Power plant · Lower Saxony, Germany
Kraftwerk Wilhelmshaven Onyx (Wilhelmshaven Onyx power plant)
Kraftwerk Wilhelmshaven Onyx is a coal power plant in Lower Saxony, Germany, with 726 MW of capacity, operated by Onyx Kraftwerk Wilhelmshaven GmbH & Co. KG.
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 | Lower Saxony | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2015 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Onyx Kraftwerk Wilhelmshaven GmbH & Co. KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 726 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hard coal | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | TenneT TSO GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid connection level | Extra-high voltage (220 or 380 kV) (Höchstspannung) | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 25 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.
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Kraftwerk Wilhelmshaven Onyx is the 2nd-largest of 536 power plants in Lower Saxony and the 30th-largest of 3,869 in Germany by capacity; its 726 MW is 0.43% of the 168,599 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Saxony | 2nd of 536 | 19,371 MW | 3.7% |
| Germany | 30th of 3,869 | 168,599 MW | 0.43% |
| All power plants in our data | 732nd of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Operator, grid operator and place
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Other power plants in Lower Saxony
- Emsland1,645 MW
- Grohnde1,360 MW
- Emsland A1,336 MW
- Wilhelmshaven 1 DT715 MW
- KWM Block 3690 MW
- Kraftwerk Emden Dampfturbine433 MW
- Kraftwerk Landesbergen Dampfturbine431 MW
- Block1344 MW
Data on this page
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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