Power plant · Thurnau, Bavaria, Germany
Windpark Thurnau (Thurnau wind farm)
Windpark Thurnau is a wind power plant in Thurnau, Bavaria, Germany, with 24 MW of capacity, operated by VR Bank Nord eG.
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 | Thurnau | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 95349 Thurnau | 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 | 2015 | 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 | VR Bank Nord eG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 24 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 10 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 |
| Grid connection level | High voltage (110 kV) (Hochspannung) | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 49.9992, 11.3866 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Windpark Thurnau is the 135th-largest of 481 power plants in Bavaria and the 1,447th-largest of 4,012 in Germany by capacity; its 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bavaria | 135th of 481 | 20,044 MW | 0.12% |
| Germany | 1,447th of 4,012 | 193,669 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,012th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 116 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center, Bavaria (OSM way 705780985) | Data center | — | — | 6.7 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/449163070) | Substation | — | — | 7.7 km |
| Umspannwerk Buckendorf | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| Umspannwerk Kulmbach | Substation | — | — | 11 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
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
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