RWE Burghausen power station is a 950 MW gas power station in Burghausen, Germany. It ranks #44 of 1,442 Germany power plants by installed capacity. 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 GOGPT_rweburghausen_german.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Capacity provenance
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 238 MW for Burghausen power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 950 MW, RWE Burghausen power station is well above the median gas plant in Germany (52.9 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #6 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
- Burghausen power station · Gas · 238 MW · Bayern
- Alzwerke GmbH · Hydro · 45 MW · Bavaria
- Dampfkraftwerk BGH - O1 · Gas · 178 MW · Bavaria
- MHKW Burgkirchen · Waste · 12.5 MW · Bavaria
- Stammham · Hydro · 23.2 MW · Bavaria
- Industriepark Werk Gendorf · Gas · 49 MW · Bavaria
Location
Coordinates 48.19447889, 12.82129685 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is RWE Burghausen power station?
RWE Burghausen power station is a 950 MW gas power plant in Burghausen, Germany, Announced 2030.