Wendefurth Power Station is a 80 MW hydro power plant located in Germany. View location, capacity, and technical details.
Installed
Year online
Operator
Coordinates
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Technical Details
- Fuel Type
- Hydroelectric
- Capacity
- 80 MW
- Commissioned
- 1960
- Status
- Operational
- Owner
- Vattenfall
- Country
- Germany
- Coordinates
- 51.739, 10.907
- Wikipedia
- Link
Carbon Footprint
tonnes / year
over ~80 yrs
Est. gCO2/kWh
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About this plant
Wendefurth Power Station is an 80 MW hydro power plant in Germany, commissioned in 1960.
Ranked #29 of 131 hydro plants in Germany. Its 80 MW represents 0.64% of Germany’s 12,508 MW total hydro capacity. The largest hydro plant in Germany is PSW Vianden at 1,096 MW, making Wendefurth Power Station 13.7 times smaller.
Within 50 km, the nearest plants are Buschhaus power station (352 MW, Coal), Windpark Druxberge (116.7 MW, Wind), and Windpark Hakenstedt (82.7 MW, Wind). The facility is located in Saxony-Anhalt, approximately 150 km southwest of Berlin.
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