Substation · Lower Saxony, Germany

Essen

Essen is a 110 kV substation in Lower Saxony, Germany, connected by Avacon.

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.

FactValueSource
LocationLower SaxonyOpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorAvaconOpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage110 kVOpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates52.7325, 7.9440OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 190 power plants (81 operating, 2,346 MW), 4 data centers and 3 CO2 emitters (1,913,060 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
HerbergenPower plant14 MWPlanned3.9 km
Windpark Östliches Herberger Feld GmbH & Co. KGPower plant16.2 MWOperating6.6 km
WP LagermühlePower plant13.6 MWPlanned8.2 km
Dampfkesselanlage GroßenknetenCO2 emitter585,592 tCO2e—31 km
EWE Netz GmbHData center——46 km
Raffinerie als GlockeCO2 emitter1,083,008 tCO2e—48 km
Papierproduktion NordlandCO2 emitter244,460 tCO2e—48 km
Data center, Lower Saxony (OSM way 258743341)Data center——49 km
EWE TEL GmbH data center, OldenburgData center——49 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

1 site of land near Essen has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.

Other substations in Lower Saxony

All 653 substations in Lower Saxony, Germany

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