Wilhelmshaven Power Station (Engie)

Wilhelmshaven Power Station (Engie) is a power station in Wilhelmshaven, East Frisia, Lower Saxony. Wilhelmshaven Power Station (Engie) is situated nearby to the fire station Werkfeuerwehr, as well as near the lighthouse Voslapp Rear Range Light.

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Type: Power station
Description: Coal power station in Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Also known as: “Engie SA Steinkohlekraftwerk Wilhelmshaven” and “GDF Suez”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Voslapp Rear Range Light and Wilhelmshaven Power Station.

Voslapp Rear Range Light

Lighthouse

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Voslapp Rear Range Light is an active lighthouse and range light in Voslapp, state of Lower Saxony, Germany. At a height of 201 feet it is the twenty-second tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world. Voslapp Rear Range Light is situated 790 metres north of Wilhelmshaven Power Station (Engie).

Wilhelmshaven Power Station

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The Wilhelmshaven Power Station is one of two coal power stations in the city of Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Built in the middle of the 1970s, the power station has an output of 747 megawatts. Wilhelmshaven Power Station is situated 1¼ km southeast of Wilhelmshaven Power Station (Engie).

Maade substation

Electrical substation

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Maade substation is an electrical substation, which is situated 2 km southwest of Wilhelmshaven Power Station (Engie).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include JadeWeserPort and Rüstersiel.

JadeWeserPort

Suburb

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JadeWeserPort is Germany's largest harbour project. It is supported by the states of Lower Saxony and Bremen. This new container port is located at Wilhelmshaven at the Jade Bight, a bay on the North Sea coast.