German hard coal power plant reductions

Sep 2 (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 and logistics bottlenecks across transport systems, that are now fast-tracking energy supply.[nL1N2ZG0L1]

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.

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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 Message for Sep 21 RWE, Mannheim 26/8

Großkraftwerke saying hard coal EnBW, MVV

Mannheim supply affected

until further

notice

Datteln 4 1,100 MW Irregular output Uniper Datteln 29/8

from Aug 4-Sep 30

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

7

Sep 3,

Luenen 750 MW 4 there may be Trianel Luenen 2/9***

impairments in

generation due to

unforeseeable coal

delays

The

HKW Heilbronn 778 MW supply of HKW 7 is EnBW Heilbronn 2/9***

Block 7 affected until

further notice,

issues in the

logistic chain

cited

COMPLETED LOAD

DROPS WITH

REGARD TO

RIVER LEVELS

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

GKM 2,200 MW affected Sep 1 RWE, Mannheim 2/9

EnBW, MVV

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)