Natural Gas Turbine #1 — Germany

Natural Gas Turbine #1 is a 28 MW gas power plant in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. It is operated by Buchmann GmbH. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 32k homes (estimated). It ranks #471 of 1,442 Germany power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1975, it is around 51 years old — an older, legacy facility. Its annual emissions of 53,569 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 12k cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 16.5% 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 WRI1006093.

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 28 MW, Natural Gas Turbine #1 is below the median gas plant in Germany (52.9 MW). Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

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

53,569 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 gas capacity

less than 0.1% of 37,245 MW across 241 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

32 of 221 dated gas 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 gas plants in Germany

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

Owner

Operated by Buchmann GmbH.

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 49.2°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 21% 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: 62/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

A gas turbine here also runs ~0% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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 #162 largest gas power plant of 241 in Germany by capacity.

Germany has 241 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 37,245 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Buchmann Karton Paper Mill power station · Gas · 21 MW · Rheinland-Pfalz
• MHKW Pirmasens · Waste · 15 MW · Rheinland-Pfalz
• Schleithal · Solar · 1 MW · Rheinland-Pfalz
• Höheinöd Solar Power Plant · Solar · 2.1 MW · Rheinland-Pfalz
• Haßloch Solar Power Plant · Solar · 3.3 MW · Rheinland-Pfalz
• Westheim Solar Power Plant · Solar · 2.9 MW · Rheinland-Pfalz

Location

Coordinates 49.2095, 7.936 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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