Kraftwerk Datteln

On the Dortmund-Ems Canal is the E.ON power plant with a capacity of 303 MW distributed among the three power generating units A to C, which were built starting in 1964. It is used to produce single-phase traction power and district heating . 20% of the German rail current can be generated from the power plant dates. 45% of all households in Datteln are supplied by the power plant with district heating. The two chimneys are 165m high.