Editing Vattenfall (section)

==Generation==
As of 2019, renewables accounted for 35% of the firm's total generation capacity, including wind, solar and hydro power.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://group.vattenfall.com/what-we-do/our-energy-sources/wind-power|title=Wind power – Wind energy – Wind farms|website=Vattenfall|language=en|access-date=2019-11-26}}</ref>

Some of Vattenfall's most notable power generation plants include the 110 MW [[Lillgrund Wind Farm]] off the coast of [[Malmö]], Sweden, the world's largest<ref name="guardian20100923">{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/sep/23/british-firms-worlds-biggest-windfarm |title=British firms miss out as world's biggest offshore windfarm opens off UK coast |date=23 September 2010 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=2010-09-23 |location=London |first=Terry |last=MacAlister}}</ref> offshore wind farm of that time at [[Thanet Offshore Wind Project|Thanet, UK]], the nuclear reactors [[Brunsbuttel Nuclear Power Plant|Brunsbüttel Nuclear Power Plant]] (67% ownership), [[Krummel Nuclear Power Plant|Krümmel Nuclear Power Plant]] (50% ownership), [[Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant]] (20% ownership) in Germany, and the [[Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant]] and [[Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant]] in Sweden. The nuclear power stations of Brunsbüttel and Krümmel have been shut down permanently in response to a governmental order in summer 2011 after the [[Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.de/20141015/vattenfall--want-47-billion-for-german-nuclear-shutdown|title=Swedes want €4.7 billion for nuclear shutdown|date=15 October 2014|website=The Local}}</ref>

Vattenfall also operates [[biomass]] and other power plants in Germany and the Netherlands.

===Exit from German lignite coal===
[[File:Tagebau-Kraftwerk-Jaenschwalde.jpg|thumb|Open pit coal mine Jänschwalde and the [[Jänschwalde Power Station|Jänschwalde power plant]], Brandenburg, Germany (April 2010)]]
Until 2016, Vattenfall owned several open pit [[coal mine]]s digging up [[lignite]] for Vattenfall lignite power stations, including the [[Jänschwalde Power Station]], the [[Boxberg Power Station]], the [[Lippendorf Power Station]] (owned in part) and the [[Schwarze Pumpe Power Station]]. In 2014, Vattenfall had a lignite turnover of €2.3 billion and a profit of €647 million, but later lost money on lignite as power prices decreased from 40 to 20 €/MWh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/energi_miljo/energi/article3967784.ece|title=Två tjecker intresserade av Vattenfalls kol |trans-title=Two Czechs interested in Vattenfall's coal |work=www.nyteknik.se |date= |access-date=}}</ref> On 30{{nbsp}}September 2016, Vattenfall completed the sale of its German lignite facilities to the Czech energy group [[Energetický a průmyslový holding|EPH]] and its financial partner [[PPF (company)|PPF Investments]].<ref name="vattenfall-2016"><!-- web version: https://corporate.vattenfall.com/press-and-media/press-releases/2016/vattenfall-completes-german-lignite-business-sale/ -->
{{cite press release|title=Vattenfall completes German lignite business sale|date=30 September 2016|publisher=Vattenfall|location=Stockholm, Sweden|url=https://corporate.vattenfall.com/globalassets/cision/documents/2016/20160930-vattenfall-completes-german-lignite-business-sale-en-0-2319706.pdf|quote=Vattenfall has completed the sale of its German lignite business to the Czech energy group EPH and its financial partner PPF Investments.|access-date=2016-10-06|author=<!-- staff writer, no by-line -->}}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|title=Vattenfall exits German coal unit as it seeks sustainable energy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/18/vattenfall-exits-german-coal-unit-as-it-seeks-sustainable-energy|work=[[The Guardian]]|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |date=18 April 2016}}</ref>

===Nuclear generation===
In January 2016, Vattenfall announced that its Swedish nuclear power plants, including the newer reactors, were operating at a loss due to low electricity prices and Sweden's nuclear output tax. It warned that if it was forced to shut the plants down, there would be serious consequences to Sweden's electricity supply, and argued that the nuclear output tax should be scrapped.<ref name="wnn-20160108">{{cite news|url=http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/C-Vattenfall-seeks-to-return-reactors-to-profitability-0801164.html|title=Vattenfall seeks to return reactors to profitability|date=8 January 2016|access-date=11 January 2016|publisher=World Nuclear News}}</ref>

{{Anchor|ICSID}}In October 2016 Vattenfall began litigation against the German government for its 2011 decision to accelerate the phase-out of nuclear power.  Hearings are taking place at the [[World Bank]]'s [[International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes]] (ICSID) in [[Washington, D.C.]] and Vattenfall is claiming almost €4.7{{nbsp}}billion in damages. The German government regards the action as "inadmissible and unfounded".<ref name="clew-2016">{{cite web |title=Showdown in Germany's nuclear phase-out |date=10 October 2016 |work=Clean Energy Wire (CLEW) |location=Berlin, Germany |url=https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/all-new-cars-emission-free-2030-energiewende-costs/showdown-germanys-nuclear-phase-out |access-date=2016-10-24}}</ref><ref name="Reuters"/> 

In March 2021 the German government agreed to a settlement which resulted in €1.425 billion being paid to Vattenfall as part of a larger compensation package for all the utility companies impacted.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Germany Settles Nuclear Phaseout Legal Disputes for $2.9B |url=https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/germany-settles-nuclear-phase-out-legal-disputes-for-2.9b |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=www.greentechmedia.com}}</ref>

=== Carbon intensity ===
[[File:Pruszkow Elektrownia cropped.jpg|thumb|Vattenfall used to own assets in [[Poland]] until their divestment in 2011. Here exemplarily a power station in [[Pruszków]], near [[Warsaw]].]]
{{See also|List of European power companies by carbon intensity}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Electricity<br />Production (TWh) !! Emission<br />(Gt CO<sub>2</sub>) !! kg CO<sub>2</sub><br />/MWh !! Sweden<br />(TWh) !! kg CO<sub>2</sub><br />/MWh
|-
| 2006 || 165 || 74.5 || 450
|-
| 2007 || 184 || 84.5 || 459
|-
| 2008 || 178 || 81.72 ||459
|-
| 2009 || 175 || 79.05 || 452
|-
| 2010 || || 93.7 || 416
|-
| 2011 || 167 || 88.6 || 418
|-
| 2012 || 179 || 85.0 || 400
|-
| 2013 || 181.7 || 88.4 || 412
|-
|-2014 || 172.9 || 82.7 || 421
|-
|-2015 || 117.4 || 23.9 || 172
|-
|-2016 || 119 || 23.7 || 170
|-
|-2017 || 127.3 || 23.0 || 157
|-
|-2018 || 130.3 || 22.0 || 150
|-
|-2019 || 130.2 || 19.0 || -
|}