Altbach Power Station

Altbach Power Station
Altbach Power Station
	Unit 2 of the Altbach Power Plant
Country	Germany
Location	Altbach
Coordinates	48°43′03″N 9°22′30″E / 48.71750°N 9.37500°ECoordinates: 48°43′03″N 9°22′30″E / 48.71750°N 9.37500°E
Status	Operational
Commission date	1950
Owner(s)	EnBW
Operator(s)	EnBW;
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	1,200 MW
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Altbach Power Station is a coal-fired power plant of EnBW at Altbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It has an output capacity of 1,200 MW electricity and 560 MW heat.

The first power plant in Altbach was built in 1899. The precursors of the current power plant went into service in 1950 (unit 1) and in 1956 and 1958 (units 2 and 3). Block 1 was shut down in 1982 and demolished in 1985. Blocks 2 and 3 were shut down and demolished in 1993.

Unit 1 was replaced by a new unit in 1985 and units 2 and 3 by a new unit in 1997. Both units have 250 metre tall chimneys.