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Sites near grid capacity in Germany

5,000 candidate sites of 50 to 1,843 ha within 2 km of a substation of 110 kV or more in Germany, ranked by a site score of area, distance to the substation and its voltage. The highest-scoring is the 321 ha site at Gemarkung Wehr, Flurstück 6713 in Baden-Württemberg, at 100 of 100.

By Land

Each Land page ranks all its sites.

Baden-Württemberg1,059 · best 100
Berlin46 · best 76
Brandenburg567 · best 83
Hamburg34 · best 74
Hesse403 · best 96
Lower Saxony579 · best 94
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern258 · best 81
North Rhine-Westphalia650 · best 94
Rhineland-Palatinate308 · best 93
Saarland113 · best 89
Saxony272 · best 97
Saxony-Anhalt265 · best 79
Schleswig-Holstein241 · best 97
Thuringia205 · best 86

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Top 100 sites in Germany

By site score; ties go to the larger site.

#	Site	Land	Area	To substation	Voltage	Score
1	321 ha site at Gemarkung Wehr, Flurstück 6713	Baden-Württemberg	321 ha	0.01 km	380 kV	100
2	177 ha site at Gemarkung Philippsburg, Flurstück 2179	Baden-Württemberg	177 ha	0.03 km	380 kV	99
3	416 ha site at Gemarkung 2021, Flur 19, Flurstück 1/9	Schleswig-Holstein	416 ha	0.19 km	380 kV	97
4	261 ha site at Gemarkung Mittweida, Flurstück 577/25	Saxony	261 ha	0.17 km	380 kV	97
5	174 ha site at Gemarkung Oftersheim, Flurstück 3328	Baden-Württemberg	174 ha	0.19 km	380 kV	97
6	109 ha site at Gemarkung Oberjettingen, Flurstück 4701	Baden-Württemberg	109 ha	0.15 km	380 kV	97
7	319 ha site at Gemarkung Hüffenhardt, Flurstück 10625	Baden-Württemberg	319 ha	0.24 km	380 kV	96
8	103 ha site at Gemarkung Weier, Flurstück 1420	Baden-Württemberg	103 ha	0.17 km	380 kV	96
9	101 ha site at Gemarkung Mannheim, Flurstück 16808	Baden-Württemberg	101 ha	0.13 km	380 kV	96
10	93 ha site at Gemarkung Dillenburg, Flur 53, Flurstück 3/20	Hesse	93 ha	0.01 km	380 kV	96
11	262 ha site at Gemarkung Baddeckenstedt, Flur 8, Flurstück 1	Lower Saxony	262 ha	0.33 km	380 kV	94
12	203 ha site at Gemarkung Borgholzhausen, Flur 22, Flurstück 23	North Rhine-Westphalia	203 ha	0.35 km	380 kV	94
13	142 ha site at Gemarkung Karlsruhe, Flurstück 37611	Baden-Württemberg	142 ha	0.32 km	380 kV	94
14	287 ha site at Gemarkung Pfullendorf, Flurstück 2830	Baden-Württemberg	287 ha	0.39 km	380 kV	93
15	116 ha site at Gemarkung Rodenkirchen, Flur 11, Flurstück 81/13	Lower Saxony	116 ha	0.41 km	380 kV	93
16	98 ha site at Gemarkung Steeg, Flurstück 20	Rhineland-Palatinate	98 ha	0.27 km	380 kV	93
17	96 ha site at Gemarkung Darme, Flur 5, Flurstück 4/55	Lower Saxony	96 ha	0.24 km	380 kV	93
18	392 ha site at Gemarkung 3016, Flur 112, Flurstück 1/3	Schleswig-Holstein	392 ha	0.45 km	380 kV	92
19	275 ha site at Gemarkung Tiengen, Flurstück 1453	Baden-Württemberg	275 ha	0.45 km	380 kV	92
20	227 ha site at Gemarkung 2023, Flur 10, Flurstück 1/3	Schleswig-Holstein	227 ha	0.45 km	380 kV	92
21	128 ha site at Gemarkung Wehr, Flurstück 6719	Baden-Württemberg	128 ha	0.44 km	380 kV	92
22	100 ha site at Gemarkung Pulgar, Flurstück 1/49	Saxony	100 ha	0.39 km	380 kV	91
23	90 ha site at Gemarkung Grohnde, Flur 2, Flurstück 5/16	Lower Saxony	90 ha	0.23 km	380 kV	91
24	88 ha site at Gemarkung Steineroth, Flurstück 4/4	Rhineland-Palatinate	88 ha	0.18 km	380 kV	91
25	86 ha site at Gemarkung Bretzingen, Flurstück 5409	Baden-Württemberg	86 ha	0.15 km	380 kV	91
26	158 ha site at Gemarkung Karlsruhe, Flurstück 38937	Baden-Württemberg	158 ha	0.58 km	380 kV	90
27	119 ha site at Gemarkung Urberach, Flur 15, Flurstück 1/3	Hesse	119 ha	0.59 km	380 kV	90
