Power plant · Rees, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Uw2 (Rees)
Uw2 (Rees) is a planned power plant in Rees, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with 29.9 MW of capacity, connected by Westnetz 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 | Rees | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Uferweg 2, 46459 Rees | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 29.9 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Storage capacity | 0.03 MWh | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | battery storage | 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 | 51.7733, 6.4103 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Uw2 (Rees) is the 124th-largest of 488 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 571st-largest of 2,173 in Germany by capacity; its 29.9 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 | 124th of 488 | 16,529 MW | 0.18% |
| Germany | 571st of 2,173 | 78,152 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,103rd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 190 substations, 30 CO2 emitters (20 operating), 3 data centers and 1 processing plant, 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 Rees | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Station Millingen | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Station Mehr | Substation | — | — | 7.4 km |
| Electric boiler Doetinchem (Papierfabriek Doetinchem) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 22 km |
| Heat pump Wehl (B.V. Esbro) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 23 km |
| Green gas Lichtenvoorde (Biologische Industriële Reststoffenverwerking) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 27 km |
| ProHiPerSi | Processing plant | — | — | 39 km |
| Eurofiber data center Arnhem 1 | Data center | — | — | 40 km |
| Systemec Venlo DC19 | Data center | — | — | 47 km |
Grid operator and place
More from Westnetz GmbH
- Dormagen562 MW
- Eschweiler Fronhoven453 MW
- Emsland C GT1235 MW
- Gersteinwerk K184 MW
- Gersteinwerk165 MW
- Koepchenwerk Bl.162 MW
- Batteriespeicher Westfalen 1140 MW
- Windpark Grüner Weg Meerhof140 MW
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.