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Power plants in Netherlands

A directory of 106 power plants in Netherlands with a combined installed capacity of 21,943 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

106power plants
21,943MW total capacity
9fuel types
38with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Netherlands)

Wind: 40 plants40WindGas: 23 plants23GasOther: 14 plants14OtherSolar: 13 plants13SolarBiomass: 8 plants8BiomassCoal: 5 plants5CoalNuclear: 1 plants1NuclearWaste: 1 plants1Waste

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Netherlands electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

254gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
54.2%low-carbon electricity
51.2%renewables
45.8%fossil fuels
Gas: 35 % of electricity35GasWind: 25 % of electricity25WindSolar: 21 % of electricity21SolarCoal: 7 % of electricity7CoalBioenergy: 5 % of electricity5BioenergyOil: 4 % of electricity4OilNuclear: 3 % of electricity3Nuclear

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Netherlands

#PlantFuelMW
1EemsGas2,465
2EemshavenCoal1,600
3MagnumGas1,311
4Claus power stationOther1,304
5Maasvlakte 3Coal1,100
6Maasvlakte (MV1 and MV2)Coal1,040
7FLEVOGas999
8MaximaGas880
9SloeGas870
10Enecogen power stationGas870
11Hemweg power stationCoal685
12Diemen 33Gas684
13GeminiWind600
14GELDERLANDCoal590
15DelestoGas530
16Borssele Nuclear Power StationNuclear485
17ELSTAGas456
18Rijnmond IIGas427
19Maasstroom power stationGas426
20HARCULOGas349

Largest by capacity → Dirtiest by CO₂ →

Browse by fuel

Wind (40)Gas (23)Other (14)Solar (13)Biomass (8)Coal (5)