Lippendorf Power Station is a lignite

Lignite

Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, or Rosebud coal by Northern Pacific Railroad,is a soft brown fuel with characteristics that put it somewhere between coal and peat...

-fired power station

Power station

A power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric energy....

 in Lippendorf, which is located in the municipality of Neukieritzsch

Neukieritzsch

Neukieritzsch is a municipality in the Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. On 1 April 2008, the former municipality of Lobstädt was incorporated into Neukieritzsch....

, near Leipzig

Leipzig

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 in Saxony

Saxony

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, Germany

Germany

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. The power plant is owned and operated by Vattenfall

Vattenfall

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Old power station

The Lippendorf old power station was built between 1964 and 1968. It generated 1800 megawatts (MW) having four units by 400 MW and one by 200 MW. The old power station was decommissioned in 2000 when the new power station became operational.

The power station had a 300 metres (984.3 ft) tall chimney, which was built in 1967 and dismantled in 2005.

Modernization

Lippendorf Power Station was replaced between 1997 and 2000 by a modern power plant, which has two units by the capacity of 933 MW each. The plant also has a district heating capability of 300 MW. The plant was the biggest private building project in Saxony.