Heat plant · Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands
Biomass heat Heerlen (Carbon6)
Biomass heat Heerlen (Carbon6) is a heat plant in Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands, with 3 MW of capacity, operated by Carbon6 BV.
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Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Grid area | Available on request | Netbeheer Nederland capaciteitskaart · Restricted · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Heerlen | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Kloosterweg 1, 6412 CN Heerlen | 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 | 2017 | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Carbon6 BV | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3 MW | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass heat | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Available on request | Netbeheer Nederland capaciteitskaart · Restricted · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8939, 5.9728 | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Biomass heat Heerlen (Carbon6) is the 5th-largest of 11 heat plants in Limburg and the 77th-largest of 115 in the Netherlands by capacity; its 3 MW is 0.15% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limburg | 5th of 11 | 125 MW | 2.4% |
| Netherlands | 77th of 115 | 1,962 MW | 0.15% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this heat plant: 364 permit notices, 260 power plants (175 operating, 9,201 MW), 123 substations, 11 data centers, 6 CO2 emitters (35,809,784 tCO2e), 1 processing plant and 1 renewable fuel plant (4.47 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smartdc Heerlen | Data center | — | — | 0.2 km |
| 150 kV Huskensweg | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Battery storage omgevingsvergunning application, Heerlen (gmb-2025-258802) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Battery storage omgevingsvergunning decision, Heerlen (gmb-2025-292708) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.7 km |
| 150 kV Beersdal | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning application, Heerlen (prb-2025-10143) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Solar Heerlen (IKEA) | Power plant | 1.18 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Solar Heerlen (Sununited 3) | Power plant | 1.16 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Solar Landgraaf (Zonneparken Nazorg Limburg) | Power plant | 12.1 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
Operator and place
Other heat plants in Limburg
- Electric boiler Maastricht (Sappi Maastricht)39.9 MW
- Geothermal heat Grubbenvorst (Geobalanz)30.2 MW
- Electric boiler Oostrum Lb (Rixona)29.7 MW
- Geothermal heat Horst (NAPPA)12.7 MW
- Biomass heat Afferden L (Van Lin)2.56 MW
- Biomass heat Roggel (Doehler Roggel)1.98 MW
- Biomass heat Lomm (Aviko B.V. (Locatie Lomm))1.89 MW
- Heat pump Brunssum (Stichting Weller Wonen)1.01 MW
Data on this page
- Netbeheer Nederland capaciteitskaart. Netbeheer Nederland capaciteitskaart, Restricted.
- 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.