Power plant · Barnstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany
Windpark Barnstorf
Windpark Barnstorf is a power plant in Barnstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany, with 11.5 MW of capacity, operated by WPA GmbH & Co. KG, WPA II GmbH & Co. KG, WPA III GmbH & Co. KG and 2 others.
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 | Barnstorf | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Aldorf 2, 49406 Barnstorf | 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 | 2013 | 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 | WPA GmbH & Co. KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | WPA II GmbH & Co. KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | WPA III GmbH & Co. KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | WPA VIII GmbH & Co. KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | WPA VII GmbH & Co. KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 11.5 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 5 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 | Stadtwerke EVB Huntetal Netz GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.7379, 8.5300 | 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 Barnstorf is the 487th-largest of 557 power plants in Lower Saxony and the 3,525th-largest of 4,012 in Germany by capacity; its 11.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Saxony | 487th of 557 | 24,459 MW | <0.1% |
| Germany | 3,525th of 4,012 | 193,669 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,536th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 135 substations, 4 CO2 emitters (3,406,419 tCO2e) and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/169096950) | Substation | — | — | 4.6 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/393038081) | Substation | — | — | 6.9 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/1023904136) | Substation | — | — | 8.3 km |
| Dampfkesselanlage Großenkneten | CO2 emitter | 585,592 tCO2e | — | 32 km |
| Mittwald CM Service GmbH & Co. KG data center, North Rhine-Westphalia | Data center | — | — | 40 km |
| GuD | CO2 emitter | 197,558 tCO2e | — | 43 km |
| ColocationIX | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Einheitliche Anlage Bremen | CO2 emitter | 2,170,849 tCO2e | — | 46 km |
| EWE Netz GmbH | Data center | — | — | 47 km |
Operators, grid operator and place
- WPA GmbH & Co. KGOperator
- WPA II GmbH & Co. KGOperator
- WPA III GmbH & Co. KGOperator
- WPA VIII GmbH & Co. KGOperator
- WPA VII GmbH & Co. KGOperator
- Stadtwerke EVB Huntetal Netz GmbHGrid operator
- Power plants in Lower Saxony, Germany940
- Power plants in Germany6,185
- Germany: country profile
- Largest power plants
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.
- 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.
- © 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.