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 RemarksPingshan II Power StationCoal power stationChinaHuaibei689 ft (210 m)2020 Kalisindh Thermal Power Station, Unit 1 cooling tower Coal power station India Jhalawar 2012 Kalisindh Thermal Power Station, Unit 2 cooling tower Coal power station India Jhalawar 2012 Niederaussem Power Station Coal power station Germany Bergheim 2002 Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit 3 & 4 Nuclear power station United States Burke County, Georgia 2022 Walsum power plant Coal power station Germany Duisburg 2008 Bełchatów Power Station, new unit Coal power station Poland Bełchatów 2011 THTR-300 Nuclear power plant Germany Hamm-Uentrop 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 1996 Base diameter of 153 m / 502 ft Civaux Nuclear Power Plant, cooling tower 2 Nuclear power plant France Civaux 1996 Base diameter of 153 m / 502 ft Cooling towers of Golfech Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear power plant France Golfech 2 cooling towers, base diameter of 146 m / 479 ft Datteln Power Station Coal power station Germany Datteln 2009 Lippendorf Power Station Unit 1 Coal power station Germany Lippendorf 2000 Lippendorf Power Station Unit 2 Coal power station Germany Lippendorf 2000 Cooling towers of Chooz Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear power plant France Chooz 2 cooling towers, base diameter of 153 m / 502 ft Neurath Power Station BoA 2 Coal power station Germany Grevenbroich 2012 Neurath Power Station BoA 3 Coal power station Germany Grevenbroich 2012 Novovoronezsh Nuclear power plant, Unit II-1Nuclear power plantRussiaVoronezh Oblast561 ft (171 m)2013Novovoronezsh Nuclear power plant, Unit II-2Nuclear power plantRussiaVoronezh Oblast561 ft (171 m)2014 Doel Nuclear Power Station, cooling tower 1 Nuclear power plant Belgium Beveren 1975 Doel Nuclear Power Station, cooling tower 2 Nuclear power plant Belgium Beveren 1975 Callaway Nuclear Generating Station Nuclear power plant United States Fulton, MO 1984 Base diameter of 131 m / 430 ft Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit #1 Nuclear power station United States Burke County, Georgia 1976 Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit #2 Nuclear power station United States Burke County, Georgia 1976 Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant, Unit II-2Nuclear power plantRussiaLeningrad oblast548 ft (167 m)2018 Westphalia Power Plant, Unit D cooling tower Coal power station Germany Hamm 2009 Westphalia Power Plant, Unit E cooling tower Coal power station Germany Hamm 2009 Nine Mile Point Nuclear Generating Station Nuclear power plant United States Scriba, NY 1988 Cooling towers of Belleville Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear power plant France Belleville-sur-Loire 2 cooling towers, base diameter of 147 m / 482 ft Cooling towers of Cattenom Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear power plant France Cattenom 4 cooling towers, base diameter of 205 m / 673 ft Cooling towers of Dampierre Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear power plant France Dampierre-en-Burly 4 cooling towers, base diameter of 131 m / 430 ft Cooling towers of Nogent Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear power plant France Nogent-sur-Seine 2 cooling towers, base diameter of 147 m / 482 ft Hartsville Nuclear Plant Nuclear power plant United States Hartsville, Tennessee 1983 demolished in 2025https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Ji4w3X-gE - Cancelled nuclear power plant, reactors partially completed. Tallest concrete cooling tower to ever be explosively demolished. Mülheim-Kärlich Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear power plant Germany Mülheim-Kärlich 1978 dismantled in 2019 by use of an excavator Plant Scherer Unit #1 Coal power station United States Juliette, Georgia 1982 Plant Scherer Unit #2 Coal power station United States Juliette, Georgia 1984 Plant Scherer Unit #3 Coal power station United States Juliette, Georgia 1987 Plant Scherer Unit #4 Coal power station United States Juliette, Georgia 1989 Lünen-Stummhafen Trianel Power Plant Coal power station Germany Lünen 2009 Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant, cooling tower 1 Nuclear power plant Germany Gundremmingen 1984 demolished by explosives 2025-10-25 Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant, cooling tower 2 Nuclear power plant Germany Gundremmingen 1984 demolished by explosives 2025-10-25 Torre de refrigeración de Central nuclear de Ascó Nuclear power plant Spain Ascó ? Base diameter of 120 m / 393 ftTemelín Nuclear power plantNuclear power plantCzech RepublicTemelin1988155 meters in height, 4 cooling towers Cooling towers of Cruas Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear power plant France Cruas 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 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 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 2009 demolished in 2019, tallest concrete cooling towers to be explosively demolished in the US at that time Brayton Point Power Station, cooling tower 2 Coal power plant United States Somerset, Massachusetts 2009 demolished in 2019 Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear power plant United States Prescott, Oregon 1976 demolished in 2006

See also List of tallest buildings and structures

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