Dortmund power plant
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 31 '11 " N , 7 ° 28' 37" E | ||
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Steam power plant , since 1957 also combined heat and power plant |
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| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
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Coal (until 1967) natural gas (from 1957) |
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| Start of operations | 1897 (old systems) 2004 (new systems) |
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| Shutdown | 1995 (old systems) | ||
| turbine | four steam engines with alternating and direct current generators (1903–1925) one turbine (since 2004) |
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| boiler | four gas-fired boilers (since 2004) | ||
The Dortmund power plant is a heating and power plant in downtown Dortmund and formed the nucleus of the later United Electricity Works of Westphalia .
history
The foundation for this first as a coal power plant fired power plant was in 1897 as a power station of Dortmund by Carl Döpke set. The power plant was the first power plant in the Ruhr area that primarily served the public power supply. Four steam engines drove the generators to generate electricity. In addition to alternating current for the port and commercial areas, the power plant also supplied direct current for street and house lighting. From 1906 it also supplied the Dortmund tram .
After the founding of the Dortmunder und Verbands-Elektrizitätswerk GmbH on January 1, 1923 and its transfer to Vereinigte Elektrizitätswerke Westfalen GmbH in 1925, the power plants were further expanded. From 1953, the residual heat generated during power generation was fed into the district heating network.
In 1967 the power plant was switched to natural gas . This was done for reasons of environmental protection , as the power plant is located on Weißenburger Strasse in the immediate vicinity of residential areas near the Dortmund city center.
In 1995, electricity generation in the Dortmund power plant ended. In 2004 it was resumed with a new turbine. The old systems of the power plant were demolished in 2010.
The power plant is now operated by RWE AG with four gas-fired boiler systems. The grid connection takes place at the 110 kV high voltage level in the power grid of the operator Westfalen-Weser-Ems distribution network .
It is entered as an architectural monument in the list of monuments of the city of Dortmund . Until 2011, the power plant was a station on the route of industrial culture .
literature
- Karl Döpke: The municipal power station in Dortmund. Dortmund 1900 ( digitized version )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bundesnetzagentur power plant list (nationwide; all network and transformer levels) as of April 2, 2014 (Microsoft Excel file, 647 KB). Accessed June 20, 2014 .
- ↑ No. A 0874. List of monuments of the city of Dortmund. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: dortmund.de - Das Dortmunder Stadtportal. Monument Authority of the City of Dortmund, April 14, 2014, archived from the original on September 15, 2014 ; accessed on June 20, 2014 (size: 180 kB). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
