On March 2, for example, German coal generator Enervie said it would close the 310 - MW Werdohl - Elverlingsen unit — a 1982 - built plant in North Rhine - Westphalia that ran only 780 hours last year — by month's end.
On the same day, Germangenerator STEAG filed a legally binding notice with the German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) to permanently shutter both units at its 507 - MW Lünen hard coal — fired power plant by March 2019 (Figure 2).