AVR Rozenburg power station — Netherlands

AVR Rozenburg power station is a 130 MW biomass power station in South Holland, Netherlands. It is operated by Dutch Enviro Energy Holdings BV. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 179k homes (estimated). It ranks #33 of 119 Netherlands power plants by installed capacity. In context, biomass supplies about 5.1% of Netherlands's electricity; the national grid averages 254 gCO₂/kWh (54.2% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-365.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: Climate TRACE; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

At 130 MW, AVR Rozenburg power station is well above the median biomass plant in Netherlands (49 MW). Biomass plants burn organic material such as wood, residues or waste-derived fuel to raise steam; they are dispatchable and counted as low-carbon where the feedstock is sustainably sourced.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Key facts

Share of Netherlands biomass capacity

22.3% of 582 MW across 9 plants in this dataset

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest biomass plants in Netherlands

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Dutch Enviro Energy Holdings BV.

Local climate & thermal context

This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 51.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 20% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 61/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #2 largest biomass power plant of 9 in Netherlands by capacity.

Netherlands has 9 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 582 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• ROZENBURG EUROGEN · Gas · 114.9 MW · South Holland
• Rozenburg Peninsula · Wind · 15 MW · South Holland
• WKC AIR PRODUCTS · Gas · 43 MW · South Holland
• Botlek Refinery power station · Gas · 49 MW · South Holland
• Pernis Refinery power station · Gas · 269 MW · South Holland
• Maasstroom power station · Gas · 426 MW · South Holland

Location

Coordinates 51.8974, 4.2765 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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