Nijmegen power station — Netherlands
Gas power plant in Gelderland, Netherlands. Approximate location 51.855951, 5.828796.
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Nijmegen power station is a 500 MW gas power station in Gelderland, Netherlands. It ranks #20 of 119 Netherlands power plants by installed capacity. Its annual emissions of 2,293 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 534 cars driven for a year. 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 GOGPT_nijmegen_nether.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 500 MW, Nijmegen power station is well above the median gas plant in Netherlands (120 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.
2,293 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).
How it compares & nearby plants
The #11 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.
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- Industriepark Kleefse Waard power station · Gas · 53 MW · Gelderland
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Location
Coordinates 51.855951, 5.828796 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Nijmegen power station?
Nijmegen power station is a 500 MW gas power plant in Gelderland, Netherlands.
How much CO₂ does Nijmegen power station emit?
Nijmegen power station has measured emissions of about 2,293 tonnes of CO₂ per year (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)).