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IKW

Other power plant in Brandenburg, Germany. Approximate location 52.1674, 14.627.

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IKW is a 101 MW other power station in Brandenburg, Germany. It is operated by Arcelor Mittal Eisenhüttenstadt GmbH. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 75,836 homes (estimated). It ranks #189 of 1,369 Germany power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2013, it is around 13 years old — relatively modern. In context, the national grid averages 330 gCO₂/kWh (59.1% low-carbon) (2025).

101MW installed capacity
75,836homes powered (est.)
2013commissioned (~13 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1005836.

Capacity vs largest other plants in Germany

Cuno herdecke power station: 421 MW421Cuno herde…München Nord power station: 405 MW405München No…Kraftwerk Salzgitter: 288 MW288Kraftwerk …Berlin-Marzahn power station: 260 MW260Berlin-Mar…Romerbrucke power station: 200 MW200Romerbruck…HOECHST BUSINESS PARK: 200 MW200HOECHST BU…Eisenhüttenstadt power station: 162 MW162Eisenhütte…Halle Trotha power station: 120 MW120Halle Trot…

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Arcelor Mittal Eisenhüttenstadt GmbH.

Local climate & thermal context

This other plant generates electricity for the grid. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 52.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

9.1°Cannual mean temp
3,254heating degree-days (base 18°C)
24cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
44 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 1 °CFM: 4 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 17 °CJJ: 18 °CJA: 18 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 10 °CON: 4 °CND: 1 °CD18 °C

Heating degree-days here run 32% 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: 70/100 — this site sits in the top 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.

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 #11 largest other power plant of 28 in Germany by capacity.

Germany has 28 other power plants in this dataset, together about 3,166 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 52.1674, 14.627 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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