Substation · Hesse, Germany
Merkenbach
Merkenbach is a 110 kV substation in Hesse, Germany, connected by Stadtwerke Herborn.
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 | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Stadtwerke Herborn | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 110 kV | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.6598, 8.3119 | 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.
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Within 50 km of this substation: 104 power plants (40 operating, 702 MW), 7 data centers, 1 processing plant and 1 CO2 emitter (292,391 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium alloys made in Europe | Processing plant | — | — | 9.2 km |
| CEE Windpark Aßlar GmbH & Co. KG | Power plant | 16.7 MW | Operating | 11 km |
| Windpark Knoten | Power plant | 12.2 MW | Operating | 13 km |
| Qair WP Altenschlag GmbH & Co. KG | Power plant | 13.5 MW | Operating | 13 km |
| ekom21 | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| OVHcloud LIM1-3 Rechenzentrum | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| Kalkbrennanlage Hahnstätten | CO2 emitter | 292,391 tCO2e | — | 42 km |
| Dernbach 1 | Data center | — | — | 44 km |
Grid operator and place
Candidate sites around this substation
4 sites of land near Merkenbach have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 52 ha site at Gemarkung Herborn, Flur 9, Flurstück 21.49 km · score 36
- 62 ha site at Gemarkung Merkenbach, Flur 8, Flurstück 41.81 km · score 33
- 59 ha site at Gemarkung Fleisbach, Flur 7, Flurstück 71.79 km · score 33
- 57 ha site at Gemarkung Sinn, Flur 6, Flurstück 6/11.83 km · score 31
Other substations in Hesse
Data on this page
- © European Union, European Commission (DG GROW). EU CRMA strategic projects, CC BY 4.0.
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.