Heat plant · Westland, South Holland, Netherlands
Geothermal heat Monster (HVC Aardwarmte Polanen)
Geothermal heat Monster (HVC Aardwarmte Polanen) is a heat plant in Westland, South Holland, Netherlands, with 23.8 MW of capacity, operated by HVC Aardwarmte Polanen B.V.
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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 | Westland | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Madeweg 43a, 2681 PK Monster | 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 | 2026 | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | HVC Aardwarmte Polanen B.V. | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 23.8 MW | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Geothermal 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 | 52.0321, 4.2001 | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Geothermal heat Monster (HVC Aardwarmte Polanen) is the 11th-largest of 30 heat plants in South Holland and the 29th-largest of 115 in the Netherlands by capacity; its 23.8 MW is 1.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Holland | 11th of 30 | 559 MW | 4.3% |
| Netherlands | 29th of 115 | 1,962 MW | 1.2% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this heat plant: 378 power plants (304 operating, 7,804 MW), 368 permit notices, 107 substations, 44 data centers, 10 CO2 emitters (13,757,062 tCO2e), 6 renewable fuel plants (4 operating, 28.1 MW) and 2 processing plants, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage omgevingsvergunning application, Westland (gmb-2025-75026) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Battery storage omgevingsvergunning decision, Westland (gmb-2025-296488) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Solar Monster (R. en M. Hendriks) | Power plant | 1.5 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Grid connection omgevingsvergunning application, Westland (gmb-2026-43234) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Solar Poeldijk (HGIT ABC Westland 200 Poeldijk Coöperatief) | Power plant | 4.04 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Solar Poeldijk (Trio Solar 5) | Power plant | 2.79 MW | Cancelled | 2.4 km |
| WorldStream | Data center | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Greenhouse Datacenters DC1 | Data center | — | — | 3.5 km |
| 150 kV Westerlee | Substation | — | — | 5.6 km |
Operator and place
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Other heat plants in South Holland
- Electric boiler Rotterdam (Air Liquide Industrie)99.5 MW
- Geothermal heat Maasdijk (HVC Aardwarmte Maasdijk)60.1 MW
- Geothermal heat Naaldwijk (Trias Westland)59.2 MW
- Geothermal heat Poeldijk (Aardwarmte Vogelaer)48.5 MW
- Biomass heat Gouda (Cargill Bioindustrial)34 MW
- Geothermal heat 's-Gravenhage (Haagse Aardwarmte CR-Plein)33.3 MW
- Geothermal heat Pijnacker (Ammerlaan Geothermie)31.2 MW
- Geothermal heat Bergschenhoek (Yeager Energy Bergschenhoek 1)30.6 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.