Powered land · North Rhine-Westphalia
80 ha site at Gemarkung Essentho, Flur 8, Flurstück 1
A candidate site of 79.7 ha in North Rhine-Westphalia, made up of 1 cadastral parcel, mostly forest. It lies 0.62 km from the 110 kV substation Station Marsberg (Westnetz GmbH). The nearest transmission substation, Station Nehden (380 kV), is 16.6 km away.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 79.7 ha (the official areas of its parcels added up) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Cadastral parcels | 1 (largest: Gemarkung Essentho, Flur 8, Flurstück 1) | ALKIS Nordrhein-Westfalen (open cadastre) · dl-de/zero-2-0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Land use | Forest (Wald) (96% of the area, as the cadastre records it) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Not designated | binding land-use plan (Bebauungsplan) and designated wind energy area (checked against the published areas) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | North Rhine-Westphalia | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4768, 8.8519 (a point on the largest parcel) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Station Marsberg (0.62 km, site edge to substation fence) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Substation voltage | 110 kV | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Substation operator | Westnetz GmbH | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest transmission substation | Station Nehden (16.6 km from the nearest parcel, 380 kV, Amprion GmbH) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Large generation within 10 km | 255 MW of wind (3 plants of 50 MW or more in operation) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Water stress | Medium to high (20–40%) (score 2.9 of 5, withdrawals 36% of renewable supply) | WRI Aqueduct 4.0 · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
How it compares
#140 of 632 sites in North Rhine-Westphalia and #1,134 of 4,863 in Germany by site score. Larger than 69% of the sites in North Rhine-Westphalia. Closer to its substation than 76% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 79.7 ha | 26.1 | 35 |
| Distance to the substation | 0.62 km | 24.2 | 35 |
| Substation voltage | 110 kV | 10 | 30 |
| Site score | 60 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
2 other sites have Station Marsberg as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 84 ha site at Gemarkung Essentho, Flur 10, Flurstück 25/11.2 km · score 52
- 57 ha site at Gemarkung Niedermarsberg, Flur 9, Flurstück 5601.56 km · score 36
- Sites in North Rhine-Westphalia650
- Sites in Germany5,000
- Station Marsbergsubstation
Data on this page
- ALKIS Nordrhein-Westfalen (open cadastre). ALKIS Nordrhein-Westfalen (open cadastre), dl-de/zero-2-0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Rare Context. Rare Context powered-land sites, ODbL 1.0.
- Kuzma, S., M.F.P. Bierkens, S. Lakshman, T. Luo, L. Saccoccia, E. H. Sutanudjaja, and R. Van Beek. 2023. Aqueduct 4.0: Updated Decision-Relevant Global Water Risk Indicators. Technical Note. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. doi.org/10.46830/writn.23.00061. WRI Aqueduct 4.0, CC BY 4.0.