Walsum power station
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Walsum power station is a large coal-fired power plant in Duisburg, Germany, known for its prominent cooling tower and role in regional electricity and district heating supply.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walsum Unit 10 | 2 |
| Walsum Unit 9 | 1 |
| Walsum power station canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10806012 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walsum power station Context triple: [Walsum, hasLandmark, Walsum power station]
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A.
Guthega Power Station
Guthega Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant in New South Wales, Australia, forming part of the large-scale Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme.
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B.
Fessenheim hydroelectric power station
Fessenheim hydroelectric power station is a run-of-river hydroelectric facility on the Rhine in eastern France, known for generating renewable electricity via the Grand Canal d’Alsace.
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C.
Olidan power station
Olidan power station is one of Sweden’s oldest large-scale hydroelectric power plants, located in Trollhättan and historically important for the country’s industrial electrification.
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D.
Turów Power Station
Turów Power Station is a large lignite-fired power plant in southwestern Poland, notable as one of the country’s major electricity producers and a significant source of regional environmental controversy.
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E.
Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant
Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant was a now-decommissioned nuclear power station in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, that played a significant role in the country’s electricity generation before its shutdown under the German nuclear phase-out policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walsum power station Target entity description: Walsum power station is a large coal-fired power plant in Duisburg, Germany, known for its prominent cooling tower and role in regional electricity and district heating supply.
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A.
Guthega Power Station
Guthega Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant in New South Wales, Australia, forming part of the large-scale Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme.
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B.
Fessenheim hydroelectric power station
Fessenheim hydroelectric power station is a run-of-river hydroelectric facility on the Rhine in eastern France, known for generating renewable electricity via the Grand Canal d’Alsace.
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C.
Olidan power station
Olidan power station is one of Sweden’s oldest large-scale hydroelectric power plants, located in Trollhättan and historically important for the country’s industrial electrification.
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D.
Turów Power Station
Turów Power Station is a large lignite-fired power plant in southwestern Poland, notable as one of the country’s major electricity producers and a significant source of regional environmental controversy.
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E.
Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant
Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant was a now-decommissioned nuclear power station in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, that played a significant role in the country’s electricity generation before its shutdown under the German nuclear phase-out policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coal-fired power station
ⓘ
thermal power plant ⓘ |
| chimneyHeight | approximately 300 metres ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1950s ⓘ |
| configuration | condensing power plant with district heating extraction ⓘ |
| connectedTo | district heating network of Duisburg region ⓘ |
| coolingTowerHeight | approximately 180 metres ⓘ |
| coolingTowerType | natural draft cooling tower ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| emits |
carbon dioxide
ⓘ
nitrogen oxides ⓘ sulfur dioxide ⓘ |
| fuelDelivery |
railway
ⓘ
river barges ⓘ |
| generates | electricity ⓘ |
| gridConnection | German electricity grid ⓘ |
| hasCoolingTower | yes ⓘ |
| hasDistrictHeatingCapacity | several hundred megawatts thermal ⓘ |
| hasElectrostaticPrecipitator | yes ⓘ |
| hasFlueGasDesulfurization | yes ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Walsum Unit 10
ⓘ
linked to:
Walsum power station
|
| hasPostalCodeArea | Duisburg 47179 ⓘ |
| hasUnit |
Walsum Unit 10
ⓘ
linked to:
Walsum power station
Walsum Unit 9 ⓘ
linked to:
Walsum power station
|
| languageOfLocation | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Duisburg
ⓘ
North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ |
| locatedInDistrict | Duisburg-Walsum ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
German–Dutch border
ⓘ
linked to:
Netherlands–Germany border
|
| locatedOn |
Rhine River
ⓘ
linked to:
Rhine
|
| nearbyCity | Duisburg city centre ⓘ |
| nearbyPort | Port of Duisburg ⓘ |
| notableFor |
prominent cooling tower
ⓘ
tall chimney visible from long distance ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Steag GmbH ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Steag GmbH ⓘ |
| partOf | German coal power plant fleet ⓘ |
| primaryFuel | hard coal ⓘ |
| provides | district heating ⓘ |
| region |
Ruhr region
ⓘ
linked to:
Ruhr area
|
| regionSupplied | Ruhr area ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
European Union industrial emissions directive
ⓘ
linked to:
Industrial Emissions Directive 2010/75/EU
German emission regulations ⓘ |
| technology | steam turbine ⓘ |
| unit10NetCapacity | approximately 750 MW ⓘ |
| usesFuel | bituminous coal ⓘ |
| waterSource |
Rhine River
ⓘ
linked to:
Rhine
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Walsum power station Description of subject: Walsum power station is a large coal-fired power plant in Duisburg, Germany, known for its prominent cooling tower and role in regional electricity and district heating supply.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Walsum power station
linked to: Walsum power station
linked to: Walsum power station