Power plant · Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
WP Tripsrath Erweiterung
WP Tripsrath Erweiterung is a planned wind power plant in Geilenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with 17.1 MW of capacity, operated by Windpark GK-Nord 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 | Geilenkirchen | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 52511 Geilenkirchen | 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 | Windpark GK-Nord GmbH & Co. KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 17.1 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 |
| Grid connection level | High voltage (110 kV) (Hochspannung) | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.9960, 6.1486 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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WP Tripsrath Erweiterung is the 293rd-largest of 488 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 1,295th-largest of 2,173 in Germany by capacity; its 17.1 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 | 293rd of 488 | 16,529 MW | 0.1% |
| Germany | 1,295th of 2,173 | 78,152 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,888th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 430 permit notices, 176 substations, 26 CO2 emitters (10 operating), 11 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/92411150) | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/88714859) | Substation | — | — | 5.2 km |
| UW Gereonsweiler | Substation | — | — | 5.7 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning application, Landgraaf (prb-2025-15804) | Permit notice | — | — | 14 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning application, Beekdaelen (prb-2025-18635) | Permit notice | — | — | 14 km |
| Heat pump Brunssum (Stichting Weller Wonen) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 14 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning application, Heerlen (prb-2025-10143) | Permit notice | — | — | 15 km |
| Biomass heat Heerlen (Carbon6) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 17 km |
| Smartdc Heerlen | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
Operator, grid operator and place
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- 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.
- 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.