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Power plants in Germany

A directory of 1,369 power plants in Germany with a combined installed capacity of 119,167 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

1,369power plants
119,167MW total capacity
10fuel types
109with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Germany)

Solar: 735 plants735SolarGas: 199 plants199GasHydro: 112 plants112HydroCoal: 98 plants98CoalBiomass: 72 plants72BiomassWaste: 67 plants67WasteOther: 28 plants28OtherOil: 26 plants26Oil

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Germany electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

330gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
59.1%low-carbon electricity
59.1%renewables
40.9%fossil fuels
Wind: 27 % of electricity27WindCoal: 21 % of electricity21CoalSolar: 18 % of electricity18SolarGas: 16 % of electricity16GasBioenergy: 10 % of electricity10BioenergyHydro: 4 % of electricity4HydroOil: 4 % of electricity4Oil

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Germany

#PlantFuelMW
1Niederaussem power stationCoal3,430
2Janschwalde power stationCoal2,790
3Boxberg power stationCoal2,585
4Kernkraft GundremmingenNuclear2,572
5BoA 2Coal2,100
6Neurath power stationCoal2,068
7GersteinwerkGas2,004
8GKM (Mannheim) power stationCoal1,958
9EmslandGas1,837
10Weisweiler power stationCoal1,800
11Hamburg-MoorburgCoal1,600
12Rheinhafen-DampfkraftwerkCoal1,547
13Schwarze Pumpe power stationCoal1,500
14ISAR-2Nuclear1,485
15BROKDORFNuclear1,480
16PHILIPPSBURG-2Nuclear1,468
17EMSLANDNuclear1,406
18NECKARWESTHEIM-2Nuclear1,400
19Gemeinschaftskraftwerk IrschingGas1,391
20KW VoerdeCoal1,390

Largest by capacity → Dirtiest by CO₂ →

Browse by fuel

Solar (735)Gas (199)Hydro (112)Coal (98)Biomass (72)Waste (67)Other (28)Oil (26)Wind (25)Nuclear (7)