Heat plant · Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Solar thermal Groningen (Zonthermiepark Dorkwerd)
Solar thermal Groningen (Zonthermiepark Dorkwerd) is a heat plant in Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, with 37.4 MW of capacity, operated by Zonthermiepark Dorkwerd B.V.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Groningen | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2024 | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Zonthermiepark Dorkwerd B.V. | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 37.4 MW | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar thermal | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.2236, 6.5698 | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this heat plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, who buys its heat, its permits and its subsidy, and an introduction to the operator.
How it compares
Solar thermal Groningen (Zonthermiepark Dorkwerd) is the largest of 6 heat plants in Groningen and the 14th-largest of 115 in the Netherlands by capacity; its 37.4 MW is 1.9% of the 1,962 MW we hold for the Netherlands. Ranks and totals cover the heat plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Heat plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groningen | 1st of 6 | 87.8 MW | 43% |
| Netherlands | 14th of 115 | 1,962 MW | 1.9% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this heat plant: 327 permit notices, 254 power plants (218 operating, 8,909 MW), 94 substations, 10 renewable fuel plants (6 operating, 63 MW), 8 data centers and 3 CO2 emitters (2,057,066 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Groningen (Energiefonds Groningen) | Power plant | 6.1 MW | Permitted | 0.0 km |
| Solar Groningen (Groot Roodehaan) | Power plant | 33.3 MW | Operating | 0.0 km |
| Solar Groningen (Zon Direct Groningen) | Power plant | 11.9 MW | Operating | 0.0 km |
| 110 kV Groningen Bloemsingel | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Substation omgevingsvergunning application, Groningen (gmb-2026-25537) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Grid connection omgevingsvergunning application, Groningen (gmb-2025-530978) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Grid connection omgevingsvergunning decision, Groningen (gmb-2026-33707) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.9 km |
| 110 kV Groningen Heemskerkstraat | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| 110 kV Groningen Bornholmstraat | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
Operator and place
Other heat plants in Groningen
- Electric boiler Ter Apelkanaal (Coöperatie Avebe)29.4 MW
- Electric boiler Hoogezand (P2H)9.9 MW
- Biomass heat Veendam (Kanadevia Inova Biogas Veendam)5.05 MW
- Electric boiler Warffum (Rixona)5 MW
- Biomass heat Hoogezand (Waterbedrijf Groningen Duurzaam)1 MW
- Heat pump Eemshaven (Holland Malt)24.2 MW · planned
- Residual heat Groningen (Warmtenet Noordwest)12.5 MW · planned
- Electric boiler Foxhol (Coöperatie Avebe)5.94 MW · planned
Data on this page
- Officiële Bekendmakingen. Officiële Bekendmakingen, CC0 1.0.
- OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.