gas power plants in Germany

#	Plant	Region	MW
1	Gersteinwerk	North Rhine-Westphalia	2,004
2	Emsland	Lower Saxony	1,837
3	Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Irsching	Bavaria	1,391
4	Knapsack Natural Gas I	North Rhine-Westphalia	1,252
5	Gundelfingen Reserve power station	Bayern	1,200
6	RWE Burghausen power station	Burghausen	950
7	Bexbach-C power station	Saarland	900
8	Leipheim power station	Bavaria	869
9	Voerde power station	North Rhine-Westphalia	850
10	Trianel Natural Gaskraftwerk	North Rhine-Westphalia	838
11	Trianel Hamm power station	North Rhine-Westphalia	838
12	Franken 1	Bavaria	835
13	Huckingen	North Rhine-Westphalia	640
14	Charlottenburg	Berlin	633
15	Quierschied-Weiher power station	Saarland	600
16	Dormagen	North Rhine-Westphalia	586
17	Robert Frank power station	Niedersachsen	508
18	Kraftwerk Mitte	Rheinland-Pfalz	503
19	Mitte	Berlin	461
20	Süd GT 61	Bavaria	445
21	Kraftwerk Mainz	Hesse	434
22	Lichterfelde	Berlin	432
23	Cuno herdecke power station	North Rhine-Westphalia	421
24	Duisburg Hamborn	North Rhine-Westphalia	413
25	HKW Niehl 2	North Rhine-Westphalia	413
26	EDF Premnitz power station	Brandenburg	400
27	Salzgitter power station	Lower Saxony	400
28	Kraftwerk Süd	Rheinland-Pfalz	390
29	Rheinhafen-Dampfkraftwerk	Baden-Wuerttemberg	353
30	Hermann Wenzel power station	North Rhine-Westphalia	342
31	Huntorf	Lower Saxony	321
32	Duisburg Ruhrort	North Rhine-Westphalia	315
33	Thyrow	Brandenburg	296
34	Natural Gasblock	North Rhine-Westphalia	293
35	Wolfsburg West power station	Lower Saxony	288
36	HKW III/B	North Rhine-Westphalia	274
37	HKW Dresden-Nossener Brücke	Saxony	269
38	Berlin-Marzahn power station	Berlin	260
39	HKW Halle Trotha	Saxony-Anhalt	254
40	Heizkraftwerk Hagen-Kabel	North Rhine-Westphalia	251
41	Burghausen power station	Bayern	238
42	GKL	Lower Saxony	230
43	GKL Linden power station	Niedersachsen	230
44	Natural Gas Turbine #6	North Rhine-Westphalia	218
45	KW Kirchlengern	North Rhine-Westphalia	202
46	Berlin-Klingenberg power station	Berlin	188
47	HKW Jena	Thuringia	182
48	Dampfkraftwerk BGH - O1	Bavaria	178
49	Romerbrucke power station	Saarland	177
50	Dow Stade	Lower Saxony	173
51	Heizkraftwerk Leipzig-Nord	Saxony	167
52	Kirchmöser	Brandenburg	160
53	Eisenhüttenstadt power station	Brandenburg	156
54	Heizkraftwerk 2	Hesse	152
55	Ahrensfelde	Brandenburg	150
56	HKW Sandreuth	Bavaria	150
57	Heizkraftwerk Gera-Nord	Thuringia	148
58	Kraftwerk III	North Rhine-Westphalia	139
59	HKW-Mitte	Lower Saxony	137
60	ILK-GuD	Saxony-Anhalt	136
61	Frank Cube power station	Hesse	135
62	GuD-Ikw Staßfurt	Saxony-Anhalt	134
63	Wolfsburg North power station	Lower Saxony	133
64	Solvay Rheinberg power station	North Rhine-Westphalia	130
65	Süd DT60	Bavaria	128
66	GuD Tiefstack	Hamburg	127
67	HKW Niederrad	Hesse	126
68	Industriepark Zeitz power station	Thüringen	126
69	Gundremmingen power plant	Bavaria	124
70	Leipzig Süd power station	Sachsen	124
71	Heizkraftwerke an der Friedensbrücke	Bavaria	122
72	Hattorf	Thuringia	121
73	Halle Trotha power station	Saxony-Anhalt	120
74	Dillingen power station	Saarland	115
75	HKW Erfurt-Ost	Thuringia	115
76	GuD Bitterfeld	Saxony	112
77	GuD-Anlage Rüsselsheim	Hesse	112
78	Wintershall	Hesse	112
79	LUDWIGSHAFEN NORD	Rheinland-Pfalz	112
80	GuD Marienehe	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	108
81	GuD Schwarzheide	Brandenburg	108
82	HKW Merkenich (Natural Gas)	North Rhine-Westphalia	108
83	Heizkraftwerk Hafen	North Rhine-Westphalia	104
84	KWH	Lower Saxony	102
85	Frankfurt Oder power station	Brandenburg	100
86	GuD	North Rhine-Westphalia	100
87	Obernburg	Bavaria	100
88	Herrenhausen power station	Lower Saxony	100
89	Freimann power station	Bayern	100
90	HKW West	Hesse	99
91	Braunschweig Mitte power station	Lower Saxony	98