28	90 ha site at Gemarkung Griesheim, Flurstück 2281	Baden-Württemberg	90 ha	0.27 km	380 kV	90
29	272 ha site at Gemarkung 6011, Flur 1, Flurstück 1/13	Saarland	272 ha	0.04 km	220 kV	89
30	141 ha site at Gemarkung Heidenheim, Flur 4, Flurstück 2746	Baden-Württemberg	141 ha	0.63 km	380 kV	89
31	121 ha site at Gemarkung Schwanheim, Flur 29, Flurstück 4/70	Hesse	121 ha	0.06 km	220 kV	89
32	115 ha site at Gemarkung Hamborn, Flur 202, Flurstück 176	North Rhine-Westphalia	115 ha	0.03 km	220 kV	89
33	96 ha site at Gemarkung Neckarwestheim, Flurstück 1800/3	Baden-Württemberg	96 ha	0.44 km	380 kV	89
34	74 ha site at Gemarkung Pfungstadt, Flur 42, Flurstück 2	Hesse	74 ha	0.02 km	380 kV	89
35	427 ha site at Gemarkung 2131, Flur 20, Flurstück 1/5	Schleswig-Holstein	427 ha	0.67 km	380 kV	88
36	161 ha site at Gemarkung Neckarwestheim, Flurstück 5620/1	Baden-Württemberg	161 ha	0.67 km	380 kV	88
37	148 ha site at Gemarkung Breitscheid, Flurstück 385/12	Rhineland-Palatinate	148 ha	0.68 km	380 kV	88
38	117 ha site at Gemarkung Hürth, Flur 7, Flurstück 307	North Rhine-Westphalia	117 ha	0.66 km	380 kV	88
39	102 ha site at Gemarkung Flughafen, Flur 1, Flurstück 253/10	Hesse	102 ha	0.66 km	380 kV	88
40	83 ha site at Gemarkung Niederzier, Flur 5, Flurstück 8	North Rhine-Westphalia	83 ha	0.22 km	380 kV	88
41	211 ha site at Gemarkung Sandhausen, Flurstück 3365	Baden-Württemberg	211 ha	0.74 km	380 kV	87
42	186 ha site at Gemarkung Säckingen, Flurstück 1670/7	Baden-Württemberg	186 ha	0.16 km	220 kV	87
43	113 ha site at Gemarkung Gurtweil, Flurstück 1356	Baden-Württemberg	113 ha	0.2 km	220 kV	87
44	99 ha site at Gemarkung Kelsterbach, Flur 5, Flurstück 67/49	Hesse	99 ha	0.65 km	380 kV	87
45	239 ha site at Gemarkung Neckarmühlbach, Flurstück 543	Baden-Württemberg	239 ha	0.8 km	380 kV	86
46	106 ha site at Gemarkung Maximiliansau, Flurstück 3712/2	Rhineland-Palatinate	106 ha	0.82 km	380 kV	86
47	71 ha site at Gemarkung Wald Oberbreitenbach, Flurstück 20	Thuringia	71 ha	0.12 km	380 kV	86
48	66 ha site at Gemarkung Mannheim, Flurstück 59347	Baden-Württemberg	66 ha	0.01 km	380 kV	86
49	65 ha site at Gemarkung Raesfeld, Flur 7, Flurstück 25	North Rhine-Westphalia	65 ha	0.02 km	380 kV	86
50	240 ha site at Gemarkung Wehr, Flurstück 6718	Baden-Württemberg	240 ha	0.85 km	380 kV	85
51	182 ha site at Gemarkung 4320, Flur 11, Flurstück 86/1	Saarland	182 ha	0.86 km	380 kV	85
52	126 ha site at Gemarkung Nattheim, Flurstück 3411/1	Baden-Württemberg	126 ha	0.86 km	380 kV	85
53	93 ha site at Gemarkung 9062, Flur 16, Flurstück 3	Schleswig-Holstein	93 ha	0.64 km	380 kV	85
54	90 ha site at Gemarkung Helmstedt, Flur 64, Flurstück 27/12	Lower Saxony	90 ha	0.53 km	380 kV	85
55	85 ha site at Gemarkung Goldisthal, Flurstück 634/6	Thuringia	85 ha	0.47 km	380 kV	85
56	82 ha site at Gemarkung Mittweida, Flurstück 576/5	Saxony	82 ha	0.39 km	380 kV	85
57	75 ha site at Gemarkung Altrip, Flurstück 2308/6	Rhineland-Palatinate	75 ha	0.26 km	380 kV	85
58	325 ha site at Gemarkung Magenbuch, Flurstück 513/2	Baden-Württemberg	325 ha	0.93 km	380 kV	84
59	160 ha site at Gemarkung Niederzier, Flur 3, Flurstück 8	North Rhine-Westphalia	160 ha	0.93 km	380 kV	84
60	131 ha site at Gemarkung Pforzheim, Flurstück 19162	Baden-Württemberg	131 ha	0.93 km	380 kV	84
61	66 ha site at Gemarkung Hürth, Flur 13, Flurstück 30	North Rhine-Westphalia	66 ha	0.12 km	380 kV	84
62	166 ha site at Gemarkung Sandhausen, Flurstück 3365/2	Baden-Württemberg	166 ha	1 km	380 kV	83
63	80 ha site at Gemarkung Tempelberg, Flur 3, Flurstück 373	Brandenburg	80 ha	0.48 km	380 kV	83
64	110 ha site at Gemarkung Altrich, Flurstück 3/1	Rhineland-Palatinate	110 ha	0.43 km	220 kV	82
