Wörth Palm power station

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Wörth Palm power station is an operating power station of at least 70-megawatts (MW) in Worth am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Wörth Palm power station Worth am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany 49.06996, 8.30702 (exact)[1]

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

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: 49.06996, 8.30702

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating[2] fossil gas - natural gas[2] 70[2] combined cycle[3] 2007[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 1 Papierfabrik Palm GmbH & Co KG [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): pulp & paper[4]
  • Captive industry: Both[4]

Background

This power station is located within Palm's Paper Mill in Wörth, Germany. It provides 70 MW of combined heat-and-energy (CHP) to this facility through a gas-fired combined cycle turbine unit.[5]

Articles and Resources

References

  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)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 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)
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221208001610/https://press.siemens.com/global/en/pressrelease/holistic-energy-concept-increases-efficiency-paper-mills-germany. Archived from the original on 08 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220708214930/https://www.palm.de/en/news/news-list/artikel/modernisation-and-expansion-of-power-plant-at-palm-paper-mill-in-woerth.html. Archived from the original on 08 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. Papierfabrik Palm, Wörth, Germany, Palm, accessed January 29, 2021

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