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Power plants in the Netherlands

71 power-plant records · 16,994 MW reported capacity

  • Wind 56%
  • Solar 18%
  • Gas 17%
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Netherlands at a glance

Power-plant records
71
Reported capacity
16,994 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
50.7%
Most records
Wind, Solar
Grid operator
TenneT Netherlands
Capital
Amsterdam

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Eems2,465 MW
  2. 2Eemshaven1,600 MW
  3. 3Magnum1,311 MW
  4. 4Maasvlakte 31,100 MW
  5. 5Maasvlakte (MV1 and MV2)1,040 MW
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Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in the Netherlands

Liberalised marketCompetitive generation and retail

Gas, wind and solar dominate. Grid congestion now limits new connections in many regions. Power is traded on EPEX SPOT and Nord Pool.

  1. GenerationCompeting generators
  2. TransmissionIndependent grid operator
  3. DistributionRegulated local networks
  4. CustomersYou choose a supplier

Who regulates

  • ACMEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

TenneT, owned by the state, runs the high-voltage grid; regional operators Liander, Stedin and Enexis run distribution.

Markets & power exchanges

Regional grid

  • ENTSO-E · Continental European gridRegional grid

    Part of the synchronous grid of Continental Europe, the largest interconnected grid in the world by customers, coordinated by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity.

What does “Liberalised market” mean?

Generators sell into a wholesale market, an independent operator runs the transmission grid, and households can choose their electricity supplier. Networks stay regulated monopolies because building parallel power lines makes no sense.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Netherlands generates electricity

Electricity generated122.3 TWh
Renewable share50.7%
Low-carbon share53.7%
Carbon intensity250.7 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0.09 TWh
Wind33.5 TWh
Solar21.8 TWh
Bioenergy6.7 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear3.6 TWh
Coal7.5 TWh
Gas44.3 TWh
Other fossil4.9 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

The Netherlands occupies the delta region of the Rhine, Meuse and Scheldt. North Sea frontage, reclaimed lowlands and dense port infrastructure form the backdrop to its generation geography.

Capital
Amsterdam
Languages
Dutch
Major cities
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague

Geographic reference: European Union country profile. Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 71 records for Netherlands. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

71 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

53 lack an owner/operator; 19 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in the Netherlands

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Browse 71 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

Published selection: 12 records. JavaScript loads the full searchable inventory.

Eems

Gas
2,465 MW
Owner in source
Electrabel
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
1996
Source status
Operating status unverified
GDF Suez · historical recordDetails & map
1,600 MW
Owner in source
Essent
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
2015
Source status
Operating status unverified
GCPT · historical recordDetails & map
1,311 MW
Owner in source
Vattenfall
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
2013
Source status
Operating status unverified
Vattenfall · historical recordDetails & map
1,100 MW
Owner in source
E.ON
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
2016
Source status
Operating status unverified
GCPT · historical recordDetails & map
999 MW
Owner in source
GDF Suez
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
2010
Source status
Operating status unverified
GDF Suez · historical recordDetails & map
880 MW
Owner in source
Electrabel
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
2010
Source status
Operating status unverified
Engie · historical recordDetails & map

Sloe

Gas
870 MW
Owner in source
EDF/DELTA
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
2010
Source status
Operating status unverified
SloeCentrale · historical recordDetails & map
684 MW
Owner in source
Vattenfall
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
1995
Source status
Operating status unverified
Vattenfall · historical recordDetails & map
590 MW
Owner in source
GDF Suez
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
GDF Suez · historical recordDetails & map

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