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Power plants in Germany

A directory of 1,442 power plants in Germany with a combined installed capacity of 159,438 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

1,442power plants
159,438MW total capacity
10fuel types
293with asset-level CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Germany)

Solar: 735 plants735SolarGas: 241 plants241GasCoal: 124 plants124CoalHydro: 112 plants112HydroBiomass: 73 plants73BiomassWaste: 68 plants68WasteOil: 27 plants27OilWind: 25 plants25Wind

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).

The state of Germany’s power emissions

Across the 293 Germany power plants carrying an asset-level CO₂ figure in this open dataset, total emissions are about 141 Mt CO₂/yr. The single largest emitter, BoA 2 (coal), accounts for about 12% of that 293-plant reported subset (not of the whole country). The top three owners — RWE Power AG, Vattenfall Europe AG, E.On Kraftwerke GmbH — control roughly 40% of that 293-plant reported subset. Most of these plants sit in a temperate Köppen climate zone.

Largest emitters (Mt CO₂/yr)

BoA 2: 16.5 Mt CO2/yr16.5BoA 2Niederaussem power station: 13.3 Mt CO2/yr13.3Niederauss…Schwarze Pumpe power station: 9.7 Mt CO2/yr9.7Schwarze P…MVA Weisweiler: 9.2 Mt CO2/yr9.2MVA Weiswe…Schkopau power station: 3.9 Mt CO2/yr3.9Schkopau p…GKM (Mannheim) power station: 3.2 Mt CO2/yr3.2GKM (Mannh…Rheinhafen-Dampfkraftwerk: 3.2 Mt CO2/yr3.2Rheinhafen…Datteln power station: 3.1 Mt CO2/yr3.1Datteln po…Huckingen: 2.6 Mt CO2/yr2.6HuckingenTrianel Kohlekraftwerk Lünen: 2.1 Mt CO2/yr2.1Trianel Ko…

Emissions by owner (Mt CO₂/yr)

RWE Power AG: 39.8 Mt CO2/yr39.8RWE Power …Vattenfall Europe AG: 12.3 Mt CO2/yr12.3Vattenfall…E.On Kraftwerke GmbH: 4.0 Mt CO2/yr4.0E.On Kraft…E.ON: 3.9 Mt CO2/yr3.9E.ONEnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG: 3.6 Mt CO2/yr3.6EnBW Energ…Grosskraftwerk Mannheim: 3.2 Mt CO2/yr3.2Grosskraft…

CO₂ — measured (US EPA / EU ETS) or modelled (Climate TRACE), per plant · backbone WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0) · climate: Köppen-Geiger (WorldClim). CC BY 4.0.

Largest plants in Germany

#PlantFuelMW
1Stendal nuclear power plantNuclear4,000
2Niederaussem power stationCoal3,430
3Janschwalde power stationCoal3,000
4Boxberg power stationCoal2,582
5Kernkraft GundremmingenNuclear2,572
6Biblis nuclear power plantNuclear2,525
7GKM (Mannheim) power stationCoal2,147
8BoA 2Coal2,100
9Neurath power stationCoal2,068
10GersteinwerkGas2,004
11EmslandGas1,837
12Brunsbuettel SWS power stationCoal1,820
13Weisweiler power stationCoal1,800
14Hamburg-MoorburgCoal1,600
15Schwarze Pumpe power stationCoal1,600
16Arneburg power stationCoal1,600
17Rheinhafen-DampfkraftwerkCoal1,547
18ISAR-2Nuclear1,485
19BROKDORFNuclear1,480
20PHILIPPSBURG-2Nuclear1,468

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Browse by fuel

Solar (735)Gas (241)Coal (124)Hydro (112)Biomass (73)Waste (68)Oil (27)Wind (25)Nuclear (25)Other (12)

Power plants in Germany by region

Bavaria (317)Brandenburg (166)North Rhine-Westphalia (155)Saxony-Anhalt (142)Baden-Wuerttemberg (87)Saxony (84)Rheinland-Pfalz (81)Lower Saxony (78)Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (72)Schleswig-Holstein (65)Thuringia (56)Hesse (50)Saarland (27)Berlin (15)

Cite this

Inzonex PowerAtlas (2026). Asset-level power-plant CO2 emissions — Germany. Derived from WRI GPPD, Climate TRACE, US EPA GHGRP and EU ETS (CC BY 4.0). https://inzonex.co.uk/poweratlas/germany/

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Frequently asked questions

How many power plants are in Germany?

There are 1,442 power plants in Germany in this open dataset, with about 159,438 MW of total capacity.

What is the largest power plant in Germany?

Stendal nuclear power plant is the largest at about 4,000 MW (nuclear).

What fuels generate electricity in Germany?

The most common plant type in this dataset is solar (735 plants), across 10 fuel types in total.

How clean is Germany's electricity grid?

Germany's grid carbon intensity is about 330 gCO₂/kWh, with 59.1% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).