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Knapsack I and II gas-fired power plants

Germany / Gas power / Power plant

The Knapsack gas power plants are situated at Hürth-Knapsack outside Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

  • 2007
    Commissioned
  • 1310 MW
    Installed capacity
  • 4500 GWh
    Annual production

Knapsack I is the first of two gas power plants built by Statkraft in Germany and was commissioned in autumn 2007. In 2013 Knapsack II started operating after only two years of construction.

 

Knapsack I
Two gas turbines and one steam turbine provide a combined installed capacity of about 880 MW. After upgrading the gas turbines, Knapsack I has an installed capacity of 880 MW and is ready for the addition of hydrogen.

Knapsack II
One gas turbine and one steam turbine provide an installed capacity of 430 MW. 

The plants could power the equivalent of 1.500,000 households.

 Both Knapsack I and Knapsack II have an energy efficiency of nearly 60 per cent.

Modern gas-fired power plants, such as the two CCGT plants in Hürth-Knapsack, are fast and flexible in terms of start-up and shutdown. If the weather conditions are not favourable and a potential shortage is expected, there is a need to rely on such flexible solutions instead of coal-fired or nuclear power plants. During the transition to 100% renewable energy, gas power can therefore balance renewable energy when and where hydropower or network interconnectors are not available.

Our production is compliant under the EU Emission Trading System, and in alignment with our pledge to UN Climate Neutral Now, emissions are fully compensated with European Emission Allowances (EUAs).

Company Ownership share
Statkraft 100%
  • gas-fired power plant
    Germany
    Oliver Tjaden

    Knapsack II gas-fired power plant

  • Gas tubine
    Germany
    Oliver Tjaden

    A gas turbine at Knapsack II gas-fired power plant

  • Knapsack I
    Germany
    Statkraft

    Knapsack I gas-fired power plant

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