Power plant · Rüthen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Windpark Meiste (Meiste wind farm)
Windpark Meiste is a planned wind power plant in Rüthen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with 11.1 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 | Rüthen | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 59602 Rüthen | 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 |
| Capacity | 11.1 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 2 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 |
| Grid connection level | Medium voltage (Mittelspannung) | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5220, 8.5085 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Windpark Meiste is the 455th-largest of 488 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 2,029th-largest of 2,173 in Germany by capacity; its 11.1 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 | 455th of 488 | 16,529 MW | <0.1% |
| Germany | 2,029th of 2,173 | 78,152 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,782nd of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 107 substations, 8 CO2 emitters (3,758,465 tCO2e) and 2 data centers, 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 Büren | Substation | — | — | 4.3 km |
| Station Rüthen | Substation | — | — | 5.2 km |
| Zementwerk Geseke | CO2 emitter | 566,283 tCO2e | — | 11 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/42797573) | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| DY-Werk Geseke | CO2 emitter | 261,429 tCO2e | — | 12 km |
| Klinkerproduktionsanlage | CO2 emitter | 404,349 tCO2e | — | 14 km |
| VegaSystems NCPB | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Data center, North Rhine-Westphalia (OSM way 88425865) | Data center | — | — | 40 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
- 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 Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, 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.
- 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.