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GELDERLAND

Coal power plant in Gelderland, Netherlands. Approximate location 51.8561, 5.8294.

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GELDERLAND is a 590 MW coal power station in Gelderland, Netherlands. It is operated by GDF Suez. Based on reported annual generation of 2,886 GWh, it can supply roughly 824,628 homes. It ranks #14 of 106 Netherlands power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 7.1% of Netherlands's electricity; the national grid averages 254 gCO₂/kWh (54.2% low-carbon) (2025).

590MW installed capacity
2,886GWh reported / yr
824,628homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1019307.

~2,886,200 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

672,774passenger cars driven for a year
376,395homes' yearly energy use
48,103,333tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Capacity vs largest coal plants in Netherlands

Eemshaven: 1,600 MW2kEemshavenMaasvlakte 3: 1,100 MW1kMaasvlakte…Maasvlakte (MV1 and MV2): 1,040 MW1kMaasvlakte…Hemweg power station: 685 MW685Hemweg pow…GELDERLAND: 590 MW590GELDERLAND

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

Owner

Operated by GDF Suez. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. 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.

9.8°Cannual mean temp
2,995heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
25 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 3 °CJF: 3 °CFM: 6 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 13 °CMJ: 16 °CJJ: 18 °CJA: 17 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 10 °CON: 6 °CND: 4 °CD18 °C

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.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #5 largest coal power plant of 5 in Netherlands by capacity.

Netherlands has 5 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 5,015 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 51.8561, 5.8294 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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