65	92 ha site at Gemarkung Andernach, Flurstück 676/55	Rhineland-Palatinate	92 ha	0.19 km	220 kV	82
66	79 ha site at Gemarkung Nimburg, Flurstück 3370	Baden-Württemberg	79 ha	0.52 km	380 kV	82
67	73 ha site at Gemarkung Leese, Flur 14, Flurstück 46/3	Lower Saxony	73 ha	0.4 km	380 kV	82
68	71 ha site at Gemarkung Tespe, Flur 1, Flurstück 40/65	Lower Saxony	71 ha	0.36 km	380 kV	82
69	70 ha site at Gemarkung Hagenwerder Flur 5, Flurstück 76/15	Saxony	70 ha	0.3 km	380 kV	82
70	65 ha site at Gemarkung Trachenau, Flurstück 391/2	Saxony	65 ha	0.23 km	380 kV	82
71	64 ha site at Gemarkung Altdöbern, Flur 9, Flurstück 2	Brandenburg	64 ha	0.23 km	380 kV	82
72	55 ha site at Gemarkung 9041, Flur 3, Flurstück 3/59	Schleswig-Holstein	55 ha	0.01 km	380 kV	82
73	272 ha site at Gemarkung Wehr, Flurstück 6709	Baden-Württemberg	272 ha	1.08 km	380 kV	81
74	173 ha site at Gemarkung Säckingen, Flurstück 1670/8	Baden-Württemberg	173 ha	0.52 km	220 kV	81
75	145 ha site at Gemarkung Goldisthal, Flurstück 703/13	Thuringia	145 ha	1.1 km	380 kV	81
76	139 ha site at Gemarkung Rodenkirchen, Flur 10, Flurstück 154/13	Lower Saxony	139 ha	1.06 km	380 kV	81
77	117 ha site at Gemarkung Landwürden, Flur 19, Flurstück 95/16	Lower Saxony	117 ha	1.06 km	380 kV	81
78	88 ha site at Gemarkung Waldlaubersheim, Flurstück 1	Rhineland-Palatinate	88 ha	0.76 km	380 kV	81
79	83 ha site at Gemarkung Eiserfeld, Flur 24, Flurstück 383	North Rhine-Westphalia	83 ha	0.63 km	380 kV	81
80	82 ha site at Gemarkung Stade, Flur 24, Flurstück 1/150	Lower Saxony	82 ha	0.05 km	220 kV	81
81	72 ha site at Gemarkung Breesen, Flur 2, Flurstück 15/1	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	72 ha	0.41 km	380 kV	81
82	63 ha site at Gemarkung Lippholthausen, Flur 3, Flurstück 166	North Rhine-Westphalia	63 ha	0.25 km	380 kV	81
83	55 ha site at Gemarkung 1534, Flur 7, Flurstück 16/3	Schleswig-Holstein	55 ha	0.06 km	380 kV	81
84	522 ha site at Gemarkung Schömberg, Flurstück 487	Baden-Württemberg	522 ha	0.01 km	110 kV	80
85	392 ha site at Gemarkung Langenargen, Flurstück 2172/1	Baden-Württemberg	392 ha	0.02 km	110 kV	80
86	309 ha site at Gemarkung Offenburg, Flurstück 5175	Baden-Württemberg	309 ha	1.17 km	380 kV	80
87	305 ha site at Gemarkung Königsbronn, Flurstück 1070	Baden-Württemberg	305 ha	0.01 km	110 kV	80
88	218 ha site at Gemarkung Durlach, Flurstück 54255	Baden-Württemberg	218 ha	0.57 km	220 kV	80
89	206 ha site at Gemarkung Fürstenau, Flur 3, Flurstück 1/5	Lower Saxony	206 ha	1.16 km	380 kV	80
90	205 ha site at Gemarkung Rondorf-Land, Flur 34, Flurstück 317	North Rhine-Westphalia	205 ha	0.01 km	110 kV	80
91	173 ha site at Gemarkung Reppist, Flur 1, Flurstück 289	Brandenburg	173 ha	0.02 km	110 kV	80
92	168 ha site at Gemarkung Sindelfingen, Flurstück 3100	Baden-Württemberg	168 ha	0.02 km	110 kV	80
93	155 ha site at Gemarkung Altenlingen, Flur 36, Flurstück 17/56	Lower Saxony	155 ha	0.02 km	110 kV	80
94	152 ha site at Gemarkung 4042, Flur 30, Flurstück 999/137	Saarland	152 ha	0.01 km	110 kV	80
95	146 ha site at Gemarkung Säckingen, Flurstück 4017	Baden-Württemberg	146 ha	0.02 km	110 kV	80
96	143 ha site at Gemarkung Peenemünde, Flur 7, Flurstück 7/14	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	143 ha	0.02 km	110 kV	80
97	122 ha site at Gemarkung Iffezheim, Flurstück 7187	Baden-Württemberg	122 ha	0.01 km	110 kV	80
98	119 ha site at Gemarkung Singen, Flurstück 11042	Baden-Württemberg	119 ha	0.02 km	110 kV	80
99	114 ha site at Gemarkung Dissenchen, Flur 15, Flurstück 17	Brandenburg	114 ha	0.02 km	110 kV	80
100	108 ha site at Gemarkung 7140, Flur 16, Flurstück 3948/166	Saarland	108 ha	0.01 km	110 kV	80

