Franken 1 power station

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Franken 1 power station is an operating power station of at least 835-megawatts (MW) in Nurnberg, Bayern, Germany.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Franken 1 power station Nurnberg, Bayern, Germany 49.4208, 11.0077 (exact)[1]

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit Block 1, Unit Block 2: 49.4208, 11.0077

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit Block 1 operating[2][3] fossil gas - natural gas[3] 395[4][3] combined cycle[3] 1973[4]
Unit Block 2 operating[2][3] fossil gas - natural gas[3] 440[4][3] combined cycle[3] 1976[4]

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 Block 1 Uniper Kraftwerke GmbH [100.0%]
Unit Block 2 Uniper Kraftwerke GmbH [100.0%]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 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)
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221107230119/https://transparency.entsoe.eu/. Archived from the original on 07 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); 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 4.2 4.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220921005104/https://www.uniper.energy/de/deutschland/kraftwerke-deutschland/franken. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Additional data

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