Power plant · Velen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Vierkuhlen
Vierkuhlen is a planned power plant in Velen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with 21 MW of capacity, operated by Windenergie Vierkuhlen 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 | Velen | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 46342 Velen | 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 | Windenergie Vierkuhlen GmbH & Co. KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 21 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 3 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 | 51.8826, 7.0320 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Vierkuhlen is the 223rd-largest of 488 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 972nd-largest of 2,173 in Germany by capacity; its 21 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 | 223rd of 488 | 16,529 MW | 0.13% |
| Germany | 972nd of 2,173 | 78,152 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,696th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 254 substations, 6 CO2 emitters (5 operating) and 2 processing plants, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Station Groß-Reken | Substation | — | — | 6.9 km |
| Umspannwerk Coesfeld-Lette | Substation | — | — | 7.8 km |
| Kabelübergabestation Lüningkamp | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| Green gas Lichtenvoorde (Biologische Industriële Reststoffenverwerking) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 35 km |
| Green gas Lichtenvoorde (Biologische Industriële Reststoffenverwerking) | CO2 emitter | — | Permitted | 35 km |
| Biomass heat Beltrum (Groot Zevert Vergisting) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 37 km |
| ProHiPerSi | Processing plant | — | — | 43 km |
| Second TBRC Lünen | Processing plant | — | — | 45 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.