Power plant · Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
HKW Karcherstraße
HKW Karcherstraße is a gas power plant in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, with 60.8 MW of capacity, operated by SWK Stadtwerke Kaiserslautern Versorgungs-AG.
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 | Kaiserslautern | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Karcherstraße 28, 67655 Kaiserslautern | 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 | 1989 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SWK Stadtwerke Kaiserslautern Versorgungs-AG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 60.8 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 8 units | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | SWK Stadtwerke Kaiserslautern Versorgungs-AG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid connection level | Medium voltage (Mittelspannung) | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 49.4354, 7.7610 | 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.
Request researchHow it compares
HKW Karcherstraße is the 10th-largest of 222 power plants in Rhineland-Palatinate and the 412th-largest of 3,869 in Germany by capacity; its 60.8 MW is <0.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 10th of 222 | 6,691 MW | 0.91% |
| Germany | 412th of 3,869 | 168,599 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,795th of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 89 substations, 5 CO2 emitters (2,710,757 tCO2e), 2 data centers and 1 mine, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/119522664) | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Umspannwerk Rotenberg | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/156501273) | Substation | — | — | 4.3 km |
| Drehöfen Göllheim | CO2 emitter | 467,084 tCO2e | — | 27 km |
| Zero Carbon Lithium | Mine | — | — | 37 km |
| Rechenzentrum Pfalzkom, DCRN II | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Rechenzentrum Pfalzkom, DCRN I | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Ammoniak-Fabrik 4 | CO2 emitter | 706,158 tCO2e | — | 49 km |
| Steamcracker 1 | CO2 emitter | 186,727 tCO2e | — | 49 km |
Operator, grid operator and place
Other power plants in Rhineland-Palatinate
- GuD Mitte GT121,034 MW
- KW3 GT31 (Mainz)893 MW
- HKW Wörth90.8 MW
- Solarkraftwerk Rodershausen I84.6 MW
- Windpark Ellern77.6 MW
- Neef 168.8 MW
- NxW Mastershausen I GmbH & Co. KG65.9 MW
- Pionext Solarpark Lonsheim65.4 MW
Data on this page
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- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
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- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
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