Uniper Kraftwerk Scholven v1.0
The Scholven power plant is a power plant owned by Uniper Kraftwerke GmbH in the Scholven district of the city of Gelsenkirchen.
Today it still has an installed electrical output of 760 MW. Two power plant blocks located at the site were fired with heating oil. In full operation, the power plant with a total output of 3,406 MW was the most powerful German power plant next to the Boxberg power plant and was considered one of the most powerful coal-fired power plants in Europe. The plants produced 4.1 million tons of CO2 in 2016.
The remaining blocks B and C, the district heating plant Buer (FWK) and the steam plant Scholven (DWS) supply steam to neighboring chemical plants and district heating to some surrounding towns. The electrical energy provided is fed into neighboring companies and into the Amprion grid.
In the future, the power plant is to be converted from coal to natural gas, with the first step being to build a combined cycle power plant operated in combined heat and power.
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Coordinates
51.601229611140525, 7.0059722123464505
