Substation · Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Umspannwerk Essener Str. (Essener Str. substation)

Umspannwerk Essener Str. is a 110 kV substation in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, connected by Stadtwerke Bochum Holding GmbH.

Facts

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FactValueSource
LocationNorth Rhine-WestphaliaOpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationBochum (point in boundary)BKG Verwaltungsgebiete 1:250 000 (VG250) · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Grid operatorStadtwerke Bochum Holding GmbHOpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage110 kV (levels 110, 10 kV)OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates51.4741, 7.1801OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 110 power plants (54 operating, 4,665 MW), 35 CO2 emitters (41,021,807 tCO2e), 11 data centers and 3 processing plants, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Warmbandwerk 3CO2 emitter204,842 tCO2e—1.0 km
Data center, North Rhine-Westphalia (OSM way 1150893372)Data center——7.3 km
GBS KW HernePower plant15 MWOperating8.7 km
GuD HerneCO2 emitter940,966 tCO2e—12 km
GuD HernePower plant608 MWOperating12 km
Kokerei Prosper (ohne Kesselhaus)CO2 emitter284,975 tCO2e—14 km
WEA KLA BottropPower plant19.5 MWOperating15 km
RZ5 Dortmund-HuckardeData center——18 km
Data center, Dortmund (OSM way 54821769)Data center——22 km

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