Nerefco

Nerefco is a 22 MW wind power plant in South Holland, Netherlands. Based on reported annual generation of 61 GWh, it can supply roughly 17,428 homes. It ranks #65 of 106 Netherlands power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2002, it is around 24 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 11,233 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 2,618 cars driven for a year. 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 WRI1005402.

11,233 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

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 52.0°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 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: 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 #11 largest wind power plant of 40 in Netherlands by capacity.

Netherlands has 40 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 1,937 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Enecogen power station · Gas · 870 MW · South Holland
• Maasvlakte 3 · Coal · 1,100 MW · South Holland
• Maasvlakte (MV1 and MV2) · Coal · 1,040 MW · South Holland
• Alco Energy Rotterdam power station · Biomass · 60 MW · South Holland
• Rozenburg Peninsula · Wind · 15 MW · South Holland
• Haringvliet · Wind · 4 MW · South Holland

Location

Coordinates 51.9539, 4.0954 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.