Burghausen power station

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Burghausen power station is an operating power station of at least 238-megawatts (MW) in Burghausen, Bayern, Germany.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Burghausen power station Burghausen, Bayern, Germany 48.18621, 12.84577 (exact)[1]

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 12, Unit 9-10: 48.18621, 12.84577

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 12 operating[2][3] fossil gas - natural gas[2][3] 141[2][3] combined cycle[2] 2001[2][3]
Unit 9-10 operating[2][3] fossil gas - natural gas[2][3] 97[3] combined cycle[2] 1987[2][3]

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 12 Wacker Chemie AG [100.0%]
Unit 9-10 Wacker Chemie AG [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): chemicals[4]
  • Captive industry: Both[4]

Background

The power station provides combined heat-and-power to the Wacker production site in Burghausen, Germany.[5] The gas-fired combined-cycle turbine has an output of 193 MW.[6]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/941515957. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20221127130716/https://www.wacker.com/cms/en-us/about-wacker/wacker-at-a-glance/production-sites/burghausen/overview.html. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 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/20221206203411/https://www.wacker.com/cms/en-us/about-wacker/wacker-at-a-glance/production-sites/burghausen/neighborhood.html. Archived from the original on 06 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Burghausen, Germany". www.wacker.com. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  6. Kraftwerksliste, ID BNA0172a Bundesnetzagentur (German Federal Network Agency), version from August 2019

Additional data

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