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Rheinhafen-Dampfkraftwerk

Coal power plant in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. Approximate location 49.0134, 8.3065.

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Rheinhafen-Dampfkraftwerk is a 1,547 MW coal power station in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. It is operated by EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG. Based on reported annual generation of 3,432 GWh, it can supply roughly 980,457 homes. It ranks #12 of 1,369 Germany power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 20.6% of Germany's electricity; the national grid averages 330 gCO₂/kWh (59.1% low-carbon) (2025).

1,547MW installed capacity
3,432GWh reported / yr
980,457homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1006026.

~3,431,600 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

799,907passenger cars driven for a year
447,522homes' yearly energy use
57,193,333tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Reported generation trend

2015: 4,722 GWh20152016: 3,432 GWh20165k GWh

Annual generation (GWh), 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 coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. 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.

9.6°Cannual mean temp
3,080heating degree-days (base 18°C)
28cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
255 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 1 °CJF: 2 °CFM: 6 °CMA: 9 °CAM: 13 °CMJ: 16 °CJJ: 19 °CJA: 18 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 10 °CON: 5 °CND: 2 °CD19 °C

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.

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 #9 largest coal power plant of 98 in Germany by capacity.

Germany has 98 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 49,623 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 49.0134, 8.3065 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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