Power plant · North Holland, Netherlands
Centrale Diemen
Centrale Diemen is a power plant in North Holland, Netherlands, with 684 MW of capacity, owned by Vattenfall AB.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Holland | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Netherlands | EU Union Registry public data · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Overdiemerweg 35, 1111 PP DIEMEN | EU Union Registry public data · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages · record · Facts only, each linked to its page · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1995 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Vattenfall AB (100%, group) | Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages · record · Facts only, each linked to its page · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Vattenfall Power Generation Netherlands B.V. | EU Union Registry public data · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 684 MW (capacity stated by the owner) | Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages · record · Facts only, each linked to its page · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 2 units | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Activity | Combustion of fuels | EU Union Registry public data · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Verified emissions | 1,045,658 tCO2e (in 2025) | EU Union Registry public data · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.3390, 5.0200 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
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2 sources record Centrale Diemen; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centrale Diemen | asset:eic:49W0000000000431 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) | — |
| Vattenfall Centrale Diemen | asset:eu-ets:nl-183 | EU Union Registry public data | Same name, coordinates and operator |
How it compares
Centrale Diemen is the 2nd-largest of 216 power plants in North Holland and the 12th-largest of 2,153 in the Netherlands by capacity; its 684 MW is 1.8% of the 37,557 MW we hold for the Netherlands. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Holland | 2nd of 216 | 3,450 MW | 20% |
| Netherlands | 12th of 2,153 | 37,557 MW | 1.8% |
| All power plants in our data | 582nd of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
- Verified emissions: 1,045,658 tCO2e
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 903 permit notices, 99 substations, 89 data centers, 69 CO2 emitters (40 operating), 2 AI supercomputers and 1 processing plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Substation omgevingsvergunning decision, Diemen (prb-2026-9705) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.0 km |
| Substation omgevingsvergunning draft decision, Diemen (prb-2026-6622) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.0 km |
| Vattenfall Centrale Diemen | CO2 emitter | 1,045,658 tCO2e | — | 0.1 km |
| 380 kV Centrale Diemen | Substation | — | — | 0.1 km |
| Electric boiler Diemen (Vattenfall Power Generation Netherlands) | CO2 emitter | — | Cancelled | 0.2 km |
| 150 kV Diemen | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| 150 kV substation (OSM way/164406946) | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Switch Datacenters AMS4 | Data center | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Data center omgevingsvergunning draft decision, Diemen (prb-2026-15202) | Permit notice | — | — | 3.3 km |
Owner, operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- Officiële Bekendmakingen. Officiële Bekendmakingen, CC0 1.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.