Power plant · Grand Est, France
Fessenheim Power Plant
Fessenheim Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant in Grand Est, France, with 175 MW of capacity, operated by Électricité de France.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | FESSENHEIM | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Grand Est | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | France | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (commissioned) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1956 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Électricité de France | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 175 MW | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Run-of-river hydro (registered as Hydro Run-of-river and poundage) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Run-of-river hydro | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| EIC code | 17W100P100P0303R | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 47.9150, 7.5710 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 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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3 sources record Fessenheim; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| FESSENHEIM | asset:eic:17W100P100P0303R | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) | — |
| Fessenheim hydro power station | asset:wikidata:Q1786095 | Wikidata | Same name, coordinates and capacity |
| FESSENHEIM | asset:opsd:17W100P100P0303R | Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe) | Same ENTSO-E EIC code |
How it compares
Fessenheim is the 9th-largest of 16 power plants in Grand Est and the 78th-largest of 211 in France by capacity; its 175 MW is 0.18% of the 98,321 MW we hold for France. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Est | 9th of 16 | 16,879 MW | 1% |
| France | 78th of 211 | 98,321 MW | 0.18% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,739th of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 49 substations and 1 CO2 emitter (201,136 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/678937257) | Substation | — | — | 5.8 km |
| Umspannwerk Tunsel | Substation | — | — | 6.8 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/37228444) | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Holcim Haut Rhin - Usine d'Altkirch | CO2 emitter | 201,136 tCO2e | — | 40 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in Grand Est
- Cattenom5,200 MW
- Chooz3,000 MW
- Nogent2,620 MW
- Fessenheim1,760 MW
- Emile Huchet1,421 MW
- Revin808 MW
- Maxe485 MW
- Blenod 5427 MW
Data on this page
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- 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 power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe). Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe), Restricted.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.