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Power Plants in Germany
Germany has 1,309 power plants on the map, adding up to about 112 GW of capacity. By number of plants, the most common type is solar. Below: the full fuel mix and the country’s biggest stations. From the WRI Global Power Plant Database, snapshot 2026-06-23.
POWER PLANTS1,309
TOTAL CAPACITY112 GW
MOST COMMON FUELSolar
By fuel
How Germany’s plants split by primary fuel, by number of stations, with total installed capacity for each.
Solar735 · 56% · 7 GW
Gas180 · 14% · 24 GW
Hydro112 · 9% · 10 GW
Coal96 · 7% · 48 GW
Waste66 · 5% · 2 GW
Biomass53 · 4% · 2 GW
Wind25 · 2% · 5 GW
Oil24 · 2% · 3 GW
Other11 · 1% · 758 MW
Nuclear7 · 1% · 11 GW
Largest power plants in Germany
The country’s biggest stations by installed capacity, with fuel and commissioning year where recorded.
3,430 MWNiederaussem power stationCoal1979
2,790 MWJanschwalde power stationCoal1985
2,585 MWBoxberg power stationCoal1989
2,572 MWKernkraft GundremmingenNuclear1984
2,100 MWBoA 2Coal2012
2,068 MWNeurath power stationCoal1974
2,005 MWGersteinwerkGas
1,958 MWGKM (Mannheim) power stationCoal1980
1,837 MWEmslandGas
1,800 MWWeisweiler power stationCoal1968
1,600 MWHamburg-MoorburgCoal2015
1,547 MWRheinhafen-DampfkraftwerkCoal
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