92	Kraftwerk Plattling	Bavaria	98
93	ADS-Anlage	Hesse	96
94	Dresden-Reick power station	Sachsen	96
95	Heizkraftwerk Karlstraße 2	North Rhine-Westphalia	95
96	Heizkraftwerk Sindelfingen	Baden-Wuerttemberg	95
97	GTKW Darmstadt	Hesse	95
98	HKW Potsdam-Süd	Brandenburg	84
99	Holthausen	North Rhine-Westphalia	84
100	Emsland Mill power station	Lower Saxony	84
101	HKW Barmen	North Rhine-Westphalia	82
102	GuD Baunatal VW Werksgelände	Hesse	81
103	Süd DT1	Bavaria	80
104	GuD-HKW Neubrandenburg	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	77
105	Aalen power station	Baden-Wuerttemberg	77
106	Schildescher Straße power station	North Rhine-Westphalia	74
107	HKW Schwerin Süd	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	73
108	Wörth Palm power station	Rheinland-Pfalz	70
109	BP Werk Lingen	Lower Saxony	66
110	Industriekraftwerk Bernburg (IKB)	Saxony-Anhalt	66
111	HKW3 UPM Schongau	Bavaria	65
112	Heizkraftwerk Altbach/Deizisau (Natural Gas)	Baden-Wuerttemberg	65
113	Altchemnitz power station	Saxony	63
114	Weig Community power station	Rheinland-Pfalz	63
115	HKW Eltmann	Bavaria	62
116	PKV Kraftwerk	Lower Saxony	60
117	GuD Anlage WVK	Baden-Wuerttemberg	59
118	HKW Wörth	Rheinland-Pfalz	59
119	HKW Chemnitz Nord II (Natural Gas)	Saxony	57
120	Dusseldorf Henkel power station	North Rhine-Westphalia	54
121	Gendorf Works power station	Bavaria	53
122	Heizkraftwerk Pforzheim GmbH	Baden-Wuerttemberg	52
123	Emden Natural Gas	Lower Saxony	52
124	GuD Leuna	Saxony-Anhalt	52
125	Zielitz	Saxony-Anhalt	52
126	Kelheim Fibres power station	Bavaria	52
127	Natural Gas Turbine #9	North Rhine-Westphalia	52
128	Kombi-HKW	Hesse	50
129	Industriepark Werk Gendorf	Bavaria	49
130	GuD-Anlage	Bavaria	47
131	Heide Refinery power station	Schleswig-Holstein	47
132	Kombikraftwerk	Saxony	47
133	Natural Gaskraftwerk #1	North Rhine-Westphalia	45
134	HKW Hiltrop	North Rhine-Westphalia	44
135	HKW Fenne GrubenNatural Gaskraftwerk	Saarland	42
136	Papier- Und Kartonfabrik Varel (PVK) power station	Lower Saxony	41
137	Spitzenlastkraftwerk Wolfen	Saxony-Anhalt	40
138	Kraftwerk Grenzach-Wyhlen	Aargau	39
139	Natural Gas- u. Dampfturbinenanlage Südraum	Saarland	39
140	HKW Pfaffenwald	Baden-Wuerttemberg	38
141	Greifswald power station	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	38
142	Industriekraftwerk Greifswald	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	38
143	GuD Kraftwerk Hillegossen	North Rhine-Westphalia	38
144	Heizkraftwerk West	Baden-Wuerttemberg	37
145	HKW Brandenburg	Brandenburg	36
146	Natural Gas Turbine #3	Saxony	36
147	HKW Südstadt	North Rhine-Westphalia	35
148	EVC / GLOBALFOUNDRIES	Saxony	34
149	Kraftwerk 2	Hesse	34
150	Unterbreizbach	Thuringia	34
151	RAG Anthrazit Ibbenbüren GmbH	North Rhine-Westphalia	33
152	HKW Humboldtstr.	Schleswig-Holstein	31
153	Gaisburg power station	Baden-Württemberg	31
154	KWK AOS GmbH	Lower Saxony	31
155	Stadtwerke Augsburg power station	Bavaria	31
156	HKW 1 Werk Offstein	Rheinland-Pfalz	30
157	Exxonmobil Production power station	Niedersachsen	30
158	UPM Augsburg	Bavaria	29
159	Bayernoil Refinery power station	Bayern	29
160	Natural Gas Turbine #8	Bavaria	29
161	HKW Erlangen (Natural Gas)	Bavaria	28
162	Natural Gas Turbine #1	Rheinland-Pfalz	28
163	HKW Freiberg	Baden-Wuerttemberg	27
164	X-Kraftwerk	North Rhine-Westphalia	27
165	Universitat Freiburg power station	Baden-Wuerttemberg	27
166	HKW Schwarza	Thuringia	26
167	IHKW Heidenheim	Baden-Wuerttemberg	26
168	Dortmund	North Rhine-Westphalia	26
169	KWK-Anlage Krefeld DT	North Rhine-Westphalia	26
170	Juelich power station	North Rhine-Westphalia	25
171	Energiezentrum Mohn Media	North Rhine-Westphalia	25
172	HKW-Nord	Lower Saxony	25
173	Braunschweig Nord power station	Lower Saxony	25
174	Gunvor Ingolstadt Refinery power station	Bavaria	25
