Gemini — Netherlands

Gemini is a 600 MW wind power station in Friesland, Netherlands. Based on reported annual generation of 2,895 GWh, it can supply roughly 827k homes. It ranks #16 of 119 Netherlands power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2016, it is around 10 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 25.0% 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 WRI1005330.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 600 MW, Gemini is well above the median wind plant in Netherlands (9 MW). Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.

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

Key facts

Load factor

55%, from 2,895 GWh of reported generation; the median for 15 wind plants in Netherlands that report generation is 29%

Share of Netherlands wind capacity

31.8% of 1,885 MW across 40 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

38 of 40 dated wind plants in Netherlands are older

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

Capacity vs largest wind plants in Netherlands

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

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 54.0°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 34% 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: 71/100 — this site sits in the top 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 mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), 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 #1 largest wind power plant of 40 in Netherlands by capacity.

Netherlands has 40 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 1,885 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Trianel Windpark Borkum · Wind · 200 MW · Lower Saxony
• BARD Offshore 1 · Wind · 400 MW · Friesland
• Borkum Riffgrund I · Wind · 312 MW · Lower Saxony
• Windpark Riffgat · Wind · 113.4 MW · Lower Saxony
• Global Tech I · Wind · 400 MW · Lower Saxony
• Gode Wind 1 - Teil 1 · Wind · 263.1 MW · Lower Saxony

Location

Coordinates 54.036, 5.963 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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