Lippendorf Power Station is a lignite-fired

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in Lippendorf, which is located in the municipality of Neukieritzsch, near

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. The power plant is owned and operated by Vattenfall Europe. It has a heating capacity of .

Old power station

The Lippendorf old power station was built between 1964 and 1968. It generated 600

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s (MW) having four 100 MW and four 50 MW units. The old power station was decommissioned in 2000 when the new power station became operational. The power station had a tall flue gas stack, which was built in 1967 and dismantled in 2005. This flue gas stack briefly was the tallest in the world.

Modernization

Lippendorf Power Station was replaced between 1997 and 2000 by a modern power plant, which has two units by the capacity of each which have an efficiency of 42.4% The plant also has a district heating capability of 300 MW. The plant was the biggest private building project in Saxony. The power blocks are amongst that tallest industrial buildings in the world rising 170 m (558 ft) tall.https://www.passeidireto.com/arquivo/76354100/chapter-04-thermal-power-plants-unlocked/12

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