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Huckingen

Gas power plant in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Approximate location 51.3679, 6.7167.

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Huckingen is a 606 MW gas power station in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is operated by Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH. Based on reported annual generation of 2,323 GWh, it can supply roughly 663,657 homes. It ranks #53 of 1,369 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).

606MW installed capacity
2,323GWh reported / yr
663,657homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1005830.

~929,120 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

216,578passenger cars driven for a year
121,168homes' yearly energy use
15,485,333tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical gas emission factor (~400 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: 2,165 GWh20152016: 2,006 GWh20162017: 2,323 GWh20172k GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH.

Local climate & thermal context

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 51.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

10.8°Cannual mean temp
2,669heating degree-days (base 18°C)
56cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
34 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 3 °CJF: 4 °CFM: 7 °CMA: 10 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 17 °CJJ: 19 °CJA: 19 °CAS: 15 °CSO: 11 °CON: 7 °CND: 4 °CD19 °C

Heating degree-days here run 9% 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: 54/100 — this site sits in the mid 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.

A gas turbine here also runs ~0% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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 #9 largest gas power plant of 199 in Germany by capacity.

Germany has 199 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 26,271 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 51.3679, 6.7167 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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