175	Gera-Lusan power station	Thüringen	25
176	HKW 2	North Rhine-Westphalia	24
177	HBB	Bavaria	24
178	INEOS Kraftwerk	North Rhine-Westphalia	24
179	Werk Düsseldorf power station	North Rhine-Westphalia	24
180	Natural Gasmotore	Bavaria	23
181	HKW 1	North Rhine-Westphalia	23
182	HKW Schwerin Lankow	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	23
183	Klein Wanzleben power station	Sachsen-Anhalt	23
184	Heizkraftwerk 1	Hamburg	22
185	HKW Wiesengrund	Thuringia	22
186	Heizkraftwerk Bomlitz	Lower Saxony	22
187	Heizkraftwerk Stendal	Saxony-Anhalt	22
188	BHKW Schwarzer Weg power station	North Rhine-Westphalia	22
189	Buchmann Karton Paper Mill power station	Rheinland-Pfalz	21
190	Bochum	North Rhine-Westphalia	21
191	Ulm power station	Baden-Württemberg	20
192	Werkskraftwerk Sappi Alfeld 2	Lower Saxony	20
193	St. Wendel power station	Saarland	20
194	Veits peaker plant	Bavaria	20
195	Natural Gas Turbine #2	Lower Saxony	20
196	Sigmundshall	Lower Saxony	19
197	FS-Karton	North Rhine-Westphalia	19
198	HKW Göttingen	Lower Saxony	19
199	Natural Gas Turbine #7	Bavaria	19
200	Heizkraftwerk zur Papierfabrik	Lower Saxony	18
201	Heizkraftwerk 4	Bavaria	18
202	KWK-Anlage Barby	Saxony-Anhalt	18
203	GuD-Kraftwerk	Baden-Wuerttemberg	17
204	BHKW H.120	North Rhine-Westphalia	17
205	Heizkraftwerk Evonik Rheinfelden	Aargau	16
206	HKW Merheim	North Rhine-Westphalia	16
207	HKW Merkenich	North Rhine-Westphalia	16
208	Kesselhaus Zuckerfabrik	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	15
209	HKW "Helmshäger Berg"	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	15
210	KWK-Anlage Krefeld VM	North Rhine-Westphalia	14
211	MT Düren	North Rhine-Westphalia	14
212	Egger Kraftwerk Briilon 2	North Rhine-Westphalia	14
213	HKW Bohrhügel	Thuringia	14
214	KWKK Heidelberg	Baden-Wuerttemberg	14
215	STW	Saxony	14
216	BHKW Obere Viehweide	Baden-Wuerttemberg	13
217	GHD	Bavaria	13
218	BHKW	Rheinland-Pfalz	13
219	GUD-Anlage DREWSEN	Lower Saxony	13
220	HKW-West	North Rhine-Westphalia	13
221	K&N PFK AG EV	Saxony	13
222	Heizkraftwerk Krefeld	North Rhine-Westphalia	13
223	Kraftwerk Meggle	Bavaria	13
224	BHKW Ludwigshafen	Rheinland-Pfalz	12
225	Industriekraftwerk Ludwigshafen	Rheinland-Pfalz	12
226	HKW Karcherstr. (Natural Gas)	Rheinland-Pfalz	12
227	Co-Generation	Rheinland-Pfalz	12
228	Industriekraftwerk Breuberg	Hesse	11
229	P&L Werk Appeldorn	North Rhine-Westphalia	11
230	Steinitz	Saxony-Anhalt	11
231	Energiezentrale	North Rhine-Westphalia	11
232	Energiezentrale 1992	Bavaria	11
233	Biomass Generator #20	Rheinland-Pfalz	11
234	PWG	Bavaria	11
235	BHKW an Klinkerweg	North Rhine-Westphalia	10
236	P&L Werk Lage	North Rhine-Westphalia	10
237	Heizkraftwerk 5	Hesse	10
238	BHKW-Hauffstraße	Baden-Wuerttemberg	10
239	HKW Bad Salzungen	Thuringia	10
240	Erweiterung Energiezentrale 2003	Bavaria	7
241	Kessel 2	North Rhine-Westphalia	3

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Lifecycle and source reconciliation

This page contains 241 positive-capacity records totalling 37,245.1 MW. Lifecycle labels, capacity scope and capacity-quality provenance are kept separate so a source-backed capacity is not mistaken for a verified operating status.

103records with a resolvable source link

138records without a retained record-level link

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Status	Records
Announced	6
Mothballed	2
Not Reported	93
Operating	139
Unclassified	1

Capacity provenance quality

Quality label	Records
current source verified gem operating units 2026	15
legacy source record not current verified	137
source candidate low delta applied 2026	1
source verified gem tracker location 2026	86
source verified wikidata p2109 strict match	2

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