Substation · Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Umspannwerk Niederrhein (Niederrhein substation)
Umspannwerk Niederrhein is a 380 kV substation in Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, connected by RWE Aktiengesellschaft and Amprion 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 | North Rhine-Westphalia | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 Netzentwicklungsplan Strom: digital project library · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Wesel (point in boundary) | BKG Verwaltungsgebiete 1:250 000 (VG250) · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | RWE Aktiengesellschaft | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Amprion GmbH | Netzentwicklungsplan Strom: digital project library · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Planned reinforcement | 380 kV shunt reactor (1x) (due 2026, transmission network, NEP measure M412b15, project AMP-P412, start grid (approved or under way)) | Netzentwicklungsplan Strom: digital project library · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 380 kV (levels 380, 220, 110 kV) | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 380 kV | Netzentwicklungsplan Strom: digital project library · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6467, 6.6811 | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and the land around it.Its headroom, connection queue and congestion, who owns the land around it, and an introduction to those owners.
Request researchAlso recorded as
2 sources record Station Niederrhein; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Station Niederrhein | asset:osm:way-24462426 | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) | — |
| Niederrhein substation | asset:nep:niederrhein | Netzentwicklungsplan Strom: digital project library | Same name and Land |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this substation: 271 power plants (156 operating, 4,822 MW), 227 permit notices, 41 CO2 emitters (12 operating), 5 data centers and 1 processing plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WP Drevenack | Power plant | 14 MW | Planned | 5.7 km |
| ABO Energy WP Hünxe | Power plant | 26.4 MW | Planned | 6.1 km |
| WP Hünxer Heide | Power plant | 12 MW | Operating | 7.3 km |
| KWK-Kraftwerk Rheinberg | CO2 emitter | 255,045 tCO2e | — | 12 km |
| Soda | CO2 emitter | 315,117 tCO2e | — | 12 km |
| Heizkraftwerk Walsum | CO2 emitter | 1,543,124 tCO2e | — | 13 km |
| ProHiPerSi | Processing plant | — | — | 16 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning decision, Aalten (prb-2025-19031) | Permit notice | — | — | 30 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning draft decision, Aalten (prb-2025-12470) | Permit notice | — | — | 30 km |
Grid operators and place
- RWE AktiengesellschaftGrid operator
- Amprion GmbHGrid operator
- Substations in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany930
- Substations in Germany5,344
- Germany: country profile
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near Station Niederrhein has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 96 ha site at Gemarkung Bucholtwelmen, Flur 13, Flurstück 821.75 km · score 66
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Data on this page
- © BKG (2026) dl-de/by-2-0, Datenquellen: https://sg.geodatenzentrum.de/web_public/gdz/datenquellen/datenquellen_vg_nuts.pdf. BKG Verwaltungsgebiete 1:250 000 (VG250), DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © 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.
- Netzentwicklungsplan Strom 2037/2045 (2025), zweiter Entwurf | Übertragungsnetzbetreiber (M) CC-BY-4.0. Netzentwicklungsplan Strom: digital project library, CC BY 4.0.
- Officiële Bekendmakingen. Officiële Bekendmakingen, CC0 1.0.
- OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.