Power plant · Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
BMHKW Piesteritz
BMHKW Piesteritz is an idle power plant in Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, with 20 MW of capacity, operated by Stadtwerke Leipzig.
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 | Wittenberg | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Dessauer Straße 124, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Idle | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2008 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Stadtwerke Leipzig | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Mitteldeutsche Netzgesellschaft Strom mbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.8709, 12.5697 | 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.
Request researchHow it compares
BMHKW Piesteritz is the 154th-largest of 294 power plants in Saxony-Anhalt and the 1,806th-largest of 4,012 in Germany by capacity; its 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saxony-Anhalt | 154th of 294 | 9,806 MW | 0.2% |
| Germany | 1,806th of 4,012 | 193,669 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,231st of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 77 substations, 3 CO2 emitters (2,300,624 tCO2e) and 1 processing plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammoniakanlage 1 | CO2 emitter | 1,000,702 tCO2e | — | 1.5 km |
| Ammoniakanlage 2 | CO2 emitter | 1,112,586 tCO2e | — | 1.5 km |
| Wittenberg West | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Piesteritz/Nord | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Wittenberg Nord | Substation | — | — | 5.8 km |
| European Lithium Refining and Recycling Hub Bitterfeld: from primary raw materials via recycling to critical solid state battery components | Processing plant | — | — | 32 km |
| R-Zeitungsdruckpapierfabrik | CO2 emitter | 187,336 tCO2e | — | 45 km |
Operator, grid operator and place
More from Stadtwerke Leipzig
- Heizkraftwerk Leipzig Nord GT82181 MW
- BMKW Bischofferode18.1 MW
- SIG12.8 MW
- HKW Leipzig Süd188,697 tCO2e
- GuD und Heizkraftwerk Nord183,839 tCO2e
- Umspannwerk Leipzig Isubstation
- Umspannwerk Leipzig Ostsubstation
- Umspannwerk Leipzig Csubstation
Other power plants in Saxony-Anhalt
- Schkopau900 MW
- Heizkraftwerk Dieselstraße173 MW
- WP Vier Berge151 MW
- Mercer Stendal TG140 MW
- Großkayna137 MW
- Windpark Hüselitz123 MW
- Schinne II117 MW
- Bornstedt-Rottmersleben115 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.
- 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 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.