Power plant · Hesse, Germany
Kraftwerk Staudinger (Staudinger power plant)
Kraftwerk Staudinger is a coal power plant in Hesse, Germany, with 1,102 MW of capacity, operated by Uniper Kraftwerke GmbH.
Grid connection
It is idle (Netzreserve aufgrund § 13b EnWG), holding a 1,102 MW grid connection at extra-high voltage (220 or 380 kV) to the grid of TenneT TSO GmbH.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Hesse | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Germany | EU Union Registry public data · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Hanauer Landstraße 150, 63538 Großkrotzenburg | EU Union Registry public data · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Idle (netzreserve aufgrund § 13b enwg) | Bundesnetzagentur Kraftwerksliste and expected closures · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1977 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Uniper Kraftwerke GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 EU Union Registry public data · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,102 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 2 units | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hard coal | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Activity | Combustion of fuels | EU Union Registry public data · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | TenneT TSO GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Verified emissions | 261,600 tCO2e (in 2025) | EU Union Registry public data · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid connection level | Extra-high voltage (220 or 380 kV) (Höchstspannung) | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.0879, 8.9571 | OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocoder · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchAlso recorded as
3 records in 2 sources describe Staudinger; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staudinger | asset:mastr:SEE988182827533 | Marktstammdatenregister | — |
| Kraftwerk Staudinger | asset:eu-ets:de-1876 | EU Union Registry public data | Same name and operator |
| Staudinger 5 | asset:mastr:SEE929161243203 | Marktstammdatenregister | Same location number |
How it compares
Staudinger is the largest of 206 power plants in Hesse and the 16th-largest of 4,012 in Germany by capacity; its 1,102 MW is 0.57% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hesse | 1st of 206 | 7,473 MW | 15% |
| Germany | 16th of 4,012 | 193,669 MW | 0.57% |
| All power plants in our data | 426th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
- Verified emissions: 261,600 tCO2e
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 180 substations, 97 data centers, 4 CO2 emitters (1,730,621 tCO2e) and 2 AI supercomputers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraftwerk Staudinger | CO2 emitter | 261,600 tCO2e | — | 0.0 km |
| Großkrotzenburg | Substation | — | — | 0.1 km |
| 380 kV substation (OSM way/193674783) | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Kraftwerkseinspeisung Staudinger | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| CloudHQ | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| EdgeConneX | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Digital Realty FRA17 | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| GuD-Kraftwerk | CO2 emitter | 168,286 tCO2e | — | 18 km |
| Heizkraftwerk West | CO2 emitter | 519,577 tCO2e | — | 23 km |
Operator, grid operator and place
More from Uniper Kraftwerke GmbH
- Franken823 MW
- Scholven 2 GT579 MW · planned
- Staudinger 8 GT573 MW · planned
- Waldeck 2480 MW
- Ingolstadt 4365 MW
- Ingolstadt 3355 MW
- Scholven C345 MW
- Scholven B345 MW
Other power plants in Hesse
- Waldeck 2480 MW
- bnBm GasKW BIB378 MW
- Kraftwerk WI DT 2.1229 MW
- Waldeck 1 Pumpspeicher145 MW
- G-U1-008-GEN-03-NEA-2125 MW
- G-E0-070-GEN-4-GS-1115 MW
- A-U1-084-GEN-02115 MW
- HKW West Block 4111 MW
Data on this page
- Bundesnetzagentur, Kraftwerksliste. Bundesnetzagentur Kraftwerksliste and expected closures, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocoder, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.