Ford Saarlouis power station

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Ford Saarlouis power station is an operating power station of at least 4-megawatts (MW) in Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Ford Saarlouis power station Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany 49.34665, 6.7651 (exact)[1]

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • IC: 49.34665, 6.7651

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year
IC Operating[2] fossil gas: natural gas[3][2] 4.4[2] ICCC[2] yes[2] 2016[2]

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 Parent
IC Ford-Werke GmbH [100%][4][2] Ford Motor Co [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): both[5]
  • Captive industry: Automobiles[5]


Background

The power station operates at Ford's Saarlouis facility, providing 22MW of combined heat-and-power (CHP) to their automobile production process.[6]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20221022083705/https://data.open-power-system-data.org/conventional_power_plants/2018-12-20. Archived from the original on 2022-10-22. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 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 2022-10-13. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. (PDF) https://www.netzentwicklungsplan.de/sites/default/files/2022-11/Kraftwerksliste_U%CC%88NB_Entwurf_Szenariorahmen_2030_V2019_2_0_0.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20221210200143/https://www.ford.eu/ford-group-companies. Archived from the original on 2022-12-10. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230319111805/https://fordauthority.com/fmc/ford-motor-company-plants-facilities/ford-motor-company-europe-plants-facilities/ford-motor-company-saarlouis-body-and-assembly-saarlouis-germany/. Archived from the original on 2023-03-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Saarlouis Body and Assembly". Ford Authority. Retrieved Apr 29th 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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