Germany has 1,309 power plants in this atlas, with 112,040 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Niederaussem power station (3,430 MW, coal; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are solar, gas and hydro. Grid operators listed here include TransnetBW and TenneT Germany. Electricity is regulated by Bundesnetzagentur. Renewables supplied 58.6% of its electricity in 2024.
Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.
THE ELECTRICITY SYSTEM IN CONTEXT
Germany: variable renewables and a fleet after nuclear closure
Reporting scope: 2024 SMARD generation and market review.
Historical nuclear records need a status check
The Federal Network Agency's SMARD review identifies 2024 as Germany's first full year without nuclear generation. It reports onshore wind as the largest individual generation source and higher solar output than in 2023. Historical nuclear locations in the atlas should be read as records of installations, not currently available nuclear supply.
SMARD describes Germany as a net importer in commercial electricity trade in 2024 and explains that grid load excludes electricity privately generated and consumed without being fed into the grid. Check these definitions before comparing SMARD's figures with a broader national generation series or this atlas's incomplete plant inventory.
By Power Stations Worldwide · Context sources checked · Review scope. This date does not update the underlying plant inventory or electricity series.
Grid operators and electricity market in Germany
Liberalised marketCompetitive generation and retail
Renewables supply more than half of electricity. Germany and Luxembourg form a single price zone, traded on EPEX SPOT and other exchanges. Consumers can choose among many suppliers.
Part of the synchronous grid of Continental Europe, the largest interconnected grid in the world by customers, coordinated by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity.
What does “Liberalised market” mean?
Generators sell into a wholesale market, an independent operator runs the transmission grid, and households can choose their electricity supplier. Networks stay regulated monopolies because building parallel power lines makes no sense.
Germany has four transmission system operators; the organisation relevant to a station depends on its grid connection.
References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.
Germany links the North European Plain with central uplands and the Alps. Its industrial river corridors and northern coastal landscapes help explain the spatial variety of the generation sites in this historical inventory.
Capital
Berlin
Languages
German
Major cities
Berlin, Hamburg, Munich
Geographic reference: European Union country profile. Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.
The source inventory contains 1,309 records for Germany. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.
Inventory coverage
1,309 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 1,309 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
