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Frimmersdorf Power Station, located in 
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Grevenbroich
Grevenbroich () is a town in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Erft, approximately 15 km southwest of Neuss and 15 km southeast of Mönchengladbach. Cologne and Düsseldorf are in a 3 ...
, is a decommissioned lignite-fired power station in Germany
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. The power station was one of the largest lignite-fired power stations in Germany
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. It had fourteen units with a total output capacity of 2,413 megawatts
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(MW). The chimneys of the power station are 200 metres high.
Beginning in 2005, the units in the plant were shut down due to their advanced age and all units had been taken offline by 2018. Only two 300-MW units remained on standby in case of emergencies. The two remaining units were fully decommissioned in September 2021
History
The first power station in Frimmersdorf, fired with lignite, was established in 1926 and had an output of 10 MW. It was located ca. 1 km south west of today's power station on the west bank of the Erft river (). In 1936 the power station was acquired byRWE
RWE AG is a German multinational energy company headquartered in Essen. It generates and trades electricity in Asia-Pacific, Europe and the United States. The company is Europe's most climate threatening Company, the world's number two in offsh ...
and after extension work the output raised to 26 MW.
After World War II
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demolitions the power station was back in operation 1946. After further enhancement an output of 90MW was reached in 1951.
In 1954 this was replaced with a much larger plant ''Frimmersdorf II'' which initially contained two 100 MW units. Over the next 15 years, this was incrementally upgraded until it supported an additional twelve 150 MW units and two 300 MW units. In 1970 the final configuration of Frimmersdorf II was reached and the power station held the record of the world largest thermal power station.
1988 saw the installation of Flue-gas desulfurization scrubbers, while the two 100 MW units were shut down on 30 June.
Starting in 2005 most of the units are shut down until 2013. Their workload is mainly replaced by new 1100MW units in the neighbouring Neurath Power Station
Neurath Power Station is a lignite-fired power station at Neurath in Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located to the south of Grevenbroich, and it borders the municipalities of Rommerskirchen and Bedburg. The power station co ...
. The two remaining 300MW units are planned to be shut down by October 2017. As of January 2018, the units have been taken offline, and kept only as "grid stability emergency reserve". Full decommissioning is planned for October 2021. The power station was fully decommissioned in September 2021
Carbon dioxide pollution
According to a 2005 WWF report, Frimmersdorf power station is the dirtiest power station in Europe and the third most pollutingpower station
A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid.
Many ...
in the industrialised world (based on CO2 per megawatt hour sent out).''The Age'', September 7, 2005
See also
*List of least carbon efficient power stations
This is a list of least carbon efficient power stations in selected countries. Lists were created by the WWF and lists the most polluting power stations in terms of the level of carbon dioxide produced per unit of electricity generated. In genera ...
References
External links
* Coal-fired power stations in Germany RWE Buildings and structures in Rhein-Kreis Neuss {{Germany-powerstation-stub