Substation · Hesse, Germany

Umspannwerk Mecklar 380kV

Umspannwerk Mecklar 380kV 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	OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026
Location	Hesse	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
Grid operator	TenneT TSO GmbH	Netzentwicklungsplan Strom: digital project library · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Planned reinforcement	Short-circuit strength upgrade (due 2030, transmission network, NEP measure M792, 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	OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	50.9176, 9.7460	OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Also recorded as

2 sources record Umspannwerk Mecklar 380kV; 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
Umspannwerk Mecklar 380kV	asset:osm:way-29309786	OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass)	—
Mecklar substation	asset:nep:mecklar	Netzentwicklungsplan Strom: digital project library	Same name and Land

Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 93 power plants (52 operating, 1,172 MW), 2 CO2 emitters (513,479 tCO2e) and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
BHW	Power plant	16.5 MW	Operating	4.2 km
WP Roteberg	Power plant	17.3 MW	Operating	7.4 km
Windpark Wippershainer Höhe	Power plant	56 MW	Planned	9.1 km
General Logistics Systems Germany GmbH & Co. OHG	Data center	—	—	11 km
Kraftwerk Standort Hattorf	CO2 emitter	339,170 tCO2e	—	19 km
Fernwärmekraftwerk Kassel (FKK)	CO2 emitter	174,309 tCO2e	—	44 km

Grid operator and place

Candidate sites around this substation

4 sites of land near Umspannwerk Mecklar 380kV have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

69 ha site at Gemarkung Blankenheim, Flur 19, Flurstück 12/20.79 km · score 73
77 ha site at Gemarkung Blankenheim, Flur 19, Flurstück 8/31.19 km · score 70
53 ha site at Gemarkung Friedlos, Flur 9, Flurstück 10.67 km · score 70
72 ha site at Gemarkung Blankenheim, Flur 19, Flurstück 62/161.43 km · score 63

Other substations in Hesse

All 316 substations in Hesse, Germany

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 power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.