Neurath Power Station
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Neurath Power Station Blocks A-E and BoA
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 Location of Neurath Power Station in Germany
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| Official name | Kraftwerk Neurath |
| Country | Germany |
| Location | Grevenbroich |
| Coordinates | 51°2′15″N 6°36′58″E / 51.03750°N 6.61611°ECoordinates: 51°2′15″N 6°36′58″E / 51.03750°N 6.61611°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Owner(s) | RWE |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Lignite |
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| Units operational | 3 x 300 MW 2 x 600 MW 2 x 1,100 MW |
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Alstom Babcock-Hitachi |
| Nameplate capacity | 4,400 MW |
Neurath Power Station is a lignite-fired power station at Neurath in Grevenbroich, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located to the south of Grevenbroich, and it borders the municipalities of Rommerskirchen and Bedburg. The power station consists of seven units and it is owned by RWE.
The Neurath Power Station serves mainly as a base load power station. It consists of seven units (3 x 300 MW, 2 x 600 MW, and 2 x 1,100 MW nominally). Five older units were built between 1972 and 1976, and have a gross generation capacity of 2,200 MW. On 15 August 2012 two new 1,100 MW lignite-fired units – F and G, also known as BoA 2 and 3 – were added. BoA stands for Braunkohlekraftwerk mit optimierter Anlagentechnik (Lignite power station with optimized systems technology). The new units have an efficiency of 43% and the capability to adjust quickly to changes in energy demand. Its engineering was carried out by Alstom, which was also the supplier of the steam turbines. The consortium that supplied steam generators was led by Babcock-Hitachi Europe GmbH. GEA Group built the cooling towers. Construction costs were €2.6 billion.
The lignite is delivered by rail from open pits in Rhenish lignite district, in particular from the Garzweiler and Hambach mines.
In the 1980s, a complete flue gas cleaning facility was installed for all blocks. The exhaust gases are derived since then over the cooling towers. The facility also has two bypass flue gas stacks from which one belongs to units A, B and C and the other to the units D and E. The first one is 194 metres (636 ft), the latter 196 metres (643 ft) high. They allow operating the facility in case of defunct flue gas cleaning facility, however, as this rarely occurs, such chimneys do not exist at most other power stations.
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