Power plant · Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
Energiepark Pottendijk
Energiepark Pottendijk is a power plant in Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands, with 41 MW of capacity, operated by Energiepark Pottendijk B.V.
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 | Emmen | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2022 | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Energiepark Pottendijk B.V. | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 41 MW | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Ground-mounted solar | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.8653, 7.0435 | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchHow it compares
Energiepark Pottendijk is the 7th-largest of 100 power plants in Drenthe and the 96th-largest of 2,153 in the Netherlands by capacity; its 41 MW is 0.11% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drenthe | 7th of 100 | 1,471 MW | 2.8% |
| Netherlands | 96th of 2,153 | 37,557 MW | 0.11% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,243rd of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 240 permit notices, 113 substations, 22 CO2 emitters (14 operating) and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning application, Westerwolde (prb-2026-315) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Substation omgevingsvergunning application, Borger-Odoorn (gmb-2025-462485) | Permit notice | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Substation omgevingsvergunning application, Borger-Odoorn (gmb-2025-300647) | Permit notice | — | — | 5.5 km |
| 110 kV Musselkanaal Zandberg | Substation | — | — | 5.5 km |
| Electric boiler Ter Apelkanaal (Coöperatie Avebe) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 6.2 km |
| 110 kV Musselkanaal Dobbestroom | Substation | — | — | 6.3 km |
| Green gas 2E Exloermond (Woagen) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 8.1 km |
| Niederlangen | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| Electric boiler Gasselternijveen (Coöperatie Avebe) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 18 km |
Operator and place
More from Energiepark Pottendijk B.V.
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Other power plants in Drenthe
- Waste incineration Wijster (Attero)92.3 MW
- Zonnepark Vloeivelden Hollandia89.4 MW
- Solar Norg (Tpsolar Zuidvelde)65.5 MW
- Energiepark Pottendijk50.4 MW
- Solar Exloo (FP Lux Reio PV Netherlands Exloo)49.8 MW
- Solar Buinerveen (BEE Stadskanaal)44.6 MW
- Solar Klazienaveen (Trio Solar 5)40.5 MW
- Solar Hoogeveen (BEE Hoogeveen)39.6 MW
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.
- 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 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.