Altbach Power Station

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Altbach Power Station is a modern power plant at Altbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It has an output power of 330 MW electricity and 280 MW heat.

The first power plant in Altbach was built in 1899. The precursors of the current power plant went into service in 1950 (block 1) and in 1956 and 1958 (blocks 2 and 3). Block 1 was shut down in 1982 and demolished in 1985. Blocks 2 and 3 were shut down and demolished in 1993.

Block 1 was replaced by a new unit in 1985 and blocks 2 and 3 by a new unit in 1997. Both units have 250 metre tall chimneys.