Power for the railway, district heating for the city

The Datteln power plant, with its blocks 1 – 3 sitting directly on the banks of the Dortmund-Ems-Kanal in Meckinghoven, is located close to the B 235, the major road that leads the traffic through Datteln. For over 40 years now, hard coal has been converted into electricity for the railway and it has also produced district heating by means of combined heat and power.