German hard coal power plant reductions due low water levels

(Reuters) - The following table lists reductions in scheduled production at German hard coal-fired power generation plants that have been necessitated by low water levels hampering barge shipments of feedstock to the sites.

Utility companies have been flagging problems about shallow water under rules of play set by the power exchange EEX, where they released the information in the ad hoc section and on related transparency sites, where plant data are presented long-term, reflecting all operational planning details and incidents.

The water problems have eased somewhat but could worsen again later this week.

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PLANT NAME CAPACITY TIME PERIOD, OPERATORS LOCATION DATE

CUT (MW) DESCRIPTION OF ANNOUNCED

CURBS

CURRENT AND

PLANNED LOAD

DROPS

Heyden 4 875 MW Aug 29-Sep 3 Uniper Petershagen 23/8

temporary drop by

up to 325 MW, Oct

23-Nov 23 by up to

875 MW

GKM 2,200 MW Sep 1, rpt message RWE, Mannheim 26/8

Großkraftwerke for Sep 21 saying EnBW, MVV

Mannheim hard coal supply

affected until

further notice

Datteln 4 1,100 MW Irregular output Uniper Datteln 4/8

from Sep 7

Staudinger 5 510 MW Irregular until Sep Uniper Near Hanau 4/8

7

COMPLETED LOAD

DROPS WITH

REGARD TO

RIVER LEVELS

Luenen 750 MW Aug. 28 by 50% Trianel Luenen 26/8

Source: https://www.eex-transparency.com/de/news/ad-hoc-ticker

https://www.eex-transparency.com/power/de/production/availability

(Reporting by Vera Eckert, editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)