FRANKFURT, April 23 (Reuters) - The table below details the building plans of Germany's power plant operators based on information gathered by industry association BDEW and presented at the annual Hannover Messe industrial fair on Monday.
BDEW, which mainly represents power-generating utilities, said it new of 52 units being planned with a joint capacity of 22,420 megawatts (MW).
But only 14 were actually under construction.
Among those planned but not yet begun, there were 22 gas-fired plants and six pumped storage plants, that were being stalled by currently unfavourable market conditions for such capacities.
BDEW members have cast doubts on plans for many units due to the largely unprofitable market for thermal plants and pumped storage electricity, BDEW said in a related statement. L8N1S01KQ
For simplicity, this table shows only projects above 200 MW. A handful of smaller offshore wind and two small gas-to-power plants at Kiel and Mainz are not listed, although they count towards the total number.
PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, APPROVED OR SEEKING APPROVAL OPERATOR
LOCATION
FUEL SOURCE
CAPACITY (MW)
EXPECTED
START DATE/STATUS Merkur Offshore
Merkur Offshore
offshore wind
396
2019* Trianel/EWE
Borkum 2
offshore wind
200
2019* Uniper
Datteln 4
hard coal
1,052
2018* Vattenfall
Lichterfelde A Berlin gas
300
2018* OMV Power Intnl
Burghausen
gas
850
no date** EnBW
Karlsruhe RDK 6S
gas
465
no date** WPD
Kaikas
offshore wind
max. 664
no date** Vattenfall
Klingenberg/Berlin
gas
300
no date** Vattenfall
Marzahn/Berlin
gas
260
2020* E.ON Clim & Ren
Arkona
offshore wind
385
2019* E.ON Clim / Ren
Delta Nordsee 1
offshore wind
288
no date** KNK Wind
Arcadis Ost 1
offshore wind
348
no date** Orsted (ex-Dong)
OWP West
offshore wind
240
2024** Northland Power Inc.
Innogy
Nordsee Two
offshore wind
ca. 300
no date** Northland Power Inc./
Innogy
Nordsee Three
offshore wind
ca. 360
no date** Partners Group et al
Merkur Offshore
offshore wind
396
2019** Orsted
Borkum Riffgrund West1offshore wind
ca. 270
no date** Orsted
Borkum Riffgrund 2
offshore wind
450
2019* Orsted
Borkum Riffgrund West2offshore wind
240
2024*** Orsted
Noerdlicher Grund
offshore wind
384
no date** Orsted
Gode Wind 4
offshore wind
ca. 300
no date** Northland Power Inc.
Deutsche Bucht
offshore wind
252
2019** EnBW
He dreiht
offshore wind
ca. 900
2025** EnBW
Hohe See
offshore wind
497
2019* STEAG
Leverkusen
gas
570
no date*** Donaukraftwerk
Jochenstein
Jochenstein/Riedl
pumped storage
300
no date*** Mainz utility
Heimbach
pumped storage
300
no date*** Trianel
Krefeld/Uerdingen
gas
max. 1,200
no date*** Trier utility
Schweich/PSKW-Rio
pumped storage
ca.
no date*** Trianel
Nethe/Hoexter
pumped storage
390
2025*** RWE
BoAplus Niederaussem brown coal
1,100
no date*** Dow Chemicals
Stade
hard coal/biomass/
hydrogen
1,000
no date*** RWE Power
Gersteinwerk
Werne-Stockum
gas
max. 1,300
no date*** EDF (PA:EDF) Deutschland
Premnitz
gas
400
no date*** PROJECTS PURELY AT PLANNING STAGE Ulm utility
Leipheim airport
gas
max. 600
no date Trianel
Karlsruhe/Oberrhein gas
max. 1,200
no date Trianel
Gotha/Schmalwasser
pumped st
ca. 1,000
no date EnBW
Forbach (extension) pumped st
270
no date PQ Energy
Griesheim
gas
ca. 500
no date PQ Energy
Gundelfingen
gas
max. 1,200
2021 earliest RWE Power/KGG
Gundremmingen
gas
no entry
no date .................................................
* under construction ** approval obtained *** approval being sought