Onshore wind · Germany

WKA Scharringhausen

Operational1.8 MWData checked 10 November 2026

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WKA Scharringhausen is a 1.8 MW wind farm 12 km south of Sulingen, Kirchdorf, Diepholz, Niedersachsen, Germany. It first operated in 2003. Its status in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany) is operational. There are 30 other energy sites within 10 km, 26 of them wind farms. The register holds no incident at this site. It holds 30 incidents at wind farms in Germany, and 351 worldwide.

398 energy sites within 40 km for WKA Scharringhausen

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Technology
Onshore wind
Capacity
1.8 MW
Capacity figure from
Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany)
Status
Operational (In operation)
Location
Kirchdorf, Diepholz, Niedersachsen, 27245, Germany
First operating
2003

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Alerts for applications and incidents near here

  • 23 October 2003 Operational

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

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Has WKA Scharringhausen had a fire or other incident?
None is on the register as of 11 November 2026. The register holds no published incident that names WKA Scharringhausen; it holds 30 incidents at wind farms in Germany.
What is the status of WKA Scharringhausen?
Operational, in the Marktstammdatenregister (Bundesnetzagentur, Germany).
Where is WKA Scharringhausen?
12 km south of Sulingen, Kirchdorf, Diepholz, Niedersachsen, Germany (postcode 27245).

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).