Power plant · Balve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Balve
Balve is a planned power plant in Balve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with 11.1 MW of capacity, operated by SL Windpark Balve 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 | Balve | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 58802 Balve | 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 | SL Windpark Balve GmbH & Co. KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 11.1 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 | 51.3331, 7.8073 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Balve is the 455th-largest of 488 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 2,029th-largest of 2,173 in Germany by capacity; its 11.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 455th of 488 | 16,529 MW | <0.1% |
| Germany | 2,029th of 2,173 | 78,152 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,157th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 246 substations, 10 CO2 emitters (8,481,947 tCO2e), 4 data centers and 2 processing plants, 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/87212330) | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Hemer | Substation | — | — | 6.0 km |
| Werk Hönnetal - Anl. Z. Brennen v. Kalkstein | CO2 emitter | 604,128 tCO2e | — | 7.6 km |
| Hönnetal | Substation | — | — | 7.7 km |
| Stadtwerke Lüdenscheid GmbH (ENERVIE-Gruppe) | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Cuno-Heizkraftwerk Herdecke | CO2 emitter | 303,089 tCO2e | — | 28 km |
| Data center, Dortmund (OSM way 54821769) | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| Anlage zur Herstellung von Furnaceruss | CO2 emitter | 258,542 tCO2e | — | 35 km |
| RZ5 Dortmund-Huckarde | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
Operator, grid operator and place
Other power plants in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Niederaußem2,220 MW
- Neurath2,120 MW
- Weisweiler1,319 MW
- Gersteinwerk1,065 MW
- Datteln 41,052 MW
- Trianel Gaskraftwerk Hamm890 MW
- Knapsack I880 MW
- Heyden 4875 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.