Power plant · Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Gasmotorenkraftwerk Knapsacker Hügel
Gasmotorenkraftwerk Knapsacker Hügel is a planned power plant in Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with 129 MW of capacity, operated by RWE Generation SE.
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 | Hürth | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Goldenbergstraße 2, 50354 Hürth | 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 | RWE Generation SE | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 129 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 28 units | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas | 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 | 50.8636, 6.8462 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Gasmotorenkraftwerk Knapsacker Hügel is the 12th-largest of 488 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 57th-largest of 2,173 in Germany by capacity; its 129 MW is 0.17% 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 | 12th of 488 | 16,529 MW | 0.78% |
| Germany | 57th of 2,173 | 78,152 MW | 0.17% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,145th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 248 substations, 11 data centers and 1 processing plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Station Knapsack | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Kraftwerkschaltanlage Knapsack 1 | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Umspannanlage Berrenrath | Substation | — | — | 1.4 km |
| NetCologne data center, Köln | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Surfplanet GmbH | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Datacenter One | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Pure Battery Technologies pCAM plant Europe | Processing plant | — | — | 48 km |
Operator, grid operator and place
More from RWE Generation SE
- Emsland1,645 MW
- Vianden1,294 MW
- Gersteinwerk1,065 MW
- GuD Voerde856 MW · planned
- GuD Gundremmingen830 MW · planned
- GuD Gersteinwerk GT547 MW · planned
- GuD Weisweiler GT543 MW · planned
- Batteriespeicher Gundremmingen 1391 MW · planned
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.