storage Station	Obersdorf	47.3495674°N 10.2657473°E / 47.3495674; 10.2657473 (Warmutsgund Pumped Storage Station)	4.72	?
Wendefurth Pumped Storage Station	Wendefurth	51.7390151°N 10.9072566°E / 51.7390151; 10.9072566 (Wendefurth Pumped Storage Station)	80	?
Wisenta Pumped Storage Station	Crispendorf	50.5763182°N 11.7171872°E / 50.5763182; 11.7171872 (Wisenta Pumped Storage Station)	3.3	?

Wind power

Germany's largest onshore wind power plants

Description	Location	Coordinates	Peak power (MW)	Production (MW·h/year)	Capacity factor
Holtriem	Lower Saxony	53°36′37″N 7°25′45″E	207
Reußenköge	Schleswig-Holstein	54°36′40″N 8°54′13″E	203
Werder/Kessin	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	53°42′55″N 13°19′11″E	201
Stößen-Teuchern	Sachsen-Anhalt	51°7′54″N 11°57′51″E	183
Hüselitz	Sachsen-Anhalt	52°30′57″N 11°46′51″E	151

Germany's largest offshore wind power plants

Description	Location	Coordinates	Peak Power (MW)	Production (MW·h/year)	Capacity factor
Hohe See	North Sea	54°26′0″N 6°28′0″E	497		0.42
Borkum Riffgrund 2	North Sea	54°58′0″N 6°29′44″E	464		0.30
Veja Mate	North Sea	54°19′00″N 5°52′0″E	402
BARD	North Sea	54°21′18″N 5°58′48″E	400
Global Tech I	North Sea	54°15′43″N 6°24′38″E	400

Photovoltaic

Germany's largest photovoltaic (PV) power plants

Description	Location	Coordinates	Peak Power (MW)	Production (MW·h/year)	Capacity factor
Neuhardenberg Solar Park		52°36′49.62″N 14°14′32.64″E	145
Strasskirchen Solar Park	Strasskirchen		54
Lieberose Photovoltaic Park			53		0.11
Kothen Solar Park			45
Finsterwalde Solar Park			42
550,000 thin-film modules (see Waldpolenz Solar Park)	Muldentalkreis	51°19′43″N 12°39′20″E	40	40,000	0.11
Amsdorf Solar Park		51°28′N 11°44′E	28
Solarpark Heideblick		51°50′N 13°40′E	27.5
Solarpark Eiche		52°34′N 13°36′E	26.5
Lauingen Energy Park		48°32′13″N 10°25′27″E	25.7	26,980
1408 SOLON mover (see Erlasee Solar Park)	Arnstein	50°0′10″N 9°55′15″E	12	14,000	0.13
57,912 solar modules (see Pocking Solar Park)	Pocking	48°22′4″N 13°17′55″E	10	11,500	0.13
57,600 solar modules (see Bavaria Solarpark)	Mühlhausen	49°09′29″N 11°25′59″E	6.3	6,750	0.12
30,000 BP Solar modules	Bürstadt	49°39′N 8°28′E	5	4,200	0.10
33,500 Shell Solar modules	Espenhain	51°12′N 12°31′E	5	5,000	0.11
25,000 BP solar modules (see Geiseltalsee Solarpark)	Merseburg	51°22′N 12°0′E	4	3,400	0.10
50,000 solar modules	Gottelborn	49°21′N 7°2′E	4	8,200	0.23
32,740 solar modules	Hemau	49°3′N 11°47′E	4	3,900	0.11
Solara, Sharp and Kyocera solar modules	Dingolfing	48°38′N 12°30′E	3.3	3,050	0.11
Sharp solar modules (see Bavaria Solarpark)	Guenching	49°16′N 11°34′E	1.9	-
Sharp solar modules (see Bavaria Solarpark)	Minihof	n.a.	1.9	-

Nuclear

Under the Atomic Energy Act, the last three nuclear energy plants were shut down by April 2023.

