Power plant · Rackwitz, Saxony, Germany
BESS Rackwitz
BESS Rackwitz is a planned power plant in Rackwitz, Saxony, Germany, with 60 MW of capacity, operated by SEI Rackwitz 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 | Rackwitz | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Salzstraße 7, 04519 Rackwitz | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | SEI Rackwitz GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 60 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Storage capacity | 181 MWh | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | battery storage | 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 | 51.4490, 12.3802 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
BESS Rackwitz is the 13th-largest of 62 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Saxony and the 146th-largest of 2,173 in Germany by capacity; its 60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saxony | 13th of 62 | 6,101 MW | 0.98% |
| Germany | 146th of 2,173 | 78,152 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,661st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 165 substations, 2 data centers and 1 processing plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umspannwerk Rackwitz | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Umspannwerk Seehausen | Substation | — | — | 5.3 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/1307593421) | Substation | — | — | 5.8 km |
| Universitätsrechenzentrum | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Neubau KI-Rechenzentrum | Data center | — | Under construction | 15 km |
| European Lithium Refining and Recycling Hub Bitterfeld: from primary raw materials via recycling to critical solid state battery components | Processing plant | — | — | 24 km |
Operator, grid operator and place
Other power plants in Saxony
- Boxberg2,470 MW
- Kraftwerk Lippendorf1,782 MW
- PSW Markersbach PSS1,045 MW
- SILUX Solarpark 1 GmbH & Co. KG447 MW
- DT (Dresden)260 MW
- Heizkraftwerk Leipzig Nord GT82181 MW
- Heizkraftwerk Leipzig Süd136 MW
- Elsterheide107 MW
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.