Kraftwerk Hausham — Germany

Kraftwerk Hausham is a 92.8 MW oil power plant in Bavaria, Germany. It is operated by Peissenberger Kraftwerksgesellschaft mbH Kraftwerk Hausham. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 70k homes (estimated). It ranks #264 of 1,442 Germany power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1982, it is around 44 years old — long-established. Its annual emissions of 2,767 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 645 cars driven for a year. In context, oil supplies about 3.8% 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 WRI1005882.

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 92.8 MW, Kraftwerk Hausham is around the median oil plant in Germany (88 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.

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

2,767 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions per EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023) (measured for US EPA/EU ETS, modelled for Climate TRACE).

Key facts

Share of Germany oil capacity

2.4% of 3,844 MW across 27 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

12 of 25 dated oil plants in Germany are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest oil plants in Germany

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

Owner

Operated by Peissenberger Kraftwerksgesellschaft mbH Kraftwerk Hausham.

Local climate & thermal context

This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 47.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 55% 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: 81/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

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.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #11 largest oil power plant of 27 in Germany by capacity.

Germany has 27 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 3,844 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Leitzach 1 · Hydro · 136 MW · Bavaria
• Bad Aibling Solar Power Plant · Solar · 2.3 MW · Bavaria
• HBB · Gas · 24 MW · Bavaria
• Nußdorf · Hydro · 36.6 MW · Bavaria
• MHKW WKW · Waste · 9 MW · Bavaria
• Natural Gasmotore · Gas · 23.3 MW · Bavaria

Location

Coordinates 47.7524, 11.8398 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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