Marbach power station — Germany

Marbach power station is a 695 MW oil power station in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is operated by EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 522k homes (estimated). It ranks #69 of 1,442 Germany power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1970, it is around 56 years old — an older, legacy facility. Its annual emissions of 46,906 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 11k 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 GOGPT_marbach_german.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000408813; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 695 MW, Marbach power station is well above the median oil plant in Germany (88 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). 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.

46,906 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

18.1% of 3,844 MW across 27 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

2 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 EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG [100%].

Climate zone & how it works

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 48.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

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 #2 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

• Kraftwerk Walheim · Oil · 136 MW · Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Walheim power station · Coal · 267 MW · Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Stuttgart-Muenster · Coal · 159.9 MW · Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Restmüll-Heizkraftwerk Stuttgart-Münster (Waste) · Waste · 19.5 MW · Baden-Wuerttemberg
• NECKARWESTHEIM-2 · Nuclear · 1,400 MW · Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Gaisburg power station · Gas · 30.9 MW · Baden-Württemberg

Location

Coordinates 48.92808, 9.23109 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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