| Black Pump power station | |
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| Official name | Kraftwerk Schwarze Pumpe |
| Country | Germany |
| Location | Schwarze Pumpe district in Spremberg, Brandenburg |
| Coordinates | 51°32′10″N 14°21′12″E / 51.53611°N 14.35333°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1997 |
| Owner | LEAG |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 |
| Nameplate capacity | 1600 MW |
| External links | |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
Black Pump power station (German: Kraftwerk Schwarze Pumpe, literally 'power station Black Pump') is a modern lignite–fired (brown coal) power station in the Black Pump (Schwarze Pumpe)[a] district in Spremberg, Germany, consisting of 2 × 800 megawatts (MW) units. Built by Siemens, the current plant came into service in 1997–1998. On 30 September 2016, Vattenfall sold the power station to the Czech energy group EPH and its financial partner PPF Investments.[1] The cooling towers are 161 metres (528 ft) high and have an observation deck on top.
The site has been a large-scale industrial site processing lignite since it was first developed in 1955 during the DDR era. The DDR-era plant produced high-temperature lignite coke from lignite for blast furnaces, coal gas to fire steam turbine electrical generation, motor fuels, and a variety of chemical feedstocks.
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"Vattenfall completes German lignite business sale" (PDF) (Press release). Stockholm, Sweden: Vattenfall. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
Vattenfall has completed the sale of its German lignite business to the Czech energy group EPH and its financial partner PPF Investments.