Wijster power station — Netherlands

Wijster power station is a 48 MW waste power plant in Drenthe, Netherlands. It is operated by Attero BV. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 66k homes (estimated). It ranks #65 of 119 Netherlands power plants by installed capacity. Its modelled annual emissions are 363,900 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 85k cars driven for a year. In context, 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-331.

Data provenance

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

capacity: Climate TRACE; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

Waste-to-energy plants burn municipal solid waste to generate electricity and heat, cutting landfill volume while recovering energy from residual waste.

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

~363,900 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.

Key facts

Share of Netherlands waste capacity

37.6% of 128 MW across 2 plants in this dataset

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

Capacity vs largest waste plants in Netherlands

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Attero BV.

Local climate & thermal context

This waste plant recovers energy by combusting municipal or industrial waste. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 52.8°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 30% 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: 68/100 — this site sits in the top 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 moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), 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 #2 largest waste power plant of 2 in Netherlands by capacity.

Netherlands has 2 waste power plants in this dataset, together about 128 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• EVI Abfallverwertung power station · Biomass · 70 MW · Drenthe
• Emmtec Industry & Businesspark power station · Gas · 60 MW · Drenthe
• Nam Schoonebeek power station · Gas · 128 MW · Drenthe
• Emlichheim Solar Power Plant · Solar · 5 MW · Lower Saxony
• EBE Biomass power station · Biomass · 23 MW · Lower Saxony
• Gasselternijveen power station · Gas · 24.5 MW · Groningen

Location

Coordinates 52.793, 6.5154 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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