Power plant · Kappel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Windpark Kirchberg
Windpark Kirchberg is a power plant in Kappel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, with 52.9 MW of capacity, operated by Windpark Kirchberg 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 | Kappel | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 55483 Kappel | 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 | 2011 | 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 Kirchberg GmbH & Co. KG | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 52.9 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 23 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 | 50.0119, 7.3772 | 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 Kirchberg is the 15th-largest of 228 power plants in Rhineland-Palatinate and the 562nd-largest of 4,012 in Germany by capacity; its 52.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 15th of 228 | 6,844 MW | 0.77% |
| Germany | 562nd of 4,012 | 193,669 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,754th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 79 substations, 1 data center and 1 CO2 emitter (173,266 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/339529676) | Substation | — | — | 3.8 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/156402421) | Substation | — | — | 6.2 km |
| Station Kirchberg 1+2 | Substation | — | — | 6.5 km |
| Data center, Rhineland-Palatinate (OSM node 9776934144) | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
| KM III | CO2 emitter | 173,266 tCO2e | — | 36 km |
Operator, grid operator and place
Other power plants in Rhineland-Palatinate
- GuD Mitte GT121,034 MW
- KW3 GT31 (Mainz)893 MW
- HKW Wörth90.8 MW
- Solarkraftwerk Rodershausen I84.6 MW
- Windpark Ellern77.6 MW
- Neef 168.8 MW
- NxW Mastershausen I GmbH & Co. KG65.9 MW
- Pionext Solarpark Lonsheim65.4 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.