Barmen power station

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Barmen power station is an operating power station of at least 88-megawatts (MW) in Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating. It is also known as Wuppertal-Barmen.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Barmen power station Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany 51.2689, 7.2003 (exact)[1][2]

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit CC1, Unit GT1, Unit GT2: 51.2689, 7.2003

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit CC1 operating[3] fossil gas - natural gas[4][3] 88[5][3] combined cycle[3] 2005[4]
Unit GT1 mothballed[6] fossil gas - natural gas, fossil liquids - heavy fuel oil[6] 34[5][6] gas turbine[6] 1978[6]
Unit GT2 mothballed[6] fossil gas - natural gas, fossil liquids - heavy fuel oil[6] 34[5][6] gas turbine[6] 1978[6]

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit CC1 WSW Energie & Wasser AG [100.0%]
Unit GT1 WSW Energie & Wasser AG [100.0%]
Unit GT2 WSW Energie & Wasser AG [100.0%]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20170208012301/http://www.ipernity.com/doc/302581/21131205?lg=en. Archived from the original on 08 February 2017. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20230103182122/https://datasets.wri.org/dataset/globalpowerplantdatabase. Archived from the original on 03 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20221013054323/http://bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/sachgebiete/Elektrizitaetundgas/Unternehmen_institutionen/Versorgungssicherheit/Erzeugungskapazitaeten/kraftwerksliste/kraftwerksliste-node.html. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221206083555/https://github.com/PyPSA/powerplantmatching. Archived from the original on 06 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20230403183323/http://www.wsw-online.de/wsw-energie-wasser/privatkunden/produkte/strom/produktion/heizkraftwerke-wuppertal/. Archived from the original on 03 April 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927013207/http://www.presse-service.de/data.cfm/static/621479.html. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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