Power plant · Merzen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Merzen - In den Braaken
Merzen - In den Braaken is a planned power plant in Merzen, Lower Saxony, Germany, with 31.2 MW of capacity, operated by Windpark In den Braaken Projektentwicklungs GmbH & Co. KG.
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 | Merzen | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 49586 Merzen | 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 In den Braaken Projektentwicklungs GmbH & Co. KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 31.2 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 4 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 | Westnetz GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.4512, 7.8049 | 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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Merzen - In den Braaken is the 107th-largest of 383 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Lower Saxony and the 536th-largest of 2,173 in Germany by capacity; its 31.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Saxony | 107th of 383 | 10,881 MW | 0.29% |
| Germany | 536th of 2,173 | 78,152 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,953rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 110 substations, 4 CO2 emitters (3,495,413 tCO2e) and 2 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merzen | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/155704702) | Substation | — | — | 8.5 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/895940411) | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| Gebäude 94/95 | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Drehofen 4 Lengerich | CO2 emitter | 167,323 tCO2e | — | 31 km |
| Drehofenanlage 8 Lengerich | CO2 emitter | 621,978 tCO2e | — | 31 km |
| Kraftwerk Emsland (Lingen) | CO2 emitter | 1,623,104 tCO2e | — | 34 km |
| DMO | Data center | — | — | 36 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.
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- 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.