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Koblenz

Hydro power plant in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Approximate location 50.3659, 7.5817.

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Koblenz is a 16 MW hydro power plant in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. It is operated by RWE Innogy GmbH. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 16,018 homes (estimated). It ranks #588 of 1,369 Germany power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1951, it is around 75 years old — an older, legacy facility. 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).

16MW installed capacity
16,018homes powered (est.)
1951commissioned (~75 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1005867.

Capacity vs largest hydro plants in Germany

PSW Vianden: 1,096 MW1kPSW ViandenGoldisthal: 1,052 MW1kGoldisthalMarkersbach: 1,045 MW1kMarkersbachWehr: 910 MW910WehrWaldeck 2: 480 MW480Waldeck 2Hohenwarte: 378 MW378HohenwarteSäckingen: 360 MW360SäckingenKopswerk I: 247 MW247Kopswerk I

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

Owner

Operated by RWE Innogy GmbH. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 50.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

9.2°Cannual mean temp
3,200heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
263 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 1 °CJF: 2 °CFM: 5 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 13 °CMJ: 16 °CJJ: 18 °CJA: 18 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 9 °CON: 5 °CND: 2 °CD18 °C

Heating degree-days here run 30% 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: 68/100 — 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 #83 largest hydro power plant of 112 in Germany by capacity.

Germany has 112 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 9,984 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 50.3659, 7.5817 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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