Substation · North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
UW Merkenich
UW Merkenich is a 110 kV substation in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, connected by RheinEnergie AG.
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 |
| Grid operator | RheinEnergie AG | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 110 kV | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.0202, 6.9577 | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this substation: 145 power plants (85 operating, 8,984 MW), 29 CO2 emitters (52,202,110 tCO2e), 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heizkraftwerk Merkenich | CO2 emitter | 196,824 tCO2e | — | 0.5 km |
| LEV KWG | Power plant | 13.7 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| GKW | Power plant | 10 MW | Operating | 3.7 km |
| NetCologne data center, Köln | Data center | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Datacenter One | Data center | — | — | 6.1 km |
| Surfplanet GmbH | Data center | — | — | 6.6 km |
| Ammoniak-Anlage, Geb. O 07 | CO2 emitter | 377,590 tCO2e | — | 9.4 km |
| Kracker 4, Geb. T21 | CO2 emitter | 748,653 tCO2e | — | 9.4 km |
| Dormagen | Power plant | 562 MW | Operating | 13 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
1 site of land near UW Merkenich has it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 93 ha site at Gemarkung Worringen, Flur 71, Flurstück 2410.75 km · score 63
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.