DE Wind Turbines MaStR
Introduction
The MaStR - Marktstammdatenregister - is the official, public german database for wind turbines. It contains information such as wind turbine data (manufacturer, model, hub-height) along with geographical information such as location and comissioning date. New wind turbines are required by law, to register in the database within one month after commissioning. Older wind turbines must complete their data entries before January 31, 2021.
As of April 2020, users of windPRO 3.3+ can download data about existing wind turbines in Germany from the federal German energy market actor database (Marktstammdatenregister or MaStR). Available metadata can be found in the 'Description' tab of the WTG-object in windPRO.
EMD's database 'DE Wind Turbines MaStR' is automatically updated from the official database every week.
Usage Notes
The German MaStR database is still being expanded and being developed. As such, there is a number of issues to be aware about:
- The data is submitted by the operator of the WTG and it has not been edited by EMD.
- EMD's MaStR database will be automatically updated from the official database every week.
- Locations from the MaStR database may be less precise than those provided by Openstreetmap (see also the evaluation section below).
- When data is loaded into windPRO, a mapping from the MaStR turbine type to a known type from the windPRO wind turbine catalogue is made. About 60% will provide a first match, so please consider to manually edit and validate the turbine type after downloading.
- Commissioning / Decommissioning dates are available, if submitted by the operator (Existing WTG object properties → Tab Operation → Start/End dates).
- Turbine types are not only industrial grade, but also smaller domestic turbines and classic/historical wind turbines exist in the database.
Availability from within windPRO
Downloading the MaStR data into windPRO is a simple 1-2-3 process - as outlined in the figures below.
| 1. Click the "Import existing WTG's" toolbar button. | 2. Select the Marktstammdatenregister. Click "Next" then "Ok" to seach for MaStR WTG's. |
3. Once imported, it's possible to view a detailed description. |
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License and Attribution
All data of the Marktstammdatenregister accessible via windPRO is public data. Its accessibility is required by law according to §111e of the German Energiewirtschaftsgesetz (Energy Industry Act) and there are no limitations to the use of the data. The database was derived from data that belongs to the open data of the German Bundesnetzagentur. The data is publicly available from https://www.marktstammdatenregister.de/MaStR. Please use the following attribution when using this dataset:
Derived from geospatial data from the Marktstammdatenregister operated by German Bundesnetzagentur. Data-processing and distribution by EMD and windPRO.
Acknowledgement
- The German Bundesnetzagentur are thanked for producing this database – and disseminating it by an API - and thus for aiding the development of renewable energy and wind-energy in particular