Problems of blasting at coal-fired power plant in Hamburg

For only six years, the coal power plant in Hamburg-Moorburg was on the grid. In future, green hydrogen will be produced there. But the demolition is not as planned.

The once most modern coal power plant in Europe in Hamburg-Moorburg is being demolished. Why, only one of two boiler houses flew into the air on Sunday.

Since the end of 2023 the decommissioned coal power plant Moorburg has been rebuilt. Now the boiler houses should fall in order to create space for the hydrogen production. This only partly worked out. How should it go on now?

In Hamburg, the two boiler houses of a former coal-fired power plant were to be blown up. However, the blasting of the second building partly failed. The reason for this is now being investigated - not harmless for the explosives experts.

The blasting of the two brand new boiler houses of the former Moorburg coal power plant in Hamburg did not work as planned. Although the first boiler house collapsed on Sunday, the second one stopped due to technical problems. In the past weeks, around 1,850 holes were drilled into the reinforced concrete supports of the boiler houses; 600 kilograms of explosives per building were to cause the construction to collapse.

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