Power plant · Brandenburg, Germany

Kraftwerk Schwarze Pumpe Block A

Kraftwerk Schwarze Pumpe Block A is a power plant in Brandenburg, Germany, with 1,595 MW of capacity, operated by Solarpark HR I GmbH and Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Brandenburg	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Operating	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	1997	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Solarpark HR I GmbH	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	1,595 MW	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Units	4 units	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Storage capacity	52.6 MWh	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Battery storage	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Solar	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Lignite	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	50Hertz Transmission GmbH	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Also recorded as

2 records describe Kraftwerk Schwarze Pumpe Block A; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.

Name in the source	Identifier	Source	Matched on
Kraftwerk Schwarze Pumpe Block A	asset:mastr:SEE938337436349	Marktstammdatenregister	—
Kraftwerk Schwarze Pumpe Block B	asset:mastr:SEE952672318108	Marktstammdatenregister	Same location number

How it compares

Kraftwerk Schwarze Pumpe Block A is the 2nd-largest of 453 power plants in Brandenburg and the 7th-largest of 4,012 in Germany by capacity; its 1,595 MW is 0.82% of the 193,669 MW we hold for Germany. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.

Within	Rank	Total	Share
Brandenburg	2nd of 453	19,590 MW	8.1%
Germany	7th of 4,012	193,669 MW	0.82%
All power plants in our data	143rd of 12,032	1,190,447 MW	0.13%

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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