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Gelsenkirchen: Cooling Towers Blown up by Power Plant

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On 9 May, two cooling towers of a power plant in Gelsenkirchen were blown up. The blasting went with complete success.

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15,000 tons of concrete crashing together in a controlled manner: in Gelsenkirchen, two cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant were blown up in order to create space for a turbine plant. The location remains important.

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15,000 tons of concrete crashing together in a controlled manner: in Gelsenkirchen space is created for a modern gas power plant. In the future, electricity with hydrogen will also be produced at the site.

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In Gelsenkirchen two 114-meter-high cooling towers of the Scholven power plant have been blasted in a controlled manner. Spectacular pictures show the collapse of the industrial giants.

Center

On 9 May, two cooling towers of a power plant in Gelsenkirchen were blown up. The blasting went with complete success.

·Germany
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In the Scholven power plant in Gelsenkirchen two 114 meters high cooling towers fell. The video shows the spectacular blasting of the concrete giants, for which even the A52 was blocked.

In Gelsenkirchen-Scholven two 114 meters high cooling towers fall. Why the blasting is important for the future of the power plant site.

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wdr.de broke the news on Saturday, May 9, 2026.
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