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Bremen-Farge power station

Coal power plant in Lower Saxony, Germany. Approximate location 53.2021, 8.5162.

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Bremen-Farge power station is a 350 MW coal power station in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is operated by GDF SUEZ Energie Deutschland AG. Based on reported annual generation of 1,460 GWh, it can supply roughly 417,142 homes. It ranks #79 of 1,369 Germany power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1969, it is around 57 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, coal supplies about 20.6% of Germany's electricity; the national grid averages 330 gCO₂/kWh (59.1% low-carbon) (2025).

350MW installed capacity
1,460GWh reported / yr
417,142homes powered
1969commissioned (~57 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1005676.

~1,460,000 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

340,326passenger cars driven for a year
190,402homes' yearly energy use
24,333,333tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Reported generation trend

2015: 1,732 GWh20152016: 1,112 GWh20162017: 1,460 GWh20172k GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by GDF SUEZ Energie Deutschland 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 53.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.9°Cannual mean temp
3,290heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
10 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 1 °CJF: 2 °CFM: 5 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 12 °CMJ: 15 °CJJ: 17 °CJA: 17 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 10 °CON: 5 °CND: 3 °CD17 °C

Heating degree-days here run 34% 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: 71/100 — 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 #40 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 53.2021, 8.5162 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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