| Boxberg Power Station | |
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_01_ies.jpg) Boxberg Power Station, 2009 | |
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| Country | Germany |
| Location | Boxberg |
| Coordinates | 51°24′58″N 14°33′53″E / 51.41611°N 14.56472°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1966 |
| Owner(s) | Vattenfall Europe |
| Operator(s) | |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Lignite |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 4 |
| Nameplate capacity | 2,575 MW |
| External links | |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
Boxberg Power Station (in German commonly referred as Kraftwerk Boxberg) is a lignite-fired power station with three units at Boxberg, near Weißwasser, Saxony, Eastern Germany. Since the late 2012, it has a capacity of 2,575 MW.
In 2001, it was acquired by Vattenfall Europe, a subdivision of Vattenfall. The power station was sold by Vattenfall to the Czech energy group EPH and its financial partner PPF Investments on 30 September 2016.[1]
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"Vattenfall completes German lignite business sale" (PDF) (Press release). Stockholm, Sweden: Vattenfall. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
Vattenfall has completed the sale of its German lignite business to the Czech energy group EPH and its financial partner PPF Investments.