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Chemical Plants in Germany
Germany has 18 chemical plants mapped on the OverWatts open energy atlas — the 6th-largest fleet of the 80 countries that hold any, and 2% of the world's mapped total. Of these, 18 operating.
The largest owner-operators are Basell Polyolefine GmbH (2), Shell Deutschland GmbH (2) and BASF (1) — Basell Polyolefine GmbH alone is named on 11% of them. They account for 3% of every energy asset OverWatts maps in Germany.
18
Chemical Plant in Germany
#6
of 80 countries
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Who owns Germany's chemical plants
- Basell Polyolefine GmbH2 11%
- Shell Deutschland GmbH2 11%
- BASF1 6%
- BP Gelsenkirchen GmbH1 6%
- C1 Green Chemicals AG1 6%
- Dow Olefinverbund GmbH1 6%
- ICODOS1 6%
- INEOS Köln GmbH1 6%
Counts an asset once per company named as its owner or operator; a joint venture counts for each partner.
How Germany compares · chemical plants by country
Frequently asked
- How many chemical plants are there in Germany?
- OverWatts maps 18 chemical plants in Germany — 2% of the world's mapped total, the 6th-largest national fleet of the 80 countries with any.
- Who owns the chemical plants in Germany?
- Basell Polyolefine GmbH is named as owner or operator on the most — 2 of 18 (11%). Next are Shell Deutschland GmbH (2), BASF (1) and BP Gelsenkirchen GmbH (1).