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Wilhelmshaven power plant

Germany

Just a stone’s throw from JadeWeserPort is the Wilhelmshaven hard coal-fired power plant. Commissioned in 2015, it is among the cleanest and most efficient power plants worldwide. With its prime connection to the port and state-of-the-art technology, the power plant has the potential to play a prominent role in local energy provision in northern Germany beyond the national phase-out of coal. The plant currently has a net electrical output of 731 megawatts and can generate up to 5.5 billion kilowatt hours of electricity per year. This represents around one percent of Germany’s entire electricity production.

Commissioned in
2015 Commissioned in
megawatt net capacity
726 megawatt net capacity
billion kWh per year
5,5 billion kWh per year
employees
ca. 90 employees

The most advanced, eco-friendly power plant of its kind

With an efficiency rate of 46 percent, the Wilhelmshaven power plant is one of the most efficient in Europe. Alongside Onyx Power Group, the plant’s shareholders are the Swiss company BKW Energie AG, with 33 percent, and the municipal partner WSW Energie & Wasser AG, which holds a 15 percent stake.

A location with future potential

With its direct connection to JadeWeserPort, Germany’s only deep water port, the power plant benefits from an excellent infrastructure. Having immediate access to the North Sea means the site will remain attractive beyond the era of coal-fired power generation. The hard coal is already brought in by ship today. In the future, the location could develop into an international hub for sustainable raw materials for energy production. Other conceivable possibilities include feeding regenerative energy from wind power into the grid and making a move into the hydrogen sector.

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Onyx Kraftwerk Wilhelmshaven GmbH & Co.KG
Niedersachsendamm 10
26386 Wilhelmshaven
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+49 4421-7558-0
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