Power plant · Wettringen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Brechte
Brechte is a power plant in Wettringen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with 15 MW of capacity, operated by Bürgerwind Brechte 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 | Wettringen | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 48493 Wettringen | 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 | 2016 | 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 | Bürgerwind Brechte GmbH & Co. KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 15 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 | Westnetz GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.2570, 7.2456 | 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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Brechte is the 322nd-largest of 490 power plants in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 2,597th-largest of 4,012 in Germany by capacity; its 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 322nd of 490 | 38,595 MW | <0.1% |
| Germany | 2,597th of 4,012 | 193,669 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 5,118th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 139 permit notices, 116 substations, 12 CO2 emitters (7 operating) and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schüttorf | Substation | — | — | 6.8 km |
| Öchtel | Substation | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Öchtel | Substation | — | — | 7.3 km |
| Battery storage omgevingsvergunning application, Oldenzaal (gmb-2025-200168) | Permit notice | — | — | 22 km |
| Battery storage omgevingsvergunning decision, Oldenzaal (gmb-2025-326066) | Permit notice | — | — | 22 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning application, Dinkelland (prb-2026-5721) | Permit notice | — | — | 24 km |
| Kraftwerk Emsland (Lingen) | CO2 emitter | 1,623,104 tCO2e | — | 25 km |
| Equinix Enschede | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Biomass heat Hengelo Ov (Warmtebedrijf Hengelo) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 32 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
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- 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.
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