# List of tallest cooling towers

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

## List of tallest cooling towers

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 | |
| Kalisindh Thermal Power Station, Unit 1 cooling tower | Coal power station | India | Jhalawar | 663 ft (202 m) | 2012 | |
| 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 | Nuclear power station | United States | Burke County, Georgia | 600 ft (180 m) | 2022 | |
| Walsum power plant | Coal power station | Germany | Duisburg | 594 ft (181 m) | 2008 | |
| Bełchatów Power Station, new unit | 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, demolished in 1991, tallest of any kind to be demolished |
| Civaux Nuclear Power Plant, cooling tower 1 | Nuclear power plant | France | Civaux | 589 ft (180 m) | 1996 | Base diameter of 153 m / 502 ft |
| Civaux Nuclear Power Plant, cooling tower 2 | 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 | Coal power station | Germany | Datteln | 584 ft (178 m) | 2009 | |
| Lippendorf Power Station Unit 1 | 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 | Nuclear power plant | Russia | Voronezh Oblast | 561 ft (171 m) | 2013 | |
| Novovoronezsh Nuclear power plant, Unit II-2 | Nuclear power plant | Russia | Voronezh Oblast | 561 ft (171 m) | 2014 | |
| Doel Nuclear Power Station, cooling tower 1 | 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 | 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 | Nuclear power station | United States | Burke County, Georgia | 548 ft (167 m) | 1976 | |
| Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit #2 | Nuclear power station | United States | Burke County, Georgia | 548 ft (167 m) | 1976 | |
| Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant, Unit II-2 | Nuclear power plant | Russia | Leningrad oblast | 548 ft (167 m) | 2018 | |
| Westphalia Power Plant, Unit D cooling tower | Coal power station | Germany | Hamm | 546 ft (166 m) | 2009 | |
| Westphalia Power Plant, Unit E cooling tower | Coal power station | Germany | Hamm | 546 ft (166 m) | 2009 | |
| Nine Mile Point Nuclear Generating Station | 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 | Nuclear power plant | Germany | Mülheim-Kärlich | 532 ft (162 m) | 1978 | dismantled in 2019 by use of an excavator |
| 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 | Coal power station | Germany | Lünen | 525 ft (160 m) | 2009 | |
| Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant, cooling tower 1 | Nuclear power plant | Germany | Gundremmingen | 525 ft (160 m) | 1984 | |
| Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant, cooling tower 2 | Nuclear power plant | Germany | Gundremmingen | 525 ft (160 m) | 1984 | |
| Torre de refrigeración de Central nuclear de Ascó | 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 | Nuclear power plant | United States | Rhea County, TN | 506 ft (154 m) | 1977 | Base diameter of 123 m / 405 ft. Unit 1 did not enter into service until 1996, the cooling towers was completed by 1977 |
| Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, cooling tower 2 | Nuclear power plant | United States | Rhea County, TN | 506 ft (154 m) | 1977 | Base diameter of 123 m / 405 ft. Unit 2 did not enter into service until 2016, the cooling towers was completed by 1977 |
| Brayton Point Power Station, cooling tower 1 | Coal power plant | United States | Somerset, Massachusetts | 500 ft (150 m) | 2009 | demolished in 2019, tallest concrete cooling towers to be explosively demolished |
| Brayton Point Power Station, cooling tower 2 | Coal power plant | United States | Somerset, Massachusetts | 500 ft (150 m) | 2009 | demolished in 2019 |
| Trojan Nuclear Power Plant | Nuclear power plant | United States | Prescott, Oregon | 499 ft (152 m) | 1976 | demolished in 2006 |