Overpass query example

Wind turbines

Find every wind turbine in a country. Example: Denmark.

Wind turbines are points tagged power=generator with generator:source=wind. Some have generator:output:electricity and height.

The query

[out:json][timeout:60];
area["ISO3166-1"="DK"][admin_level=2]->.dk;
node["generator:source"="wind"](area.dk);
out;

Run it

Running the query…

Live result from overpass.ch, cached for up to 12 hours. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

How it works

  1. Offshore turbines are only found if they lie within the boundary of the country, which includes territorial waters.

Variations

  • Wind farms as a whole: nwr["power"="plant"]["plant:source"="wind"].

Run it from your code

curl https://api.overpass.ch/v1/YOUR_API_KEY/interpreter \
  --data-urlencode 'data@query.overpassql'

Save the query as query.overpassql. It works the same in Overpass Turbo, QGIS and JOSM.

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