Power plant · Unterneukirchen, Bavaria, Germany
WKW III
WKW III is a power plant in Unterneukirchen, Bavaria, Germany, with 18.5 MW of capacity, operated by Alzkraftwerke Heider GmbH.
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 | Unterneukirchen | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Mühlthal 1, 84579 Unterneukirchen | 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 | 1920 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Alzkraftwerke Heider GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 18.5 MW | 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 | Alzchem Netz GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 48.1540, 12.6520 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
WKW III is the 196th-largest of 481 power plants in Bavaria and the 1,986th-largest of 4,012 in Germany by capacity; its 18.5 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 | 196th of 481 | 20,044 MW | <0.1% |
| Germany | 1,986th of 4,012 | 193,669 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,236th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 54 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umspannwerk Hart an der Alz | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/1154025345) | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Umspannwerk Gendorf | Substation | — | — | 6.2 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 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.