German hard coal power plant reductions
Sep 2 (Reuters) - The following table lists reductions in scheduled production at German hard coal-fired power generation plants that have been necessitated by low water levels hampering barge shipments of feedstock to the sites and logistics bottlenecks across transport systems, that are now fast-tracking energy supply.[nL1N2ZG0L1]
Utility companies have been flagging problems about shallow water under rules of play set by the power exchange EEX, where they released the information in the ad hoc section and on related transparency sites, where plant data are presented long-term, reflecting all operational planning details and incidents.
The water problems have eased somewhat but could worsen again.
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PLANT NAME CAPACITY TIME PERIOD, OPERATORS LOCATION DATE
CUT (MW) DESCRIPTION OF ANNOUNCED
CURBS
CURRENT AND
PLANNED LOAD
DROPS
Heyden 4 875 MW Aug 29-Sep 3 Uniper Petershagen 23/8
temporary drop by
up to 325 MW, Oct
23-Nov 23 by up to
875 MW
GKM 2,200 MW Message for Sep 21 RWE, Mannheim 26/8
Großkraftwerke saying hard coal EnBW, MVV
Mannheim supply affected
until further
notice
Datteln 4 1,100 MW Irregular output Uniper Datteln 29/8
from Aug 4-Sep 30
Staudinger 5 510 MW Irregular until Sep Uniper Near Hanau 4/8
7
Sep 3,
Luenen 750 MW 4 there may be Trianel Luenen 2/9***
impairments in
generation due to
unforeseeable coal
delays
The
HKW Heilbronn 778 MW supply of HKW 7 is EnBW Heilbronn 2/9***
Block 7 affected until
further notice,
issues in the
logistic chain
cited
COMPLETED LOAD
DROPS WITH
REGARD TO
RIVER LEVELS
Luenen 750 MW Aug. 28 by 50% Trianel Luenen 26/8
GKM 2,200 MW affected Sep 1 RWE, Mannheim 2/9
EnBW, MVV
Source: https://www.eex-transparency.com/de/news/ad-hoc-ticker
https://www.eex-transparency.com/power/de/production/availability
(Reporting by Vera Eckert, editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)