Princess Amalia — Netherlands

Princess Amalia is a 120 MW wind power station in North Holland, Netherlands. Based on reported annual generation of 342 GWh, it can supply roughly 98k homes. It ranks #36 of 119 Netherlands power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2008, it is around 18 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 WRI1005427.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000909188; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 120 MW, Princess Amalia 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

33%, from 342 GWh of reported generation; the median for 15 wind plants in Netherlands that report generation is 29%

Share of Netherlands wind capacity

6.4% of 1,885 MW across 40 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

25 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 52.6°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: 61/100 — this site sits in the mid 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 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 #6 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

• Northeast Binnendijks · Wind · 217.5 MW · North Holland
• Egmond aan Zee · Wind · 108 MW · North Holland
• Luchterduinen · Wind · 129 MW · South Holland
• Ijmond · Gas · 114 MW · North Holland
• Velsen · Wind · 9 MW · North Holland
• Burgervlotbrug · Wind · 7.7 MW · North Holland

Location

Coordinates 52.588, 4.223 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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