Bayernoil Refinery power station — Germany

Bayernoil Refinery power station is a 29 MW gas power plant in Bayern, Germany. It is operated by Bayernoil Raffineriegesellschaft mbH [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 33k homes (estimated). It ranks #460 of 1,442 Germany power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1996, it is around 30 years old — long-established. Its annual emissions of 813,834 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 190k cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 16.5% of Germany's electricity; the national grid averages 330 gCO₂/kWh (59.1% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_bayernoilrefinery_german.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000400116; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 29 MW, Bayernoil Refinery power station is below the median gas plant in Germany (52.9 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

813,834 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions per EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023) (measured for US EPA/EU ETS, modelled for Climate TRACE).

Key facts

Share of Germany gas capacity

less than 0.1% of 37,245 MW across 241 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

90 of 221 dated gas plants in Germany are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Germany

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Bayernoil Raffineriegesellschaft mbH [100%].

Climate zone & how it works

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 48.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #159 largest gas power plant of 241 in Germany by capacity.

Germany has 241 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 37,245 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Vohburg · Hydro · 23.3 MW · Bavaria
• Geisenfeld B · Solar · 6 MW · Bavaria
• Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Irsching · Gas · 1,391 MW · Bavaria
• Geisenfeld A · Solar · 6 MW · Bavaria
• Abensberg Solar Power Plant · Solar · 1.2 MW · Bavaria
• Kelheim Fibres power station · Gas · 52 MW · Bavaria

Location

Coordinates 48.78789, 11.75617 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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