How the site score works in Germany

A site in Germany scores up to 100 points on 3 public facts: area, distance to the substation and its voltage. Each country's score uses what its grid operators publish, so scores compare sites within a country, not across countries. Each part is linear between its two ends or goes in steps, so the score is easy to check by hand. It ranks candidates for a closer look; it is not a valuation.

Part	Points	Rule	Why
Area	35	0 points at 5 ha, rising linearly to 35 points at 105 ha or more	Room for a data center campus, a battery park or industry; most need tens of hectares.
Distance to the substation	35	35 points at the substation fence, falling linearly to 0 at 2 km	A short cable to the substation is cheaper and faster to build than a long one.
Substation voltage	30	10 points at 110 kV, 20 at 220 kV and 30 at 380 kV or more	A higher voltage substation can take a larger connection.

Not in the score in Germany

Headroom and congestion. German grid operators publish no capacity or congestion status per substation.
Distance to Natura 2000. We hold no Natura 2000 layer for Germany yet.

Sites that touch their substation are ranked apart: most are the station's own land. Owner, zoning and permits are not in the score yet; see how sites are built.

How sites are built

Parcels (Flurstücke) of 1 ha or more from the open cadastre of each Land within 2 km of an OpenStreetMap substation of 110 kV and up. Bavaria sells its cadastre, so it has no sites yet. Strips (roads, railways, rivers and ditches: a mean width under 25 m) and parcels mostly under water, where the cadastre records land use, are dropped. Parcels that share at least 10 m of boundary merge into one site, longest shared boundary first, up to 50 ha; a larger parcel stands alone. The largest sites are kept. 137 sites touch their substation and are ranked apart: most are the station's own land.

Sites in other countries

Netherlands5,000
United Kingdom4,971

Data on this page

OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Rare Context. Rare Context powered-land sites, ODbL 1.0.