Mehrum power station is a 690 MW coal power station in Lower Saxony, Germany. It ranks #71 of 1,442 Germany power plants by installed capacity. Its modelled annual emissions are 2,046,600 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 477k cars driven for a year. In context, coal supplies about 20.6% 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 CT-3.
Data status
Known data
Modelled source data
Calculated from dataset
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: Climate TRACE
In context: how this plant compares
At 690 MW, Mehrum power station is well above the median coal plant in Germany (296.2 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
~2,046,600 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #39 largest coal power plant of 124 in Germany by capacity.
Germany has 124 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 64,920 MW of capacity.
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Location
Coordinates 52.315, 10.094 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Mehrum power station?
Mehrum power station is a 690 MW coal power plant in Lower Saxony, Germany, Announced 1979.
How much CO₂ does Mehrum power station emit?
Mehrum power station has modelled emissions of about 2,046,600 tonnes of CO₂ per year (Climate TRACE).