Power plant list
The Bundesnetzagentur's list of power plants and the information on new plant capacity and plant closures are updated on a regular basis.
The list includes all existing power units in Germany with a net rated capacity of 10 MW or more per location. It also includes plants in Austria, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland that feed into the German grid. In addition, the list shows the sum of generating facilities with a capacity of less than 10 MW that are eligible for payments under the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) for each federal state and energy source. Generating facilities with a capacity of less than 10 MW that are not eligible for payments under the EEG are grouped by energy source.
| Total net rated capacity | Of which participating in the electricity market | Of which renewable energy sources |
|---|---|---|
| 260.9 GW | 248.7 GW | 171.5 GW |
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Until 2020 the data on the individual power plants are based on the Bundesnetzagentur's monitoring surveys. From 2021 on all data are based on the Core energy market data register.
The data on the facilities eligible for payments under the EEG are also based on information reported by the transmission system operators in connection with the annual EEG accounts and the Bundesnetzagentur's Core energy market data register.
Summarized evaluation of the power plant list
In addition to location details and the key data for each power plant (including energy source, capacity, system operator, voltage level), the "Power plant list" file also includes the following breakdowns by
- energy source, with a division between renewable and non-renewable sources;
- plant status [operational/temporary closure / prevented from closure (grid reserve)1 / capacity reserve2 / final closure];
- federal state and energy source;
- energy source for each year since 2011.
New plant capacity and plant closures
The data collected in the Bundesnetzagentur's monitoring surveys include data on plants with a net rated capacity of 10 MW per location or more that are planned to be put into or taken out of operation.
Owing to the plants' importance to security of supply, the Bundesnetzagentur also publishes key data on:
- power plants using non-intermittent sources2 that are under construction or in trial operation;
- power plants using non-intermittent sources that are scheduled for closure in the period up to the end of 2026 (final closures);
- lignite-fired power plants with a net rated capacity of 150 MW or more that are scheduled for closure in accordance with the Act to Reduce and End Coal-Fired Power Generation (KVBG);
- hard coal-fired power plants and small lignite-fired power plants that are scheduled for closure or conversion as a result of tendering to reduce coal-fired electricity generation under the KVBG.
| Construction/trial operation | Scheduled closures up to the end of 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| * It should be noted that the figures are subject to a degree of uncertainty e.g. ending coal-fired electricity generation at a plant does not necessarily mean that all the plant's capacity will be removed from the market since it is possible and already realised for plant operators to convert their plants to other energy sources. | ||
| 1.6 GW | Notified final closures | - 0.9 GW |
| Lignite-fired power plant closures under the KVBG | - 0.3 GW | |
| Plants with coal-fired electricity marketing bans from the fifth, sixth and seventh tendering process under the KVBG* and power plant closures after reentering the market | - 3.2 GW | |
Notes:
1 Prevented from closure refers to power plants whose closure has been (temporarily) prohibited by the law. These plants are only operated at the transmission system operators' request to ensure security of supply.
2 The aim of the capacity reserve is to stabilize the system in critical situations.
3 Non-intermittent sources refer to all energy sources with the exception of renewable sources such as hydro, solar and wind.
Date of modification: 2024.04.16