Ranking

Retiring power plants, 2026–2030: United States, Germany, United Kingdom and Netherlands

65.8 GW of power plant capacity is due to retire in 2026–2030 in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands: 46.7 GW in the United States, 11.1 GW in Germany, 4.7 GW in the United Kingdom and 3.4 GW in the Netherlands. Each closing frees a grid connection and the land around it.

Capacity due to retire in 2026–2030, closed in 2016 or later, and idle now, per country. US dates are what operators report to EIA; German ones come from the coal exit act and the Bundesnetzagentur; British ones from the owners; Dutch ones from the law.

Country	Plants retiring	Capacity retiring	Closed since 2016	Capacity closed	Idle	Capacity idle
United States	78	46.7 GW	124	60.9 GW	40	9.6 GW
Germany	30	11.1 GW	143	25.1 GW	38	10.8 GW
United Kingdom	4	4.7 GW	21	20 GW	2	0.6 GW
Netherlands	3	3.4 GW	0	0 GW	0	0 GW

The United States

#	Power plant	Region	Owner or operator	Technology	Retiring	Year	Grid connection
1	Rockport	Indiana	Indiana Michigan Power Co	Conventional Steam Coal	2,600 MW	2028	765 kV, Indiana Michigan Power Co
2	Sherburne County	Minnesota	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota +1	Conventional Steam Coal	1,704 MW	2026, 2030	345 kV, Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
3	Monroe (MI)	Michigan	DTE Electric Company	Conventional Steam Coal	1,640 MW	2028	345 kV, ITC Transmission
4	Ormond Beach	California	Ormond Beach Power, LLC	Natural Gas Steam Turbine	1,612 MW	2027	220 kV, Southern California Edison Co
5	J H Campbell	Michigan	Consumers Energy Co - (MI) +2	Conventional Steam Coal	1,561 MW	2026	345 kV, ITC Transmission

All 78 retiring plants in the United States

Germany

#	Power plant	Region	Owner or operator	Technology	Retiring	Year	Grid connection
1	Neurath	North Rhine-Westphalia	RWE Power Aktiengesellschaft	Lignite	2,120 MW	2030	extra-high voltage (220 or 380 kV), Amprion GmbH
2	Kraftwerk Jänschwalde	Brandenburg	Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG	Lignite	1,860 MW	2028	extra-high voltage (220 or 380 kV), 50Hertz Transmission GmbH
3	Niederaußem	North Rhine-Westphalia	RWE Power Aktiengesellschaft	Lignite	1,572 MW	2029, 2030	extra-high voltage (220 or 380 kV), Amprion GmbH
4	Weisweiler	North Rhine-Westphalia	RWE Power Aktiengesellschaft	Lignite	1,319 MW	2028–2029	extra-high voltage (220 or 380 kV), Amprion GmbH
5	Boxberg	Saxony	Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG	Lignite	930 MW	2029	extra-high voltage (220 or 380 kV), 50Hertz Transmission GmbH

All 30 retiring plants in Germany

The United Kingdom

#	Power plant	Region	Owner or operator	Technology	Retiring	Year	Grid connection
1	Heysham 2	England	EDF Energy	Nuclear (AGR)	1,240 MW	2030	—
2	Torness	Scotland	EDF Energy	Nuclear (AGR)	1,200 MW	2030	400 kV (Torness 400/132kV), SP Transmission plc
3	Hartlepool	England	EDF Energy	Nuclear (AGR)	1,185 MW	2030	275 kV (Hartlepool 275kV Substation), National Grid Electricity Transmission
4	Heysham 1	England	EDF Energy	Nuclear (AGR)	1,060 MW	2030	—

All 4 retiring plants in the United Kingdom

The Netherlands

#	Power plant	Region	Owner or operator	Technology	Retiring	Year	Grid connection
1	Eemshavencentrale	Groningen	RWE Aktiengesellschaft	Hard coal and biomass	1,560 MW	2029	near 380 kV Doekegat 380 kV
2	Centrale Maasvlakte (MPP3)	South Holland	Uniper Benelux N.V.	Hard coal and biomass	1,070 MW	2029	near 380 kV Maasvlakte Onyx 380 kV
3	Onyx Power Plant Rotterdam	South Holland	Onyx Power	Hard coal	731 MW	2029	near 380 kV Maasvlakte Onyx 380 kV

All 3 retiring plants in the Netherlands

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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.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
GB power station owners' pages. GB power station owners' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
Kohleverstromungsbeendigungsgesetz (KVBG), Anlage 2. Kohleverstromungsbeendigungsgesetz (KVBG), Anlage 2, Public domain.
Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.