Power plant · Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Lembecker Elven
Lembecker Elven is a planned power plant in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with 36 MW of capacity, operated by Bürgerwind Lembecker Elven 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 | Dorsten | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 46286 Dorsten | 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 Lembecker Elven GmbH & Co. KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 36 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 | 51.7834, 6.9805 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Lembecker Elven is the 90th-largest of 488 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 395th-largest of 2,173 in Germany by capacity; its 36 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 | 90th of 488 | 16,529 MW | 0.22% |
| Germany | 395th of 2,173 | 78,152 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,716th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 296 substations, 7 data centers, 5 CO2 emitters (4 operating) and 2 processing plants, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umspannwerk Wessendorf | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/782652069) | Substation | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Station Lembeck | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| ProHiPerSi | Processing plant | — | — | 31 km |
| Green gas Lichtenvoorde (Biologische Industriële Reststoffenverwerking) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 37 km |
| Green gas Lichtenvoorde (Biologische Industriële Reststoffenverwerking) | CO2 emitter | — | Permitted | 37 km |
| RZ5 Dortmund-Huckarde | Data center | — | — | 41 km |
| Second TBRC Lünen | Processing plant | — | — | 41 km |
| Data center, North Rhine-Westphalia (OSM way 1150893372) | Data center | — | — | 42 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.