Power plant · Lichtenau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Bürgerwindpark Am alten Postweg
Bürgerwindpark Am alten Postweg is a planned power plant in Lichtenau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with 24 MW of capacity, operated by Bürgerwindpark Am alten Postweg 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 | Lichtenau | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 33165 Lichtenau | 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 | Bürgerwindpark Am alten Postweg GmbH & Co. KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 24 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 4 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 | 51.5996, 8.8959 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Bürgerwindpark Am alten Postweg is the 176th-largest of 488 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 792nd-largest of 2,173 in Germany by capacity; its 24 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 | 176th of 488 | 16,529 MW | 0.15% |
| Germany | 792nd of 2,173 | 78,152 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,456th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 104 substations, 4 CO2 emitters (1,789,002 tCO2e) and 2 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/42676616) | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Umspannwerk Lichtenau | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
| UW Mittelberg | Substation | — | — | 6.4 km |
| VegaSystems NCPB | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Zementwerk Geseke | CO2 emitter | 566,283 tCO2e | — | 27 km |
| DY-Werk Geseke | CO2 emitter | 261,429 tCO2e | — | 27 km |
| Spenner Drehofenanlage | CO2 emitter | 556,941 tCO2e | — | 39 km |
| Data center, North Rhine-Westphalia (OSM way 88425865) | Data center | — | — | 44 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.