Ijmond — Netherlands

Ijmond is a 114 MW gas power station in North Holland, Netherlands. It is operated by Vattenfall. Based on reported annual generation of 805 GWh, it can supply roughly 230k homes. It ranks #39 of 119 Netherlands power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1997, it is around 29 years old — long-established. In context, gas supplies about 34.9% 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 WRI1019313.

Data provenance

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

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 114 MW, Ijmond is around the median gas plant in Netherlands (120 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

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

Key facts

Load factor

81%, from 805 GWh of reported generation; the median for 6 gas plants in Netherlands that report generation is 37%

Generation trend

903 GWh in 2015 and 805 GWh in 2017 (−11%)

Highest and lowest year

2016: 970 GWh; 2017: 805 GWh

Share of Netherlands gas capacity

0.8% of 14,954 MW across 42 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

18 of 36 dated gas plants in Netherlands are older

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

Reported generation trend

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Vattenfall. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 52.5°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: 63/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

A gas turbine here also runs ~0% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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 #23 largest gas power plant of 42 in Netherlands by capacity.

Netherlands has 42 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 14,954 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Velsen · Wind · 9 MW · North Holland
• Afval Energie Bedrijf Amsterdam power station · Biomass · 151 MW · North Holland
• Hemweg · Wind · 5.3 MW · North Holland
• Hemweg power station · Coal · 685 MW · North Holland
• HVC Alkmaar power station · Waste · 79.5 MW · North Holland
• Egmond aan Zee · Wind · 108 MW · North Holland

Location

Coordinates 52.4758, 4.6048 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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