Power plant · Rhede, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Büngern
Büngern is a planned power plant in Rhede, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with 55.4 MW of capacity, operated by Bürgerwind Büngern 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 | Rhede | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 46414 Rhede | 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 | Bürgerwind Büngern GmbH & Co. KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 55.4 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 8 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 | 51.8029, 6.6771 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Büngern is the 34th-largest of 488 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 189th-largest of 2,173 in Germany by capacity; its 55.4 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 | 34th of 488 | 16,529 MW | 0.34% |
| Germany | 189th of 2,173 | 78,152 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,772nd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 241 substations, 11 CO2 emitters (10 operating), 1 processing plant and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Station Bocholt | Substation | — | — | 4.9 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/680973700) | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Station Dingden | Substation | — | — | 6.1 km |
| Green gas Lichtenvoorde (Biologische Industriële Reststoffenverwerking) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 23 km |
| Green gas Lichtenvoorde (Biologische Industriële Reststoffenverwerking) | CO2 emitter | — | Permitted | 23 km |
| Biomass heat Beltrum (Groot Zevert Vergisting) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 32 km |
| ProHiPerSi | Processing plant | — | — | 32 km |
| Equinix Enschede | Data center | — | — | 50 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
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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 Union, European Commission (DG GROW). EU CRMA strategic projects, 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.