Power plant · Grenzach-Wyhlen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

KW Wyhlen

KW Wyhlen is a power plant in Grenzach-Wyhlen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, with 37.8 MW of capacity, operated by naturenergie hochrhein AG.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Grenzach-Wyhlen	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Address	Am Wasserkraftwerk, 79639 Grenzach-Wyhlen	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Operating	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	1912	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	naturenergie hochrhein AG	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	37.8 MW	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Units	11 units	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Hydro	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	naturenergie netze GmbH	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	47.5388, 7.7077	Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

KW Wyhlen is the 53rd-largest of 231 power plants in Baden-Württemberg and the 859th-largest of 4,012 in Germany by capacity; its 37.8 MW is <0.1% of the 193,669 MW we hold for Germany. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.

Within	Rank	Total	Share
Baden-Württemberg	53rd of 231	14,520 MW	0.26%
Germany	859th of 4,012	193,669 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	2,401st of 12,032	1,190,447 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 37 substations and 1 CO2 emitter (201,136 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
110 kV substation (OSM way/107254597)	Substation	—	—	0.1 km
Rheinfelden	Substation	—	—	7.9 km
110 kV substation (OSM way/138809712)	Substation	—	—	7.9 km
Holcim Haut Rhin - Usine d'Altkirch	CO2 emitter	201,136 tCO2e	—	37 km

Operator, grid operator and place

naturenergie hochrhein AGOperator
naturenergie netze GmbHGrid operator
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Data on this page

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Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
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OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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