Substation · Hesse, Germany
Karben substation
Karben substation is a 380 kV substation in Hesse, Germany, connected by TenneT TSO 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 | Hesse | Netzentwicklungsplan Strom: digital project library · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Hesse | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | TenneT TSO GmbH | Netzentwicklungsplan Strom: digital project library · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | TenneT TSO GmbH | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Planned reinforcement | 380/110 kV transformer (3x) (due 2026, transmission network, NEP measure M437TR2, project P366, added by this plan, confirmed by the previous plan) | Netzentwicklungsplan Strom: digital project library · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Planned reinforcement | Short-circuit current limiting reactor (due 2030, transmission network, NEP measure M1039b, project P371, added by this plan) | Netzentwicklungsplan Strom: digital project library · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Planned reinforcement | 380/110 kV transformer (1x) (due 2026, transmission network, NEP measure M437TR1, project P366, added by this plan, confirmed by the previous plan) | Netzentwicklungsplan Strom: digital project library · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Planned reinforcement | Short-circuit strength upgrade (due 2035, transmission network, NEP measure M791, project TTG-P371, start grid (approved or under way)) | Netzentwicklungsplan Strom: digital project library · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 380 kV (levels 380, 110 kV) | Netzentwicklungsplan Strom: digital project library · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 380 kV | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.2037, 8.8105 | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and its grid operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its headroom, congestion and the land around it, and an introduction to the grid operator.
Request researchAlso recorded as
2 sources record Karben substation; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karben substation | asset:nep:karben | Netzentwicklungsplan Strom: digital project library | — |
| Umspannwerk Karben | asset:osm:way-24042358 | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) | Same name and Land |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this substation: 99 data centers, 82 power plants (53 operating, 2,463 MW), 7 CO2 emitters (2,612,062 tCO2e) and 2 AI supercomputers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windpark Schäferköppel | Power plant | 20.4 MW | Planned | 7.1 km |
| FR2.3/4/5 GENSET_3T66 : UPS_3.14 | Power plant | 33.8 MW | Operating | 8.4 km |
| Equinix FR2 | Data center | — | — | 8.5 km |
| FR2.6 Generator 6B (Frankfurt am Main) | Power plant | 25.2 MW | Operating | 8.5 km |
| Equinix FR2.6 | Data center | — | — | 8.6 km |
| Equinix FR9 | Data center | — | — | 8.6 km |
| Heizkraftwerk West | CO2 emitter | 519,577 tCO2e | — | 16 km |
| Kraftwerk Staudinger | CO2 emitter | 261,600 tCO2e | — | 17 km |
| Heizkraftwerk - Geb. D 580 | CO2 emitter | 781,158 tCO2e | — | 22 km |
Grid operator and place
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Data on this page
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Netzentwicklungsplan Strom 2037/2045 (2025), zweiter Entwurf | Übertragungsnetzbetreiber (M) CC-BY-4.0. Netzentwicklungsplan Strom: digital project library, CC BY 4.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.