The Netherlands has 71 power plants in this atlas, with 16,994 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Eems (2,465 MW, gas; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are wind, solar and gas. Grid operators listed here include TenneT Netherlands. Electricity is regulated by ACM. Renewables supplied 50.7% of its electricity in 2024.
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.
Grid operators and electricity market 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.
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.
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.
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.
