Großkrotzenburg Power Station

Großkrotzenburg Power Station
Großkrotzenburg Power Station
	Großkrotzenburg power station from air
Country	Germany
Location	Hesse
Coordinates	50°05′17″N 8°57′08″E / 50.08806°N 8.95222°ECoordinates: 50°05′17″N 8°57′08″E / 50.08806°N 8.95222°E
Commission date	1977; 1992
Owner(s)	Uniper
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Power generation
Units operational	2
Nameplate capacity	1132 MW
External links
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Großkrotzenburg Power Station (German: Kraftwerk Staudinger) is a modern coal-fired thermal power station in Großkrotzenburg, Hesse, east of Frankfurt, Germany. It comprises five units with a total capacity of approximately 1900 MW. The units were built between 1965 and 1992. Units 1-3 were decommissioned in 2012 and 2013. A characteristic of this power station is the fact that the most recently built unit, Unit 5, does not have a waste gas flue. Instead, the desulphurised flue gases are expelled using the updraught from the existing cooling towers. The power station is operated by Uniper.

Technical Information[]

Großkrotenzburg Power Station consists of 5 units, of which only Unit 5 is operated regularly. A 6th unit was planned, but was cancelled in 2012 for economic reasons.

Thermal Units of Großkrotenzburg Power Station^[1]
Unit	Fuel	Net Output	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Purpose
1	Coal	246 MW	1965	2012 (Kept in reserve for district heating until April 30 2013)	Load Following, District Heating
2	Coal	249 MW	1965	2001 (Cold reserve until 2012)	Load Following, District Heating
3	Coal	293 MW	1970	2012	Load Following
4	Natural Gas, Heating Oil	622 MW	1977	2012 (In Federal Network Agency reserve until 2018)	Peak Load
5	Coal	510 MW	1992	Still in Service	Base Load, District Heating
6	Coal	1055 MW	Cancelled		Base Load, District Heating

External links[]

(in German) Plant datasheet

References[]

^ "Kraftwerk Staudinger". Uniper (in German). Retrieved 2019-09-02.

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[1] "Kraftwerk Staudinger". Uniper (in German). Retrieved 2019-09-02.

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