Power plant · Simmerath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
WP Simmerath III
WP Simmerath III is a planned power plant in Simmerath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with 15.3 MW of capacity, operated by Stawag Energie 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 | 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 | 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 | Stawag Energie GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 15.3 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 | 50.6592, 6.2765 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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WP Simmerath III is the 316th-largest of 488 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 1,441st-largest of 2,173 in Germany by capacity; its 15.3 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 | 316th of 488 | 16,529 MW | <0.1% |
| Germany | 1,441st of 2,173 | 78,152 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,413th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 122 substations, 106 permit notices, 14 CO2 emitters (3 operating), 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/77466242) | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/215601263) | Substation | — | — | 7.1 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/151581304) | Substation | — | — | 9.1 km |
| EU BEST STRAT: Battery Economical Sustainable (Recycling-) Technology | Processing plant | — | — | 16 km |
| EURaix | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| hex/AC | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| EURaix Evolution | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Kraftwerk Weisweiler | CO2 emitter | 8,311,754 tCO2e | — | 20 km |
| Battery storage omgevingsvergunning application, Heerlen (gmb-2026-376025) | Permit notice | — | — | 26 km |
Operator, grid operator and place
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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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Officiële Bekendmakingen. Officiële Bekendmakingen, CC0 1.0.
- © 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.