Lünen Power Station was a coal-fired power station in Germany. It was located in Lünen, in the district Unna. It had an output capacity of 500 megawatts. The first power station in Lünen was commissioned in 1938. The power station produced traction current since 1984 also. The power station also produced long-distance heating since late 2003. Annual coal consumption amounted to 960,000 tons. The operator of the power station was Evonik Industries. The power station's chimney was 250 metres (820 ft) high.

Lünen Power Station

It was decommissioned in 2018 and, in 2019, the dismantlement process started.[1] In 2021, the cooling tower, the chimney, the boiler house were demolished.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Steag legt Kohlekraftwerk für Bahnstrom still". IWR (in German). 6 March 2018.
  2. ^ Miner, Louise (28 March 2021). "German coal-fired power station partially destroyed". Euronews. AFP.
  3. ^ "Kraftwerk Lünen: Nach 80 Jahren per Knopfdruck platt". Westfälische Nachrichten (in German). 28 March 2021.

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