Germany fires up latest supercritical plant
June 24, 2008 at 7:02 am | In Uncategorized | Leave a Comment| The new Niederaussem-K 1,050-MW power station—one of the world’s largest and most advanced coal-fired units—was officially put into operation late last year. Niederaussem is a supercritical, lignite-fired powerplant complex west of Cologne, Germany (Figure 2). The first oftwo 150-MW units started up in 1962 and was followed byfour 300-MW units and two 600-MW units.Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was present at the commissioning and emphasized the role of local-sourced brown coal as a stabilizing factor in the energy mix for Germany.
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