Name	Location	Geographical coordinates	Type	Capacity (MW)	Operational	Notes
VAK	Kahl am Main	50.0591294°N 8.9871812°E / 50.0591294; 8.9871812 (Kahl Nuclear Power Plant)	BWR	15	1960–1985
MZFR	Leopoldshafen	49.1043102°N 8.4325862°E / 49.1043102; 8.4325862 (MZFR)	PHWR	52	1965–1984
AVR	Jülich	50.9030599°N 6.4213693°E / 50.9030599; 6.4213693 (AVR)	HTGR	13	1966–1988
KKR	Rheinsberg	53.1472465°N 12.9903674°E / 53.1472465; 12.9903674 (Rheinsberg Nuclear Power Plant)	VVER	62	1966–1990	GDR plant, shut down after German reunification
KRB Unit A	Gundremmingen	48.513264°N 10.4020357°E / 48.513264; 10.4020357 (Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant, Unit A)	BWR	238	1966–1977
KRB Unit B	Gundremmingen	48.5148276°N 10.402379°E / 48.5148276; 10.402379 (Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant, Unit B)	BWR	1284	1984–2017
KRB Unit C	Gundremmingen	48.5155383°N 10.4020786°E / 48.5155383; 10.4020786 (Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant, Unit C)	BWR	1288	1985–2021	Shut down on 31 December 2021
KWO	Obrigheim	49.364503°N 9.076252°E / 49.364503; 9.076252 (Obrigheim Nuclear Power Plant)	PWR	340	1968–2005
KWL	Lingen	52.4831853°N 7.3005223°E / 52.4831853; 7.3005223 (Lingen Nuclear Power Plant)	BWR	250	1968–1977
HDR	Grosswelzheim	50.0551446°N 8.9848691°E / 50.0551446; 8.9848691 (HDR)	BWR	23	1969–1971
KKS	Stade	53.6200685°N 9.5306289°E / 53.6200685; 9.5306289 (Stade Nuclear Power Plant)	PWR	640	1972–2003
KKN	Niederaichbach	48.6058015°N 12.3000848°E / 48.6058015; 12.3000848 (Niederaichbach Nuclear Power Plant (demolished))	HWGCR	100	1973–1974
KGR Unit 1	Greifswald	54.1417497°N 13.6583877°E / 54.1417497; 13.6583877 (Greifswald Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1)	VVER	408	1974–1990	GDR plant, shut down after German reunification
KGR Unit 2	Greifswald	54.1417623°N 13.6597395°E / 54.1417623; 13.6597395 (Greifswald Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2)	VVER	408	1975–1990
KGR Unit 3	Greifswald	54.1415235°N 13.6624217°E / 54.1415235; 13.6624217 (Greifswald Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3)	VVER	408	1978–1990
KGR Unit 4	Greifswald	54.1414229°N 13.663644°E / 54.1414229; 13.663644 (Greifswald Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 4)	VVER	408	1979–1990
KGR Unit 5	Greifswald	54.140631°N 13.6664128°E / 54.140631; 13.6664128 (Greifswald Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 5)	VVER	408	1989–1990
KWB Unit A	Biblis	49.709331°N 8.415865°E / 49.709331; 8.415865 (Biblis Nuclear Power Plant, Unit !)	PWR	1176	1975–2011
KWB Unit B	Biblis	49.7089474°N 8.413285°E / 49.7089474; 8.413285 (Biblis Nuclear Power Plant, Unit B)	PWR	1240	1977–2011
KWW	Würgassen	51.6396481°N 9.3915617°E / 51.6396481; 9.3915617 (Würgassen Nuclear Power Plant)	BWR	640	1975–1994
GKN Unit 1	Neckarwestheim	49.0401151°N 9.1721088°E / 49.0401151; 9.1721088 (Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1)	PWR	785	1976–2011	capacity including traction current
GKN Unit 2	Neckarwestheim	49.0406214°N 9.1755903°E / 49.0406214; 9.1755903 (Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2)	PWR	1269	1989–April 2023	Shut down: 15 April 2023
KKB	Brunsbüttel	53.8913533°N 9.2005777°E / 53.8913533; 9.2005777 (Brunsbüttel Nuclear Power Plant)	BWR	771	1977–2011
KKI Isar Unit 1	Essenbach	48.6044748°N 12.2972095°E / 48.6044748; 12.2972095 (Isar Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1)	BWR	870	1979–2011
KKI Isar Unit 2	Essenbach	48.6055532°N 12.2931647°E / 48.6055532; 12.2931647 (Isar Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2)	PWR	1365	1988–April 2023	Shut down: April 15, 2023
KKU Unterweser	Stadland	53.4293465°N 8.4774649°E / 53.4293465; 8.4774649 (Unterweser Nuclear Power Plant)	PWR	1285	1979–2011
KNK-I/II	Leopoldshafen	49.0973279°N 8.4327739°E / 49.0973279; 8.4327739 (KNK)	FBR	21	1979–1991	fast sodium-cooled research reactor
KKP Unit 1	Philippsburg	49.2513078°N 8.4356761°E / 49.2513078; 8.4356761 (Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1)	BWR	890	1980–2011
KKP Unit 2	Philippsburg	49.2513078°N 8.4356761°E / 49.2513078; 8.4356761 (Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2)	PWR	1358	1985–2019
KKG	Grafenrheinfeld	49.9841308°N 10.1846373°E / 49.9841308; 10.1846373 (Grafenrheinfeld Nuclear Power Plant)	PWR	1275	1981–2015
KKK Krümmel	Geesthacht	53.4104656°N 10.4091597°E / 53.4104656; 10.4091597 (Krümmel Nuclear Power Plant)	BWR	1260	1984–2011
KWG	Grohnde	52.0348748°N 9.4097793°E / 52.0348748; 9.4097793 (Grohnde Nuclear Power Plant)	PWR	1360	1985–2021	Shut down: Dec. 31, 2021
KBR	Brokdorf	53.850666°N 9.3457603°E / 53.850666; 9.3457603 (Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant)	PWR	1326	1986–2021	Shut down: Dec. 31, 2021
KMK	Mülheim-Kärlich	50.408791°N 7.4861956°E / 50.408791; 7.4861956 (Mülheim-Kärlich Nuclear Power Plant)	PWR	1219	1987–1988
THTR	Hamm-Uentrop	51.6786228°N 7.9700232°E / 51.6786228; 7.9700232 (THTR-300)	HTGR	296	1987–1988
KKE	Emsland	52.4716974°N 7.3206389°E / 52.4716974; 7.3206389 (Emsland Nuclear Power Plant)	PWR	1290	1988–April 2023	Shut down April 15, 2023
Legend:   Reactor is currently operational    Decommissioned reactor Types: BWR = Boiling water reactor, FBR = Fast breeder reactor, HTGR = High-temperature gas-cooled reactor, HWGCR = Heavy water gas-cooled reactor, PHWR = Pressurized heavy-water reactor, PWR = Pressurized water reactor, VVER = Water-water energetic reactor

See also

• List of power stations in Europe
• List of largest power stations in the world

External links

• Map of large CHP Plants under construction / in planning. Source: Enerlytics Press Release Dec. 12 2011
• Map of new coal and natural gas power plants in planning . Source: Enerlytics Kraftwerke Invest May 18 2012