Kraftwerk Plessa

Plessa power plant is an industrial monument in the southern Brandenburg municipality of Plessa in the Elbe-Elster district and one of the oldest lignite-fired power plants in Europe that has been preserved in its original structure. The power plant was commissioned in 1927 by the Gröba Electricity Association. In the 1920s and 1930s, it was one of the most modern peak-load power plants of the time. After the end of the three main construction phases in 1942, the power plant had a capacity of 54 MW, which dropped to 34 MW after the reparations in 1945. In April 1992, the power plant was shut down and taken off the grid. In 1998, it was included in the project list of the International Building Exhibition Fürst-Pückler-Land as an experience power plant under the motto Power Plant in Transition and its demolition was prevented.