Riedersbach power station — Austria

Riedersbach power station is a 220 MW coal power station in Upper Austria, Austria. It is operated by Energie AG Oberösterreich [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 275k homes (estimated). It ranks #24 of 131 Austria power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1969, it is around 57 years old — an older, legacy facility. Its annual emissions of 5,700 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 1.3k cars driven for a year. In context, coal supplies about 0.0% of Austria's electricity; the national grid averages 117 gCO₂/kWh (83.6% low-carbon) (2025).

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

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 220 MW, Riedersbach power station is below the median coal plant in Austria (330 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. 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.

5,700 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 Austria coal capacity

10.8% of 2,031 MW across 6 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

1 of 5 dated coal plants in Austria is older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest coal plants in Austria

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

Owner

Operated by Energie AG Oberösterreich [100%].

Climate zone & how it works

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 48.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

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 #4 largest coal power plant of 6 in Austria by capacity.

Austria has 6 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 2,031 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• St. Pantaleon · Hydro · 52 MW · Salzburg
• Perach · Hydro · 19.4 MW · Bavaria
• Alzwerke GmbH · Hydro · 45 MW · Bavaria
• Dampfkraftwerk BGH - O1 · Gas · 178 MW · Bavaria
• Burghausen power station · Gas · 238 MW · Bayern
• Industriepark Werk Gendorf · Gas · 49 MW · Bavaria

Location

Coordinates 48.031769, 12.843122 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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