Westerholt Power Station

The power plant consisted of two units built in the 1960s, each capable of producing 150 MW of electricity.

Its smokestack, built in 1981, was 337 metres (1106 feet) tall,[1][2] making it Germany's tallest chimney at the time.

The power station was decommissioned on May 13, 2005, and the chimney demolished on Sunday, December 3, 2006, at 10:53 a.m.

After the demolition of the chimney, the Wesel tower once again became the tallest structure in North Rhine-Westphalia.

A district heating plant, "FWK Westerholt", has been in operation on this site since the spring of 2004.

300 m (1000 ft) tall smokestack of Westerholt Power Station
Chimney of Westerholt Power Station a few days before demolition