Substation · Vordorf, Lower Saxony, Germany

Umspannwerk Rethen/BKB (Rethen/BKB substation)

Umspannwerk Rethen/BKB is a 110 kV substation in Vordorf, Lower Saxony, Germany, connected by LSW Netz GmbH & Co. KG.

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
LocationVordorf (point in boundary)BKG Verwaltungsgebiete 1:250 000 (VG250) · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
LocationLower SaxonyOpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operatorLSW Netz GmbH & Co. KGOpenStreetMap 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
Coordinates52.3785, 10.4943OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 114 power plants (78 operating, 2,094 MW), 7 CO2 emitters (8,498,186 tCO2e) and 4 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
WP Rethen Vordorf RepoweringPower plant21 MWPlanned0.9 km
Heizkraftwerk Mitte BraunschweigCO2 emitter253,988 tCO2e—11 km
Gauß-IT-ZentrumData center——12 km
Windpark Müden (Aller)Power plant66 MWPlanned18 km
PVA Gardessen IPower plant14.3 MWOperating19 km
Heizkraftwerk NordCO2 emitter360,477 tCO2e—20 km
Heizkraftwerk WestCO2 emitter463,904 tCO2e—20 km
Avacon AG Data Center SehndeData center——35 km
Grass-Merkur GmbH & Co. KG data center, HannoverData center——43 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

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

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