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Staudinger power station

Coal power plant in Hesse, Germany. Approximate location 50.0886, 8.9534.

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Staudinger power station is a 1,132 MW coal power station in Hesse, Germany. It is operated by E.On Kraftwerke GmbH. Based on reported annual generation of 2,189 GWh, it can supply roughly 625,371 homes. It ranks #24 of 1,369 Germany power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1992, it is around 34 years old — long-established. In context, coal supplies about 20.6% of Germany's electricity; the national grid averages 330 gCO₂/kWh (59.1% low-carbon) (2025).

1,132MW installed capacity
2,189GWh reported / yr
625,371homes powered
1992commissioned (~34 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1006056.

~2,188,800 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

510,210passenger cars driven for a year
285,446homes' yearly energy use
36,480,000tree 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: 2,532 GWh20152016: 2,801 GWh20162017: 2,189 GWh20173k GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by E.On Kraftwerke GmbH. 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 50.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

9.5°Cannual mean temp
3,118heating degree-days (base 18°C)
20cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
191 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 1 °CJF: 2 °CFM: 5 °CMA: 9 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 16 °CJJ: 18 °CJA: 18 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 9 °CON: 5 °CND: 2 °CD18 °C

Heating degree-days here run 27% 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: 66/100 — 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 #13 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 50.0886, 8.9534 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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