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 |
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Related works
- Is published in
- Journal article: 10.3390/data7090128 (DOI)
Software
- Repository URL
- https://git.ufz.de/manske/regeoloc