Power plant · Samern, Lower Saxony, Germany
Windpark Autobahnkreuz
Windpark Autobahnkreuz is a planned power plant in Samern, Lower Saxony, Germany, with 14 MW of capacity, operated by Stadtwerke Schüttorf - Emsbüren 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 | Samern | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 48465 Samern | 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 | Stadtwerke Schüttorf - Emsbüren GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 14 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 2 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 | 52.3299, 7.2612 | 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 Autobahnkreuz is the 283rd-largest of 383 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Lower Saxony and the 1,545th-largest of 2,173 in Germany by capacity; its 14 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 | 283rd of 383 | 10,881 MW | 0.13% |
| Germany | 1,545th of 2,173 | 78,152 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,232nd of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 116 permit notices, 114 substations, 12 CO2 emitters (7 operating) and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Öchtel | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Öchtel | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Schüttorf | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Kraftwerk Emsland (Lingen) | CO2 emitter | 1,623,104 tCO2e | — | 17 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning application, Dinkelland (prb-2026-5721) | Permit notice | — | — | 21 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning draft decision, Dinkelland (prb-2026-10464) | Permit notice | — | — | 22 km |
| Battery storage omgevingsvergunning application, Oldenzaal (gmb-2025-200168) | Permit notice | — | — | 23 km |
| Raffinerie als Glocke | CO2 emitter | 1,083,008 tCO2e | — | 26 km |
| Equinix Enschede | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
Operator, grid operator and place
More from Stadtwerke Schüttorf - Emsbüren GmbH
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- 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.
- Officiële Bekendmakingen. Officiële Bekendmakingen, CC0 1.0.
- © 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.