DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16942382
title: Geo-locations and System Data of Renewable Energy Installations in Germany

description: Content

The dataset contains geolocation and system data on renewable energy installations in Germany. It is provided as GeoPackage (.gpkg) files with point geometries for onshore and offshore wind turbines, ground-mounted photovoltaic systems, bioenergy systems and their associated combined heat and power plants, hydropower plants, renewable gas production sites, and energy storage systems. In addition, it includes a file with polygon geometries for photovoltaic field systems and the same data in CSV format.

The dataset is a site-verified extract from the Marktstammdatenregister (Core Energy Market Data Register, MaStR) maintained by the Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency, BNetzA) as of January 1, 2025. System-relevant information was further checked for plausibility and, where necessary, corrected through individual research.

The data processing steps are documented in the Git repository: https://git.ufz.de/manske/regeoloc.

A detailed description of the processing workflow is provided in the related article: https://doi.org/10.3390/data7090128. The article outlines the guiding principles, while the methodology is continuously being refined.

Metrics

The table presents a executive summary  of the compiled dataset compared to the MaStR data extract at the specified cut-off date.




Dataset (V20250101)
n records
sum capacity
n location corrected*
Records not included from MaStR extract**(n records / sum capacity)


Bioenergy
23,012
9144 MW
11,377
4 / 0.1


Cogeneration_Units
13,110
29,992 MW
not applicable
not applicable


Energy_Storage
912
11,864 MW
134
0 / 0


Gas_Production
274
85,956 MWh / h
22
54 / not applicable


Hydropower
8686
5405 MW
2078
4 / 0.3


Solar_Energy_Polygons
9770
35,056 ha
not applicable
not applicable


Solar_Energy
12,237
27,158 MW
11,594
54855 / 1067


Wind_Energy
32,317
74,793 MW
4132
1054 / 55




*Number of records whose location was adjusted by at least 10 meters.**There are several reasons why certain records were not included. In most cases, they could not be assigned to a specific location due to incorrect or incomplete location information in MaStR.

Version History




Version
Cut-off Date
Documentation / Executive Summary 


V20250101
2025/01/01
- Photovoltaic installations in MaStR previously classified as 'Building (Others)' have been reclassified as 'Ground-mounted' where applicable for solar energy systems.- Category 'Big parking lot' has been introduced for solar energy systems.- Additional locations for hydro power plants have been identified.- All wind turbine locations were re-examined.


V20240204
2024/01/04
- Category 'Agrivoltaics' has been introduced for solar energy systems.- Related cogeneration units have been additionally added to bioenergy systems.- Energy storage systems have been added to the dataset.- Gas production sites have been added to the dataset.


V20230420
2023/04/20
- Category 'Floating-mounted' has been introduced for solar energy systems.


V20210507
2021/05/07
- Detailed documentation can be found in the related article: https://doi.org/10.3390/data7090128