Power plants

Pumpspeicherkraftwerke in Deutschland (pumped storage plants in Germany)

Rare Context lists 24 pumped storage plants in Germany, with 6,400 MW of capacity between them. The largest is KW Wehr MS A9 (1,271 MW).

All pumped storage plants

Sorted by capacity; plants not built yet come after the others. A plant counts under each technology its register gives it.

Power plantRegionOwner or operatorCapacity
KW Wehr MS A9Baden-WürttembergSchluchseewerk AG1,271 MW
PSW Goldisthal PSSThuringiaVattenfall Wasserkraft GmbH1,052 MW
PSW Markersbach PSSSaxonyVattenfall Wasserkraft GmbH1,045 MW
KW Witznau MS B3Baden-WürttembergSchluchseewerk AG516 MW
Waldeck 2HesseUniper Kraftwerke GmbH480 MW
PSW Hohenwarte 2 PSSThuringiaVattenfall Wasserkraft GmbH318 MW
Pumpspeicherkraftwerk ErzhausenLower SaxonyStatkraft Markets GmbH200 MW
Langenprozelten EBavariaDonau-Wasserkraft AG164 MW
Koepchenwerk Bl.North Rhine-WestphaliaRWE Generation SE162 MW
HappurgBavariaUniper Kraftwerke GmbH160 MW
Waldeck 1 PumpspeicherHesseUniper Kraftwerke GmbH145 MW
Pumpspeicherwerk RönkhausenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaMark-E Aktiengesellschaft138 MW
PSW Geesthacht PSSSchleswig-HolsteinVattenfall Wasserkraft GmbH119 MW
PfreimdBavariaENGIE Deutschland Erneuerbare GmbH101 MW
SWM LeitzachBavariaStadtwerke München92 MW
PSW GlemsBaden-WürttembergEnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG90 MW
PSW Bleiloch PSSThuringiaVattenfall Wasserkraft GmbH79.8 MW
PSW Wendefurth PSSSaxony-AnhaltVattenfall Wasserkraft GmbH79.8 MW
Pfreimd T1BavariaENGIE Deutschland Erneuerbare GmbH44.8 MW
WKW Rudolf-Fettweis-Werk PSW SchwarzenbachBaden-WürttembergEnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG43 MW
PSW Hohenwarte 1 PSS AThuringia—29.9 MW
PSW Hohenwarte 1 PSS BThuringia—29.9 MW
PSW Niederwartha PSS CSaxony—19.9 MW
PSW Niederwartha PSS DSaxony—19.9 MW

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Every pumped storage plant in Germany, with owners.All 24 in one file, each with its capacity and grid status. We research what the public sources leave out.

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