Lippendorf Power Station

Lippendorf Power Station
Lippendorf Power Station
	Lippendorf new power station
Country	Germany
Location	Lippendorf, Neukieritzsch, Saxony,
Coordinates	51°11′07″N 12°22′40″E
Status	Operational
Construction began	1964 (old power station); 1997 (new power station)
Commission date	1968 (old power station); 2000 (new power station)
Decommission date	2000 (old power station)
Owner	Vattenfall Europe
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Lignite
Turbine technology	Steam turbine
Cooling source	2 × cooling towers
Cogeneration?	Yes
Power generation
Units operational	2 × 934 MW
Make and model	ABB
Units decommissioned	4 × 400 MW; 4 × 50 MW
Nameplate capacity	1,867 MW
Capacity factor	42,5%
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Lippendorf Power Station is a lignite-fired power station in Lippendorf, which is located in the municipality of Neukieritzsch, near Leipzig in Saxony, Germany. The power plant is owned and operated by Vattenfall Europe. It has a heating capacity of 330 MWt.

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The Lippendorf old power station was built between 1964 and 1968. It generated 600 megawatts (MW) having four 100 MW and four 50 MW units. The old power station was decommissioned in 2000 when the new power station became operational.^[1]

The power station had a 300 metres (980 ft) tall flue gas stack, which was built in 1967 and dismantled in 2005. This flue gas stack briefly was the tallest in the world.

Lippendorf Power Station was replaced between 1997 and 2000 by a modern power plant, which has two units by the capacity of 934 MW each which have an efficiency of 42.4%^[2] The plant also has a district heating capability of 300 MW. The plant was the biggest private building project in Saxony.^[3] The power blocks are amongst that tallest industrial buildings in the world rising 170 m (558 ft) tall.^[4]