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Onshore wind · Germany

Windpark Wielen

Operator IWB Windpark Itterbeck-Wielen Betriebsgesellschaft

Planned14 MWData checked 10 November 2026

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Windpark Wielen is a 14 MW wind farm 12 km west of Uelsen, Wielen, Grafschaft Bentheim, Niedersachsen, Germany. It first operated in 2028. Its status in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany) is planned. There are 5 other energy sites within 10 km, 4 of them wind farms. The register holds no incident at this site. It holds 30 incidents at wind farms in Germany, and 350 worldwide.

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The pack for this site lists 24 comparable onshore wind incidents in Germany, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-0740, Nordex turbine collapses at Herkentrup wind farm in Germany, 69 km from this site.

ReferenceYearIncidentFrom the siteSeverity
EIR-07402025Nordex turbine collapses at Herkentrup wind farm in Germany69 kmMajor
EIR-08082018Nacelle fire at Rhede wind farm prompts Enercon investigation73 kmSignificant
EIR-18112023Wind turbine reported to have snapped and collapsed into a field in north-west Germany91 kmMajor
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The first 3 rows as the pack shows them. The other 21 are in the pack, each with its distance, sources and the fire service guidance it bears on.

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Summary for this site

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In the full pack
Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
14 MW
Capacity figure from
Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany)
Status
Planned (In planning)
Operator
IWB Windpark Itterbeck-Wielen Betriebsgesellschaft
Location
Wielen, Grafschaft Bentheim, Niedersachsen, 49847, Germany
First operating
2028
Turbines
2

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Alerts for applications and incidents near here

None found. The register holds no published incident that names Windpark Wielen. If you know of one, report it (confidential reports are anonymised).

Has Windpark Wielen had a fire or other incident?
None is on the register as of 10 November 2026. The register holds no published incident that names Windpark Wielen; it holds 30 incidents at wind farms in Germany.
What is the status of Windpark Wielen?
Planned, in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany).
Where is Windpark Wielen?
12 km west of Uelsen, Wielen, Grafschaft Bentheim, Niedersachsen, Germany (postcode 49847).

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).