[3] On 15 August 2012 two new 1,060 MW lignite-fired units – F and G, also known as BoA 2 and 3 – were added for a total generation capacity of 4.4GW, around 1/4 more than the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant.

BoA stands for Braunkohlekraftwerk mit optimierter Anlagentechnik (Lignite power station with optimized system technology).

[4] Both of the new units are 170 m (558 ft) tall[5] which makes them amongst the tallest industrial buildings in the world, possibly second only to the BoA block at the nearby Niederaussem Power Station.

Note: Net nominal capacity has reduced since inauguration - the capacity listed above is the current, not initial capacity (total 4,211 MW as of August, 2017) The new power station is often criticised by environmental associations and physical custodians as part of discussions about climate change, because electricity generation from lignite as fuel, in spite of advanced technology, is considerably less efficient than other generation sources and makes the plant the second biggest source of carbon dioxide among plants in EU.

One of the suggested projects is the establishment of a wide greenhouse park to use the waste heat from the plant and to create other jobs.

In December 2008, the initiated preliminary proceedings were put because of careless homicide by the public prosecutor's office of Mönchengladbach.

Because there had been no knowledge of them, in this size for the first time to used components and their stability problems, the accident was not foreseen by the experts, according to the public prosecutor's office.

[citation needed] On 13 January 2008, a further deadly accident occurred in which an employee of a steel construction company was killed.