Power plant · Simmerath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Simmerath-Strauch
Simmerath-Strauch is a power plant in Simmerath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with 14 MW of capacity, operated by Enercon Windpark GmbH & Co. Strauch-Michelshof KG.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Simmerath | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 52152 Simmerath | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2004 | 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 | Enercon Windpark GmbH & Co. Strauch-Michelshof KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 14 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 7 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 | 50.6460, 6.3511 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Simmerath-Strauch is the 345th-largest of 490 power plants in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 2,820th-largest of 4,012 in Germany by capacity; its 14 MW is <0.1% of the 193,669 MW we hold for Germany. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 345th of 490 | 38,595 MW | <0.1% |
| Germany | 2,820th of 4,012 | 193,669 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 5,466th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 128 substations, 2 CO2 emitters and 1 processing plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/215601263) | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/77466242) | Substation | — | — | 5.7 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/34479547) | Substation | — | — | 7.5 km |
| EU BEST STRAT: Battery Economical Sustainable (Recycling-) Technology | Processing plant | — | — | 21 km |
| Biomass heat Heerlen (Carbon6) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 38 km |
| Heat pump Brunssum (Stichting Weller Wonen) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 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
- 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 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.