Großwelzheim nuclear power plant — Germany

Großwelzheim nuclear power plant is a retired nuclear power station in Bavaria, Germany. Its current lifecycle status is “Retired” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. It ranks #479 of 1,442 Germany power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 0.0% 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 GEM_nuc_growelzheim_germa.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM Global Nuclear Power Tracker September 2025 unit-status sum (retired); fuel: GEM GNPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 27 MW, Großwelzheim nuclear power plant is below the median nuclear plant in Germany (1,302 MW). Technically it is described as boiling water reactor. Its lifecycle status is Retired; it no longer generates electricity. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #22 largest nuclear power plant of 25 in Germany by capacity.

Germany has 25 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 26,528 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Kahl nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 16 MW · Bavaria
• Staudinger power station · Coal · 1,175 MW · Hesse
• Stockstadt am Main Solar Power Plant · Solar · 2.5 MW · Bavaria
• Heizkraftwerk der Sappi Stockstadt GmbH · Coal · 24.8 MW · Bavaria
• Blockheizkraftwerk 1 · Biomass · 2 MW · Bavaria
• GuD-Anlage · Gas · 47 MW · Bavaria

Location

Coordinates 50.0581, 8.9869 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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