Onshore wind · Germany
Berching
Operator Windpower GmbH & Co. Jura-Windkraftwerke KG, Windpower GmbH & Co. Berching 1 KG
Operational15.9 MWData checked 10 November 2026
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Berching is a 15.9 MW wind farm 4.1 km south-east of Berching, Germany. It first operated in 2012. Its status in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany) is operational. There are 27 other energy sites within 10 km, 5 of them wind farms. The register holds one incident at this site, the latest in 2026.
Incidents on the register at this site
On Wednesday 18 March 2026, at about 09:00, a rotor blade roughly 60 metres long and weighing about 15 tonnes broke off a Senvion wind turbine at the Bürgerwindpark Berching, in the Neumarkt district of the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany. The blade fell...
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The site
- Technology
- Onshore wind
- Capacity
- 15.9 MW
- Capacity figure from
- Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany)
- Status
- Operational (In operation)
- Operator
- Windpower GmbH & Co. Jura-Windkraftwerke KG, Windpower GmbH & Co. Berching 1 KG
- Location
- Berching, Neumarkt i.d. OPf., Bayern, 92334, Germany
- First operating
- 2012
- Turbines
- 5
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Timeline
- 11 August 2012 Operational
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Questions
- Has Berching had a fire or other incident?
- Yes. The register holds one incident that names it: Rotor blade falls from Senvion turbine at Berching wind park (EIR-2239, 2026).
- What is the status of Berching?
- Operational, in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany).
- Where is Berching?
- 4.1 km south-east of Berching, Germany (postcode 92334).
Source: Marktstammdatenregister, Bundesnetzagentur, Datenlizenz Deutschland, Namensnennung, Version 2.0 (www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0). The dataset. The register adds only the incidents and the counts. Nearest town: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).