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Berlin-Reuter power station

Coal power plant in Berlin, Germany. Approximate location 52.5321, 13.2461.

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Berlin-Reuter power station is a 124 MW coal power station in Berlin, Germany. It is operated by Vattenfall Europe AG. Based on reported annual generation of 393 GWh, it can supply roughly 112,257 homes. It ranks #161 of 1,369 Germany power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1969, it is around 57 years old — an older, legacy facility. Its measured emissions of 1,254,450 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 292,413 cars driven for a year. In context, coal supplies about 20.6% of Germany's electricity; the national grid averages 330 gCO₂/kWh (59.1% low-carbon) (2025).

124MW installed capacity
393GWh reported / yr
112,257homes powered
1,254,450t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)
1969commissioned (~57 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1006022.

1,254,450 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

292,413passenger cars driven for a year
163,595homes' yearly energy use
20,907,500tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest coal plants in Germany

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

Owner

Operated by Vattenfall Europe AG. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 52.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

9.2°Cannual mean temp
3,212heating degree-days (base 18°C)
17cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
46 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 1 °CFM: 4 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 17 °CJJ: 18 °CJA: 18 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 9 °CON: 4 °CND: 2 °CD18 °C

Heating degree-days here run 31% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 68/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #57 largest coal power plant of 98 in Germany by capacity.

Germany has 98 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 49,623 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 52.5321, 13.2461 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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