Power plant · Vordorf, Lower Saxony, Germany
WP Rethen Vordorf Repowering
WP Rethen Vordorf Repowering is a planned power plant in Vordorf, Lower Saxony, Germany, with 21 MW of capacity, operated by RWE Wind Onshore & PV Deutschland 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 | Vordorf | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 38533 Vordorf | 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 | RWE Wind Onshore & PV Deutschland GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 21 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 3 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 | Avacon Netz GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.3783, 10.5072 | 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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WP Rethen Vordorf Repowering is the 187th-largest of 383 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Lower Saxony and the 972nd-largest of 2,173 in Germany by capacity; its 21 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 | 187th of 383 | 10,881 MW | 0.19% |
| Germany | 972nd of 2,173 | 78,152 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,696th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 132 substations, 7 CO2 emitters (8,498,186 tCO2e) and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rethen/BKB | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Wenden | Substation | — | — | 6.1 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/24598379) | Substation | — | — | 7.5 km |
| Heizkraftwerk Mitte Braunschweig | CO2 emitter | 253,988 tCO2e | — | 11 km |
| Gauß-IT-Zentrum | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Heizkraftwerk Nord | CO2 emitter | 360,477 tCO2e | — | 19 km |
| Heizkraftwerk West | CO2 emitter | 463,904 tCO2e | — | 19 km |
| Avacon AG Data Center Sehnde | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
| Grass-Merkur GmbH & Co. KG data center, Hannover | Data center | — | — | 44 km |
Operator, grid operator and place
More from RWE Wind Onshore & PV Deutschland GmbH
- WP Eilerberg108 MW
- WP Bertkow-Baben III87.7 MW
- Jüchen 377 MW · planned
- Putlitz 262 MW
- Bartelsdorf50.4 MW
- Malterhausen Repowering 149 MW · planned
- Windpark Rommerskirchen Butzheim46.2 MW · planned
- WP Lesse 5 Repowering44.7 MW
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.