Heimbach — Germany

Heimbach is a 16 MW hydro power plant in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It ranks #659 of 1,442 Germany power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 3.9% 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 WRI1005731.

Data provenance

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

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 16 MW, Heimbach is below the median hydro plant in Germany (24 MW). Technically it is described as pumped storage. Its current lifecycle status is “Shelved” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #82 largest hydro power plant of 112 in Germany by capacity.

Germany has 112 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 9,981 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Schwammenauel · Hydro · 14 MW · North Rhine-Westphalia
• Kalenberg Solar Power Plant · Solar · 3.7 MW · North Rhine-Westphalia
• MT Düren · Gas · 14 MW · North Rhine-Westphalia
• Kohlekraftwerk · Coal · 14.4 MW · North Rhine-Westphalia
• Natural Gaskraftwerk #1 · Gas · 45.3 MW · North Rhine-Westphalia
• Kessel 2 · Gas · 2.9 MW · North Rhine-Westphalia

Location

Coordinates 50.6286, 6.4518 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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