Power plant · Emlichheim, Lower Saxony, Germany
BMHKW
BMHKW is a power plant in Emlichheim, Lower Saxony, Germany, with 20.8 MW of capacity, operated by EBE Holzheizkraftwerk 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 | Emlichheim | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Neuerostraße 8, 49824 Emlichheim | 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 | 2006 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | EBE Holzheizkraftwerk GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20.8 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Westnetz GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.6198, 6.8731 | 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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BMHKW is the 267th-largest of 557 power plants in Lower Saxony and the 1,723rd-largest of 4,012 in Germany by capacity; its 20.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Saxony | 267th of 557 | 24,459 MW | <0.1% |
| Germany | 1,723rd of 4,012 | 193,669 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,823rd of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 354 permit notices, 111 substations, 19 CO2 emitters (14 operating) and 2 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalle | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Großringe | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/1117427745) | Substation | — | — | 7.0 km |
| Industry omgevingsvergunning application, Coevorden (prb-2026-8708) | Permit notice | — | — | 8.7 km |
| Green gas Coevorden (Bio Energy Coevorden) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 9.1 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning decision, Emmen (prb-2025-16214) | Permit notice | — | — | 9.6 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning draft decision, Emmen (prb-2025-11441) | Permit notice | — | — | 9.6 km |
| Green gas Anerveen (Bio Verwerker Anerveen) | CO2 emitter | — | Permitted | 16 km |
| Green gas Brucht (ENGIE RGE Hardenberg) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 18 km |
Operator, grid operator and place
Other power plants in Lower Saxony
- Emsland1,645 MW
- Grohnde1,360 MW
- Emsland A1,336 MW
- Kraftwerk Wilhelmshaven Onyx726 MW
- Wilhelmshaven 1 DT715 MW
- KWM Block 3690 MW
- Kraftwerk Emden Dampfturbine433 MW
- Kraftwerk Landesbergen Dampfturbine431 MW
Data on this page
- 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.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- Officiële Bekendmakingen. Officiële Bekendmakingen, CC0 1.0.
- 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.