Gas power plants in Germany

232 gas power plants in Germany, totalling 31,431 MW of installed capacity — ranked by size, from open data.

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

Lifecycle labels in this page slice

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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