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Dirtiest power plants in Germany by CO₂

The highest-emitting power plants in Germany ranked by measured annual CO₂. Open data.

#PlantFuelCountryt CO₂/yr
1Braunkohlekraftwerk LippendorfCoalGermany6,276,700
2Lippendorf power stationCoalGermany6,276,700
3GKM (Mannheim) power stationCoalGermany3,192,820
4Datteln power stationCoalGermany3,081,600
5Mehrum power stationCoalGermany2,046,600
6Berlin-Reuter power stationCoalGermany1,254,450
7Berlin-Reuter-West power stationCoalGermany1,254,450
8GKH Hannover power stationCoalGermany1,010,730
9MitteGasGermany747,198
10Duisburg HambornGasGermany725,030
11Cuno herdecke power stationOtherGermany691,070
12EBS-HKW RostockWasteGermany683,394
13Rostock power stationCoalGermany683,394
14Berlin-Marzahn power stationOtherGermany594,080
15München Nord power stationOtherGermany572,180
16Wachtberg power stationCoalGermany548,500
17Hermann Wenzel power stationGasGermany536,110
18Trianel Hamm power stationGasGermany526,191
19MHKW RothenseeWasteGermany523,500
20KW MittelsbürenOilGermany496,940
21Kraftwerk SalzgitterOtherGermany479,840
22Maxau Mill power stationOilGermany462,150
23Spitzenlastkraftwerk GroßkaynaOilGermany442,980
24GKLGasGermany418,010
25Romerbrucke power stationOtherGermany407,170
26TOTAL R&C LEUNAOilGermany389,760
27WilmersdorfOilGermany353,040
28Eisenhüttenstadt power stationOtherGermany353,020
29Chemiepark Marl power stationCoalGermany344,350
30Knapsack Natural Gas IGasGermany342,850
31Hastedt power stationCoalGermany320,282
32KlingenbergCoalGermany314,069
33RZR Herten IIWasteGermany310,140
34HOECHST BUSINESS PARKOtherGermany309,020
35TREA LeunaWasteGermany300,720
36LUDWIGSHAFEN NORDOtherGermany292,080
37Kraftwerk BexbachCoalGermany278,456
38RMVA KölnWasteGermany277,920
39Müllheizkraftwerk OffenbachWasteGermany276,060
40Berlin-Moabit power stationCoalGermany272,890
41MiROOilGermany269,590
42EEW Energy from Waste Hannover GmbHWasteGermany245,580
43Kraftwerk PlattlingGasGermany204,400
44ZMS Schwandorf power stationOtherGermany197,170
45AVA VelsenWasteGermany186,420
46Braunschweig Mitte power stationOtherGermany164,952
47MVA HammWasteGermany161,710
48Frankfurt Oder power stationOtherGermany160,650
49Heizkraftwerk SindelfingenGasGermany157,340
50Halle Trotha power stationOtherGermany155,270
51GuD LeunaGasGermany148,920
52TREA LeunaWasteGermany148,920
53IHKW AndernachWasteGermany147,910
54MHKW PirmasensWasteGermany143,450
55TREA BreisgauWasteGermany134,460
56EVC / GLOBALFOUNDRIESGasGermany115,924
57GichtNatural Gaskraftwerk DillingenOtherGermany112,673
58MHKW BurgkirchenWasteGermany112,044
59AHKW NeunkirchenWasteGermany107,568
60HKW PfaffenwaldGasGermany103,212
61Chemnitz Nord power stationCoalGermany102,881
62HKW Chemnitz Nord II (Natural Gas)GasGermany102,881
63Wörth Palm power stationOtherGermany93,665
64Altchemnitz power stationGasGermany86,417
65Dusseldorf Henkel power stationGasGermany78,091
66Wi-BiebrichBiomassGermany76,423
67Aalen power stationGasGermany75,443
68Schildescher Straße power stationGasGermany72,502
69HKW EltmannGasGermany71,181
70Heizkraftwerk der Sappi Stockstadt GmbHCoalGermany67,676
71Pforzheim power stationCoalGermany67,286
72Spitzenlastkraftwerk SermuthOilGermany65,471
73Weig Community power stationGasGermany61,725
74Papier- Und Kartonfabrik Varel (PVK) power stationOtherGermany60,956
75Greifswald power stationGasGermany59,570
76Gendorf Works power stationGasGermany57,697
77GuD Kraftwerk HillegossenGasGermany54,750
78DKW LeinauOilGermany50,835
79ZielitzGasGermany46,967
80IHKW HeidenheimGasGermany45,244
81DKW NordOilGermany43,904
82Universitat Freiburg power stationGasGermany42,328
83Stadtwerke Augsburg power stationGasGermany42,111
84SKW DieselOilGermany40,440
85HKW Schwerin LankowGasGermany39,248
86Juelich power stationGasGermany34,566
87Braunschweig Nord power stationGasGermany34,291
88BHKW Schwarzer Weg power stationGasGermany33,783
89Werk Düsseldorf power stationGasGermany32,922
90Werkskraftwerk Sappi Alfeld 1BiomassGermany31,353
91Werkskraftwerk Sappi Alfeld 2GasGermany31,353
92Energiezentrum Mohn MediaGasGermany30,970
93HKW 1 Werk OffsteinGasGermany29,784
94Buchmann Karton Paper Mill power stationGasGermany28,807
95BioEnergie Park KlarseeBiomassGermany27,433
96St. Wendel power stationGasGermany27,433
97Veits peaker plantGasGermany27,433
98Gunvor Ingolstadt Refinery power stationGasGermany24,495
99Kesselhaus ZuckerfabrikGasGermany23,672
100BHKW Obere ViehweideGasGermany19,313
101BHKW an KlinkerwegGasGermany13,990
102HKW BohrhügelGasGermany13,727
103BHKW-HauffstraßeGasGermany13,716
104HKW FreibergGasGermany13,130
105Markt-Bibart 1SolarGermany11,987
106Industriekraftwerk BreubergGasGermany11,170
107HKW Bad SalzungenGasGermany9,798
108Herrenhausen power stationOtherGermany1,271
109Industriekraftwerk GreifswaldGasGermany1,268

Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ from EPA/EU ETS/Climate TRACE; measured CO₂ where reported to US EPA GHGRP, EU ETS or Climate TRACE. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.