16
Number of mainly older coal plants have been announced for closure or have been retired or converted since the start of 2017.
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Posted by Coal Numerical in Energy
Source Bloomberg
Germany: Coal Fired Power Plant closure announcements and retirements since 2017
7,291 MW
combined generation capacity of the 27 plants that could be shut down.
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Posted by Coal Numerical in Energy
Source Bloomberg
3,276 MW
Total capacity lost through closures or conversions since the 2017.
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Posted by Coal Numerical in Energy
Source NA
1,522 MW
Steag's Voerde A/B plant in North Rhine-Westphalia. Closed on 31 Mar 2017.
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Source Steag
712 MW
Steag's Voerde West 1/2 plant in in North Rhine-Westphalia. Closed on 31 Mar 2017.
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Posted by Coal Numerical in Energy
Source Steag
188 MW
Vattenfall's plant at Berlin-Klingenberg. Closed on 24 May 2017.
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Posted by Coal Numerical in Energy
Source CAN Europe
189 MW
3 Units at Vattenfall's Berlin-Klingenberg plant (63 MW each) were converted to run on natural gas in May 2017.
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Posted by Coal Numerical in Energy
Source Source Watch
300 MW
Unit 3 of Steag's Herne power plant in North Rhine-Westphalia. Closed in Jun 2017.
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Posted by Coal Numerical in Energy
Source Source Watch
310 MW
RWE's Ensdorf power station. Closed in 2017.
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Posted by Coal Numerical in Energy
Source Multiple
145 MW
Stadtwerke Duisburg AG's Duisburg-Hochfeld plant closed on 15 Mar 2018.
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Posted by Coal Numerical in Energy
Source Beyond Coal Europe
310 MW
Enervie's plant at Werdohl-Elverlingsen. Closed on 31 Mar 2018.
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Posted by Coal Numerical in Energy
Source Platts
323 MW
Stadtwerke Kiel AG and Uniper Kraftwerke GmbH announced on 22 Feb 2018 closure of their JV power plant - Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Kiel, GKK. Planned closure is Mar 2019. Around 80 jobs are likely to be impacted.
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Posted by Coal Numerical in Energy
Source DGAP
517 MW
Unit 6 and 7 at Steag's Luenen planned for closure in March 2019. Steag has filed the closure request to German grid regulator BNetzA.
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Posted by Coal Numerical in Energy
Source Steag
724 MW
Steag's Weiher-3 power station, also known as the Quierschied-Weiher Power Station in Saarland. Original planned closure in 2017 but now moved to Apr 2020 after network operator Ambrion having classified them as important for another year.
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Posted by Coal Numerical in Energy
Source Multiple
773 MW
Steag's Bexbach-C coal-fired power station in Saarland, Germany. Original planned closure in 2017 but now moved to Apr 2020 after network operator Ambrion having classified them as important for another year.
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Posted by Coal Numerical in Energy
Source Multiple
446 MW
Volkswagen AG announced 08 Mar 2018 it will invest €400 million ($494 million) to modernize two power stations (140 MW, 306 MW) at its Wolfsburg factory complex, converting them from hard coal to natural gas. The conversion is expected to be completed by 2022.
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Posted by Coal Numerical in Energy
Source CNN Money
100 MW
Vattenfall's Berlin-Moabit power plant announced for closure on 19 Oct 2017. Planned closure in 2030.
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Posted by Coal Numerical in Energy
Source Source Watch
600 MW
Vattenfall's Berlin-Reuter West power plant announced for closure on 19 Oct 2017. Planned closure in 2030.
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Posted by Coal Numerical in Energy
Source Source Watch
132 MW
Vattenfall's Berlin-Reuter power plant announced for closure on 19 Oct 2017. Planned closure in 2030.
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Posted by Coal Numerical in Energy
Source Source Watch