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Merkenich (Nord) power station — Power plant · Gas, combined cycleCologne DC1 solar project -- — Announced · Solar · Germany · 1.2 MW · 15.3 km awayHuerth power station -- — Canceled · Coal · Germany · 450 MW · 19.6 km awayKnapsack Gas power station III — Announced · Gas, other · Germany · 120 MW · 19.7 km awayNiederaussem power station Unit L (BoAplus) — Canceled · Coal · Germany · 1,100 MW · 20.8 km awayPVFreiflächenanlage Overath 1 solar project -- — Announced · Solar · Germany · 16.4 MW · 22.0 km away
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  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

Merkenich (Nord) power station

Power plant · Gas, combined cycle

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, combined cycle Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceGlobal Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses) · Open license, with creditMW
Commissioned
2004
Location
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Details

Who’s behind it

Owner
RheinEnergie AGSource100.0%, Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)

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Technology
Gas, combined cycle source: “oil/gas / combined cycle”
Age
22 years since 2004
Units
1
1 attribute from Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)
AttributeValue
Gem
Owners
Name
RheinEnergie AG
Share pct
100
Gem entity id
E100000003893
Parents
Name
GEW Köln AG
Share pct
75.80
Gem entity id
E100000120470
Name
Westenergie AG
Share pct
24.20
Gem entity id
E100002000971
Unit ids
G100000400215
Location id
L100000101955
Subnational
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Unit statuses
Operating
1
Location accuracy
exact

Timeline

  • In service · GEM

Sources

2 sources

Sources GEM · Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)

Sources

  • GEMOpen license, with credit · retrieved Oct 26, 2026Global Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  • Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 25 km
ProjectKindAwayMW
Cologne DC1 solar project -- Announced Solar 15.3 km 1.2
Huerth power station -- Canceled Coal 19.6 km 450
Knapsack Gas power station III Announced Gas, other 19.7 km 120
Niederaussem power station Unit L (BoAplus) Canceled Coal 20.8 km 1,100
PVFreiflächenanlage Overath 1 solar project -- Announced Solar 22.0 km 16.4

Sources GEM

Sources

  • GEMOpen license, with credit · retrieved Oct 26, 2026Global Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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