Scholven Power Station
Scholven Power Station is a coal-fired power plant in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. With an installed capacity of 2,126 megawatts, it once was one of the largest power stations in Europe. It is owned by Uniper.Photo: Basan1980, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Power station
- Description: coal power plant
- Also known as: “Kohlekraftwerk Scholven” and “Scholven Power Plant”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Halde Oberscholven and Gemeinschaftsgrundschule Im Brömm.
Gemeinschaftsgrundschule Im Brömm
School
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Gemeinschaftsgrundschule Im Brömm is a primary school in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The school was built in 1913 as Katholische Volksschule – Josefschule. Gemeinschaftsgrundschule Im Brömm is situated 1¼ km southeast of Scholven Power Station.
Herz-Jesu-Kirche
Church
Photo: W.Strickling, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Herz-Jesu-Kirche is a church, which is situated 2 km southwest of Scholven Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zweckel and Schultendorf.
Schultendorf
Suburb
Schultendorf is a suburb, which is situated 3 km southwest of Scholven Power Station.
Feldhausen
Village
Photo: J6411, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Feldhausen is a village, which is situated 3 km northwest of Scholven Power Station.
Scholven Power Station
- Categories: coal-fired power station and industry
- Location: Gelsenkirchen, Münster, Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.60018° or 51° 36′ 1″ northLongitude
7.00789° or 7° 0′ 28″ eastElevation
91 metres (299 feet)Operator
Uniper KraftwerkeOpen location code
9F39J225+35OpenStreetMap ID
way 22943608OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialGeoNames ID
7282710Wikidata ID
Q454978
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Scholven Power Station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “施奧爾溫發電廠”
- Dutch: “Elektriciteitscentrale Scholven”
- Dutch: “Schalven elektriciteitscentrale”
- Dutch: “Scholven elektriciteitscentrale”
- French: “centrale thermique de Scholven”
- French: “Centrale thermique de Scholven”
- German: “Kraftwerk Scholven”
- German: “Steinkohlekraftwerk Gelsenkirchen-Scholven”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Scholven kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Scholven kraftverk”
- Swedish: “Kraftwerk Scholven”
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