The power plant is owned and operated by Vattenfall Europe.

[1] The power station had a 300 metres (980 ft) tall flue gas stack, which was built in 1967 and dismantled in 2005.

Lippendorf Power Station was replaced between 1997 and 2000 by a modern power plant, which has two units by the capacity of 934 MW each which have an efficiency of 42.4%[2] The plant also has a district heating capability of 300 MW.

The plant was the biggest private building project in Saxony.

[3] The power blocks are amongst that tallest industrial buildings in the world rising 170 m (558 ft) tall.