STEAG Power Plant Herne

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Kraftwerk Herne Baukau
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STEAG Power Plant Herne is a German coal power station owned by STEAG. It lies at Herne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It has an electrical output of 950 megawatts and was established in 1962.

In the 1980s, a fourth block was added to the three older blocks. During this construction the high, 300 metre tall chimney and the large cooling tower, whose shape is present in the picture of the power station, were built. The power station annually produces approx. 5.2 billion kWh electrical power and 800 million kWh of long-distance heating. Annual coal consumption amounts to approx. 2.0 million tons. The operator of the power station is the STEAG corporation, 100 a percent subsidiary of the Ruhrkohle AG Aktiengesellschaft.

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