Emsland Mill power station — Germany

Emsland Mill power station is a 84 MW gas power plant in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is operated by UPM-Kymmene Oyj [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 95k homes (estimated). It ranks #279 of 1,442 Germany power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2022, it is around 4 years old — recently built. Its annual emissions of 226,937 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 53k 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_emslandmill_german.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000408779; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 84 MW, Emsland Mill power station is well above the median gas plant in Germany (52.9 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). 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.

226,937 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

0.2% of 37,245 MW across 241 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

209 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 UPM-Kymmene Oyj [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 53.0°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 corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), 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 #100 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

• Papenburg power station · Biomass · 20.8 MW · Lower Saxony
• Ter Apelkanaal Siem power station · Gas · 40.5 MW · Drenthe
• Veendam · Solar · 15.5 MW · Groningen
• Gasselternijveen power station · Gas · 24.5 MW · Groningen
• Emmtec Industry & Businesspark power station · Gas · 60 MW · Drenthe
• Emden Biomasse · Biomass · 20 MW · Lower Saxony

Location

Coordinates 52.97805, 7.36087 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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