Power plant · Brakel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Windpark Schmechten
Windpark Schmechten is a planned power plant in Brakel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with 20.6 MW of capacity, operated by Windenergie Schmechten 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 | Brakel | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 33034 Brakel | 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 Schmechten GmbH & Co. KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20.6 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 | Avacon Netz GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Westfalen Weser Netz GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6907, 9.1075 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Windpark Schmechten is the 244th-largest of 488 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 1,054th-largest of 2,173 in Germany by capacity; its 20.6 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 | 244th of 488 | 16,529 MW | 0.12% |
| Germany | 1,054th of 2,173 | 78,152 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,492nd of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 96 substations, 2 CO2 emitters (827,712 tCO2e) and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alhausen | Substation | — | — | 6.7 km |
| Umspannwerk Brakel | Substation | — | — | 6.9 km |
| Holzhausen | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| VegaSystems NCPB | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Zementwerk Geseke | CO2 emitter | 566,283 tCO2e | — | 42 km |
| DY-Werk Geseke | CO2 emitter | 261,429 tCO2e | — | 42 km |
Operator, grid operators 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
- 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.