Power plant · Grand Est, France
Vogelgrun Power Plant
Vogelgrun Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant in Grand Est, France, with 141 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 | VOGELGRUN | 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 | 1959 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Électricité de France | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 141 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 | Hydro | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| EIC code | 17W100P100P0311S | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 48.0200, 7.5740 | 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 Vogelgrun; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VOGELGRUN | asset:eic:17W100P100P0311S | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) | — |
| Vogelgrun power station | asset:wikidata:Q1656732 | Wikidata | Same name, coordinates and capacity |
| VOGELGRUN | asset:opsd:17W100P100P0311S | Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe) | Same ENTSO-E EIC code |
How it compares
Vogelgrun is the 15th-largest of 16 power plants in Grand Est and the 96th-largest of 211 in France by capacity; its 141 MW is 0.14% 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 | 15th of 16 | 16,879 MW | 0.83% |
| France | 96th of 211 | 98,321 MW | 0.14% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,888th of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 38 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umspannwerk Breisach - Im Galgenwinkel | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Umspannwerk Tunsel | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| 220-kV-Umspannwerk Eichstetten | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
Operator and place
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- Cattenom Nuclear Power Plant5,200 MW
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- Tricastin nuclear power plant3,660 MW
- Cruas Nuclear Power Plant3,660 MW
- Blayais Nuclear Power Plant3,640 MW
- Chinon Nuclear Power Plant3,620 MW
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
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- 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.