Power plant · Welver, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Welver
Welver is a power plant in Welver, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with 10.4 MW of capacity, operated by RWE Wind Onshore & PV Deutschland GmbH, BürgerWIND Schwefe GmbH & Co. KG and Alterric Windpark GmbH & Co. Megawind II 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 | Welver | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 59514 Welver | 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 | 2002 | 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 | RWE Wind Onshore & PV Deutschland GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | BürgerWIND Schwefe GmbH & Co. KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Alterric Windpark GmbH & Co. Megawind II KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 10.4 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 8 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 | 51.5769, 7.9915 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Welver is the 469th-largest of 490 power plants in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 3,807th-largest of 4,012 in Germany by capacity; its 10.4 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 | 469th of 490 | 38,595 MW | <0.1% |
| Germany | 3,807th of 4,012 | 193,669 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,926th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 186 substations, 14 CO2 emitters (9,876,730 tCO2e), 5 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 Ostönnen | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/157546253) | Substation | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Station Soest | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| GuD Hamm - TGH | CO2 emitter | 778,295 tCO2e | — | 12 km |
| Anlage zur Herstellung von Zementklinker | CO2 emitter | 232,812 tCO2e | — | 21 km |
| Zementwerk Beckum-Kollenbach | CO2 emitter | 354,228 tCO2e | — | 21 km |
| Second TBRC Lünen | Processing plant | — | — | 34 km |
| Data center, Dortmund (OSM way 54821769) | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| RZ5 Dortmund-Huckarde | Data center | — | — | 40 km |
Operators, grid operator and place
More from RWE Wind Onshore & PV Deutschland GmbH
- WP Eilerberg108 MW
- WP Bertkow-Baben III87.7 MW
- Jüchen 377 MW · planned
- Putlitz 262 MW
- Bartelsdorf50.4 MW
- Malterhausen Repowering 149 MW · planned
- Windpark Rommerskirchen Butzheim46.2 MW · planned
- WP Lesse 5 Repowering44.7 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
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.