Rheinhafen-Dampfkraftwerk — Germany

Rheinhafen-Dampfkraftwerk is a 353 MW gas power station in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. It is operated by EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG. Based on reported annual generation of 172 GWh, it can supply roughly 49k homes. It ranks #110 of 1,442 Germany power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1998, it is around 28 years old — long-established. 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 WRI1006025.

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 353 MW, Rheinhafen-Dampfkraftwerk is well above 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.

Key facts

Load factor

6%, from 172 GWh of reported generation; the median for 20 gas plants in Germany that report generation is 18%

Share of Germany gas capacity

0.9% of 37,245 MW across 241 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

106 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 EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG. All plants by this company →

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 49.0°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 25% 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: 65/100 — 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 #29 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

• Rheinhafen-Dampfkraftwerk · Coal · 1,547 MW · Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Stora Enso Maxau · Biomass · 78 MW · Rheinland-Pfalz
• Heizkraftwerk West · Gas · 37 MW · Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Maxau Mill power station · Oil · 120 MW · Rheinland-Pfalz
• BHKW · Gas · 13 MW · Rheinland-Pfalz
• MiRO · Oil · 70 MW · Rheinland-Pfalz

Location

Coordinates 49.013, 8.304 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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