Power plant · Westerkappeln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
EA-1553529 Westerkappeln Velpe
EA-1553529 Westerkappeln Velpe is a planned power plant in Westerkappeln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with 16.6 MW of capacity, operated by Aurora RE 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 | Westerkappeln | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Danebrocker Str. 2, 49492 Westerkappeln | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Aurora RE GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 16.6 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | 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 | 52.2616, 7.8566 | 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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EA-1553529 Westerkappeln Velpe is the 306th-largest of 488 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 1,396th-largest of 2,173 in Germany by capacity; its 16.6 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 | 306th of 488 | 16,529 MW | 0.1% |
| Germany | 1,396th of 2,173 | 78,152 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,337th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 108 substations, 6 data centers and 4 CO2 emitters (2,597,278 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Station Westerkappeln | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Station Westerkappeln | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Station Westerkappeln | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Drehofen 4 Lengerich | CO2 emitter | 167,323 tCO2e | — | 9.9 km |
| Drehofenanlage 8 Lengerich | CO2 emitter | 621,978 tCO2e | — | 9.9 km |
| Gebäude 94/95 | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| DMO | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Fiducia & GAD IT AG data center, Münster | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
| Heizkraftwerk Hafen der Stadtwerke Münster GmbH | CO2 emitter | 184,873 tCO2e | — | 38 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.