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Papier- Und Kartonfabrik Varel (PVK) power station

Other power plant in Lower Saxony, Germany. Approximate location 53.4032, 8.1282.

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Papier- Und Kartonfabrik Varel (PVK) power station is a 41 MW other power plant in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is operated by Papier- u. Kartonfabrik Varel GmbH & Co KG. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 30,710 homes (estimated). It ranks #322 of 1,369 Germany power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 60,956 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 14,209 cars driven for a year. In context, the national grid averages 330 gCO₂/kWh (59.1% low-carbon) (2025).

41MW installed capacity
30,710homes powered (est.)
60,956t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-67.

60,956 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

14,209passenger cars driven for a year
7,949homes' yearly energy use
1,015,933tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest other plants in Germany

Cuno herdecke power station: 421 MW421Cuno herde…München Nord power station: 405 MW405München No…Kraftwerk Salzgitter: 288 MW288Kraftwerk …Berlin-Marzahn power station: 260 MW260Berlin-Mar…Romerbrucke power station: 200 MW200Romerbruck…HOECHST BUSINESS PARK: 200 MW200HOECHST BU…Eisenhüttenstadt power station: 162 MW162Eisenhütte…Halle Trotha power station: 120 MW120Halle Trot…

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

Owner

Operated by Papier- u. Kartonfabrik Varel GmbH & Co KG. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This other plant generates electricity for the grid. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 53.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.9°Cannual mean temp
3,288heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
4 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 2 °CJF: 2 °CFM: 4 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 12 °CMJ: 15 °CJJ: 17 °CJA: 17 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 10 °CON: 5 °CND: 3 °CD17 °C

Heating degree-days here run 34% 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: 71/100 — 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 #20 largest other power plant of 28 in Germany by capacity.

Germany has 28 other power plants in this dataset, together about 3,166 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 53.4032, 8.1282 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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