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

List of tallest cooling towers

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  indicates a structure that is no longer standing.

Current as of August, 2020
Name Type of structure Country Location Height Year completed Remarks
Pingshan II Power Station Coal power station China Huaibei 689 ft

(210 m)

2020[1]
Kalisindh Thermal Power Station, Unit 1 cooling tower[2] Coal power station India Jhalawar 663 ft (202 m) 2012[3]
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
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit 3 & 4[4] Nuclear power station United States Burke County, Georgia 600 ft (180 m) 2022
Walsum power plant[5] Coal power station Germany Duisburg 594 ft (181 m) 2008
Bełchatów Power Station, new unit[6] 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,[7] demolished in 1991, tallest of any kind to be demolished
Civaux Nuclear Power Plant, cooling tower 1[8] Nuclear power plant France Civaux 589 ft (180 m) 1996 Base diameter of 153 m / 502 ft
Civaux Nuclear Power Plant, cooling tower 2[9] Nuclear power plant France Civaux 589 ft (180 m) 1996 Base diameter of 153 m / 502 ft
Cooling towers of Golfech Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear power plant France Golfech 586 ft (179 m) 2 cooling towers, base diameter of 146 m / 479 ft
Datteln Power Station[10] Coal power station Germany Datteln 584 ft (178 m) 2009
Lippendorf Power Station Unit 1[11] 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
Cooling towers of Chooz Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear power plant France Chooz 564 ft (172 m) 2 cooling towers, base diameter of 153 m / 502 ft
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
Novovoronezsh Nuclear power plant, Unit II-1[12] Nuclear power plant Russia Voronezh Oblast 561 ft

(171 m)

2013
Novovoronezsh Nuclear power plant, Unit II-2[12] Nuclear power plant Russia Voronezh Oblast 561 ft

(171 m)

2014
Doel Nuclear Power Station, cooling tower 1[13] 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[14] Nuclear power plant United States Fulton, MO 553 ft (169 m) 1984 Base diameter of 131 m / 430 ft
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit #1[15] Nuclear power station United States Burke County, Georgia 548 ft (167 m) 1976
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit #2[15] Nuclear power station United States Burke County, Georgia 548 ft (167 m) 1976
Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant,[16] Unit II-2 Nuclear power plant Russia Leningrad oblast 548 ft

(167 m)

2018
Westphalia Power Plant, Unit D cooling tower[17] Coal power station Germany Hamm 546 ft (166 m) 2009
Westphalia Power Plant, Unit E cooling tower[18] Coal power station Germany Hamm 546 ft (166 m) 2009
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Generating Station[19] Nuclear power plant United States Scriba, NY 543 ft (166 m) 1988
Cooling towers of Belleville Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear power plant France Belleville-sur-Loire 541 ft (165 m) 2 cooling towers, base diameter of 147 m / 482 ft
Cooling towers of Cattenom Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear power plant France Cattenom 541 ft (165 m) 4 cooling towers, base diameter of 205 m / 673 ft
Cooling towers of Dampierre Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear power plant France Dampierre-en-Burly 541 ft (165 m) 4 cooling towers, base diameter of 131 m / 430 ft
Cooling towers of Nogent Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear power plant France Nogent-sur-Seine 541 ft (165 m) 2 cooling towers, base diameter of 147 m / 482 ft
Mülheim-Kärlich Nuclear Power Plant[20] Nuclear power plant Germany Mülheim-Kärlich 532 ft (162 m) 1978 dismantled in 2019 by use of an excavator[21]
Plant Scherer Unit #1 Coal power station United States Juliette, Georgia 531 ft (162 m) 1982
Plant Scherer Unit #2 Coal power station United States Juliette, Georgia 531 ft (162 m) 1984
Plant Scherer Unit #3 Coal power station United States Juliette, Georgia 531 ft (162 m) 1987
Plant Scherer Unit #4 Coal power station United States Juliette, Georgia 531 ft (162 m) 1989
Lünen-Stummhafen Trianel Power Plant[22] Coal power station Germany Lünen 525 ft (160 m) 2009
Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant, cooling tower 1[23] Nuclear power plant Germany Gundremmingen 525 ft (160 m) 1984
Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant, cooling tower 2[24] Nuclear power plant Germany Gundremmingen 525 ft (160 m) 1984
Torre de refrigeración de Central nuclear de Ascó[25] Nuclear power plant Spain Ascó 525 ft (160 m) ? Base diameter of 120 m / 393 ft
Temelín Nuclear power plant Nuclear power plant Czech Republic Temelin 525 ft (160 m) 1988 155 meters in height, 4 cooling towers
Cooling towers of Cruas Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear power plant France Cruas 509 ft (155 m) 4 cooling towers, base diameter of 132 m / 433 ft
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, cooling tower 1[26] Nuclear power plant United States Rhea County, TN 506 ft (154 m) 1977 Base diameter of 123 m / 405 ft. Unit 1 didn't enter into service until 1996, the cooling towers was completed by 1977[27]
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, cooling tower 2[26] Nuclear power plant United States Rhea County, TN 506 ft (154 m) 1977 Base diameter of 123 m / 405 ft. Unit 2 didn't enter into service until 2016, the cooling towers was completed by 1977[27]
Brayton Point Power Station, cooling tower 1[28] Coal power plant United States Somerset, Mass 500 ft (150 m) 2009 demolished in 2019, tallest concrete cooling towers to be explosively demolished[29]
Brayton Point Power Station, cooling tower 2[28] Coal power plant United States Somerset, Mass 500 ft (150 m) 2009 demolished in 2019
Trojan Nuclear Power Plant[30] Nuclear power plant United States Prescott, Oregon 499 ft (152 m) 1976 demolished in 2006[31]

See also

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References

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  31. ^ "Nuclear Tower Crumbles, On Purpose". www.cbsnews.com. 21 May 2006.
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