Power plant · Simmerath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Windpark Simmerath II
Windpark Simmerath II is a power plant in Simmerath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with 11.2 MW of capacity, operated by Windpark Simmerath 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 | Simmerath | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 52152 Simmerath | 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 | 2024 | 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 | Windpark Simmerath GmbH & Co. KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 11.2 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 |
| Coordinates | 50.6530, 6.2857 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Windpark Simmerath II is the 439th-largest of 490 power plants in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 3,614th-largest of 4,012 in Germany by capacity; its 11.2 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 | 439th of 490 | 38,595 MW | <0.1% |
| Germany | 3,614th of 4,012 | 193,669 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,637th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 119 substations, 7 data centers, 3 CO2 emitters 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/77466242) | Substation | — | — | 1.8 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/215601263) | Substation | — | — | 6.4 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/151581304) | Substation | — | — | 8.5 km |
| EU BEST STRAT: Battery Economical Sustainable (Recycling-) Technology | Processing plant | — | — | 17 km |
| EURaix | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| hex/AC | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| EURaix Evolution | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Biomass heat Heerlen (Carbon6) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 35 km |
| Heat pump Brunssum (Stichting Weller Wonen) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 40 km |
Operator, grid operator and place
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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.