Power plant · Betzenstein, Bavaria, Germany
Veldensteiner Forst
Veldensteiner Forst is a planned power plant in Betzenstein, Bavaria, Germany, with 66 MW of capacity, operated by Windpark Hüll Verwaltungsgesellschaft UG (haftungsbeschränkt).
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Betzenstein | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 91282 Betzenstein | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Windpark Hüll Verwaltungsgesellschaft UG (haftungsbeschränkt) | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 66 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 | wind | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Bayernwerk Netz GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 49.6817, 11.4705 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Veldensteiner Forst is the 15th-largest of 218 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Bavaria and the 120th-largest of 2,173 in Germany by capacity; its 66 MW is <0.1% of the 78,152 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for Germany. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bavaria | 15th of 218 | 7,370 MW | 0.9% |
| Germany | 120th of 2,173 | 78,152 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,611th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 76 substations and 7 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umspannwerk Hartenstein | Substation | — | — | 9.7 km |
| Umspannwerk Pegnitz | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Umspannwerk Auerbach | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| CSA Computer Service Agentur GmbH | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| Rechenzentrum Nürnberg Zentrum | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| noris network | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
Operator, grid operator and place
Other power plants in Bavaria
- Isar 21,410 MW
- Gundremmingen C1,288 MW
- Irsching 5846 MW
- Franken823 MW
- SWM HKW Sued619 MW
- Irsching 4576 MW
- Kraftwerk Zolling472 MW
- Irsching 3415 MW
Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.