Cuijk power station — Netherlands

Cuijk power station is a 20 MW biomass power plant in North Brabant, Netherlands. It is operated by Bio Energie Centrale Cuijk BV. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 28k homes (estimated). It ranks #81 of 119 Netherlands power plants by installed capacity. Its annual emissions of 1,000 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 233 cars driven for a year. 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-361.

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 20 MW, Cuijk power station is below 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.

1,000 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions per EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023) (measured for US EPA/EU ETS, modelled for Climate TRACE).

Key facts

Share of Netherlands biomass capacity

3.4% 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 Bio Energie Centrale Cuijk 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 51.8°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 22% 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: 62/100 — 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 moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), 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 #9 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

• Nijmegen power station · Gas · 500 MW · Gelderland
• GELDERLAND · Coal · 590 MW · Gelderland
• Dodewaard nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 60 MW · Gelderland
• Industriepark Kleefse Waard power station · Gas · 53 MW · Gelderland
• Parenco Paper Mill power station · Other · 36 MW · Gelderland
• AVR Duiven power station · Biomass · 31 MW · Gelderland

Location

Coordinates 51.7541, 5.8528 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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