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Power plants in Netherlands

A directory of 119 power plants in Netherlands with a combined installed capacity of 25,772 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

119power plants
25,772MW total capacity
9fuel types
53with asset-level CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Netherlands)

Gas: 42 plants42GasWind: 40 plants40WindSolar: 13 plants13SolarBiomass: 9 plants9BiomassCoal: 7 plants7CoalOther: 3 plants3OtherNuclear: 2 plants2NuclearWaste: 2 plants2Waste

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).

The state of Netherlands’s power emissions

Across the 53 Netherlands power plants carrying an asset-level CO₂ figure in this open dataset, total emissions are about 22.5 Mt CO₂/yr. The single largest emitter, ELSTA (gas), accounts for about 14% of that 53-plant reported subset (not of the whole country). The top three owners — TenneT, E.ON, Uniper Benelux NV [100%] — control roughly 46% of that 53-plant reported subset. Most of these plants sit in a temperate Köppen climate zone.

Largest emitters (Mt CO₂/yr)

ELSTA: 3.2 Mt CO2/yr3.2ELSTAMaasvlakte 3: 2.6 Mt CO2/yr2.6Maasvlakte…Maasvlakte Ucml power station: 2.6 Mt CO2/yr2.6Maasvlakte…Claus power station: 2.0 Mt CO2/yr2.0Claus powe…Maasvlakte Power Station (Riverstone Holdings): 1.2 Mt CO2/yr1.2Maasvlakte…Rijnmond II: 1.2 Mt CO2/yr1.2Rijnmond IIDiemen 33: 1.1 Mt CO2/yr1.1Diemen 33Enecogen power station: 1.0 Mt CO2/yr1.0Enecogen p…FLEVO: 0.97 Mt CO2/yr0.97FLEVOSloe: 0.79 Mt CO2/yr0.79Sloe

Emissions by owner (Mt CO₂/yr)

TenneT: 5.1 Mt CO2/yr5.1TenneTE.ON: 2.6 Mt CO2/yr2.6E.ONUniper Benelux NV [100%]: 2.6 Mt CO2/yr2.6Uniper Ben…RWE Generation NL BV: 2.2 Mt CO2/yr2.2RWE Genera…Onyx Germany GmbH: 1.2 Mt CO2/yr1.2Onyx Germa…Vattenfall: 1.1 Mt CO2/yr1.1Vattenfall

CO₂ — measured (US EPA / EU ETS) or modelled (Climate TRACE), per plant · backbone WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0) · climate: Köppen-Geiger (WorldClim). CC BY 4.0.

Largest plants in Netherlands

#PlantFuelMW
1EemsGas1,931
2EemshavenCoal1,600
3Claus power stationGas1,304
4Amer power stationCoal1,301
5MagnumGas1,290
6Maasvlakte 3Coal1,100
7Maasvlakte (MV1 and MV2)Coal1,040
8FLEVOGas999
9MaximaGas880
10SloeGas870
11Enecogen power stationGas870
12Bergum power stationGas808
13Maasvlakte Power Station (Riverstone Holdings)Coal800
14Hemweg power stationCoal685
15Diemen 33Gas684
16GeminiWind600
17GELDERLANDCoal590
18DelestoGas523
19Borssele Nuclear Power StationNuclear515
20Nijmegen power stationGas500

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Browse by fuel

Gas (42)Wind (40)Solar (13)Biomass (9)Other (3)

Power plants in Netherlands by region

South Holland (20)North Holland (16)Zeeland (14)Gelderland (12)Groningen (12)North Brabant (11)

Cite this

Inzonex PowerAtlas (2026). Asset-level power-plant CO2 emissions — Netherlands. Derived from WRI GPPD, Climate TRACE, US EPA GHGRP and EU ETS (CC BY 4.0). https://inzonex.co.uk/poweratlas/netherlands/

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Frequently asked questions

How many power plants are in Netherlands?

There are 119 power plants in Netherlands in this open dataset, with about 25,772 MW of total capacity.

What is the largest power plant in Netherlands?

Eems is the largest at about 1,931 MW (gas).

What fuels generate electricity in Netherlands?

The most common plant type in this dataset is gas (42 plants), across 9 fuel types in total.

How clean is Netherlands's electricity grid?

Netherlands's grid carbon intensity is about 254 gCO₂/kWh, with 54.2% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).