Schiphol power station — Netherlands

Schiphol power station is a 107 MW oil power station in North Holland, Netherlands. It is operated by EdgeConneX Inc. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 80k homes (estimated). It ranks #42 of 119 Netherlands power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2023, it is around 3 years old — recently built. Its modelled annual emissions are 60,370 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 14k cars driven for a year. In context, oil supplies about 3.9% 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 CT-345.

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 107 MW for Schiphol power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100001000004; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.

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

~60,370 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.

Owner

Operated by EdgeConneX Inc.

Local climate & thermal context

This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 52.3°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 23% 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.

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

Netherlands has 1 oil power plant in this dataset, together about 107 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Groene Hoek · Solar · 15 MW · North Holland
• Afval Energie Bedrijf Amsterdam power station · Biomass · 151 MW · North Holland
• Hemweg power station · Coal · 685 MW · North Holland
• Hemweg · Wind · 5.3 MW · North Holland
• Diemen 33 · Gas · 684 MW · North Holland
• Velsen · Wind · 9 MW · North Holland

Location

Coordinates 52.2838, 4.768 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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