List of tallest cooling towers

This is a list of cooling towers above 500 ft / 150 m.

List of tallest cooling towers
Current as of August, 2020
Name Type of structure Country Location Height Year completed Remarks
Kalisindh Thermal Power Station, Unit 1 cooling tower[1] Coal power station India Jhalawar 663 ft (202 m) 2012[2]
Kalisindh Thermal Power Station, Unit 2 cooling tower Coal power station India Jhalawar 663 ft (202 m) 2012
Niederaussem Power Station Coal power station Germany Bergheim 656 ft (200 m) 2002
Walsum power plant[3] Coal power station Germany Duisburg 594 ft (181 m) 2008
Bełchatów Power Station, new unit[4] Coal power station Poland Belchatow 591 ft (180 m) 2011
THTR-300 Nuclear power plant Germany Hamm-Uentrop 590 ft (180 m) 1985 Tallest cooling towers built from steel,[5] demolished in 1991, tallest of any kind to be demolished
Civaux Nuclear Power Plant, cooling tower 1[6] Nuclear power plant France Civaux 589 ft (180 m) 1996 Base diameter of 153 m / 502 ft
Civaux Nuclear Power Plant, cooling tower 2[7] Nuclear power plant France Civaux 589 ft (180 m) 1996 Base diameter of 153 m / 502 ft
Datteln Power Plant[8] Coal power station Germany Datteln 584 ft (178 m) 2009
Lippendorf Power Station Unit 1[9] Coal power station Germany Lippendorf 574 ft (175 m) 2000
Lippendorf Power Station Unit 2 Coal power station Germany Lippendorf 574 ft (175 m) 2000
Neurath Power Station BoA 2 Coal power station Germany Grevenbroich 564 ft (172 m) 2012
Neurath Power Station BoA 3 Coal power station Germany Grevenbroich 564 ft (172 m) 2012
Doel Nuclear Power Station, cooling tower 1[10] Nuclear power plant Belgium Beveren 554 ft (169 m) 1975
Doel Nuclear Power Station, cooling tower 2 Nuclear power plant Belgium Beveren 554 ft (169 m) 1975
Callaway Nuclear Generating Station[11] Nuclear power plant United States Fulton, MO 553 ft (169 m) 1984 Base diameter of 131 m / 430 ft
Westphalia Power Plant, Unit D cooling tower[12] Coal power station Germany Hamm 546 ft (166 m) 2009
Westphalia Power Plant, Unit E cooling tower[13] Coal power station Germany Hamm 546 ft (166 m) 2009
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Generating Station[14] Nuclear power plant United States Scriba, NY 543 ft (166 m) 1988
Mülheim-Kärlich Nuclear Power Plant[15] Nuclear power plant Germany Mülheim-Kärlich 532 ft (162 m) 1978 dismantled in 2019 by use of an excavator[16]
Lünen-Stummhafen Trianel Power Plant[17] Coal power station Germany Lünen 525 ft (160 m) 2009
Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant, cooling tower 1[18] Nuclear power plant Germany Gundremmingen 525 ft (160 m) 1984
Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant, cooling tower 2[19] Nuclear power plant Germany Gundremmingen 525 ft (160 m) 1984
Torre de refrigeración de Central nuclear de Ascó[20] Nuclear power plant Spain Ascó 525 ft (160 m) ? Base diameter of 120 m / 393 ft
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, cooling tower 1[21] Nuclear power plant United States Rhea County, TN 506 ft (154 m) 1977 Base diameter of 123 m / 405 ft. Unit 1 didn't entered into service until 1996, the cooling towers was completed by 1977[22]
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, cooling tower 2[21] Nuclear power plant United States Rhea County, TN 506 ft (154 m) 1977 Base diameter of 123 m / 405 ft. Unit 2 didn't entered into service until 2016, the cooling towers was completed by 1977[22]
Brayton Point Power Station, cooling tower 1[23] Nuclear power plant United States Somerset, Mass 500 ft (150 m) 2009 demolished in 2019, tallest concrete cooling towers to be explosively demolished[24]
Brayton Point Power Station, cooling tower 2[23] Nuclear power plant United States Somerset, Mass 500 ft (150 m) 2009 demolished in 2019
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant[25] Nuclear power plant United States Prescott, Oregon 499 ft (152 m) 1976 demolished in 2006[26]

See also

References
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