Frank Cube power station — Germany

Frank Cube power station is a 135 MW gas power station in Hesse, Germany. It ranks #198 of 1,442 Germany power plants by installed capacity. 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_frankcube_german.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 135 MW, Frank Cube 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). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #61 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

• Gelnhausen Solar Power Plant · Solar · 1.4 MW · Hesse
• Wölfersheim Solar Power Plant · Solar · 5.3 MW · Hesse
• Kraftwerk 2 · Gas · 34.2 MW · Hesse
• Kraftwerk Fulda · Oil · 24.8 MW · Hesse
• PSW Langenprozelten · Hydro · 164 MW · Bavaria
• Staudinger power station · Coal · 1,175 MW · Hesse

Location

Coordinates 50.3617428, 9.3090044 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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