Power plant · Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands

Biomass co-firing Eemshaven (RWE Eemshaven Holding II)

Biomass co-firing Eemshaven (RWE Eemshaven Holding II) is a power plant in Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands, with 256 MW of capacity, operated by RWE Eemshaven Holding II B.V.

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Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Het Hogeland	RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid area	Available on request	Netbeheer Nederland capaciteitskaart · Restricted · checked 24 Oct 2026
Location	Netherlands	EU Union Registry public data · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Address	Synergieweg 1, 9979 XD Eemshaven	RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026
Address	Synergieweg 1 t/m 9, 9979 XD Eemshaven	EU Union Registry public data · CC BY 4.0 · 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	2019	RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	RWE Eemshaven Holding II B.V.	RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	RWE Eemshaven Holding II B.V.	EU Union Registry public data · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	256 MW	RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Biomass co-firing	RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026
Activity	Combustion of fuels	EU Union Registry public data · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	Available on request	Netbeheer Nederland capaciteitskaart · Restricted · checked 24 Oct 2026
Verified emissions	3,596,911 tCO2e (in 2025)	EU Union Registry public data · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	53.4465, 6.8607	RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026

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2 sources record Biomass co-firing Eemshaven (RWE Eemshaven Holding II); 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
Biomass co-firing Eemshaven (RWE Eemshaven Holding II)	asset:rvo-sde:SDE1693517	RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer	—
RWE Eemshaven Centrale	asset:eu-ets:nl-205957	EU Union Registry public data	Same postcode and name

How it compares

Biomass co-firing Eemshaven (RWE Eemshaven Holding II) is the 5th-largest of 128 power plants in Groningen and the 29th-largest of 2,153 in the Netherlands by capacity; its 256 MW is 0.68% 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
Groningen	5th of 128	7,279 MW	3.5%
Netherlands	29th of 2,153	37,557 MW	0.68%
All power plants in our data	1,036th of 12,032	1,190,447 MW	<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.

2019Started operating
2025Verified emissions: 3,596,911 tCO2e

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 160 permit notices, 110 substations, 16 CO2 emitters (7 operating) and 8 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
380 kV Doekegat	Substation	—	—	0.6 km
380 kV Gemini	Substation	—	—	0.8 km
Nieuwbouw datacenter QTS	Data center	—	—	0.9 km
Data center omgevingsvergunning decision, Eemsdelta (prb-2026-2255)	Permit notice	—	—	1.0 km
QTS Eemshaven Netherlands Data Center	Data center	—	—	1.0 km
Substation omgevingsvergunning decision, Het Hogeland (prb-2025-11126)	Permit notice	—	—	1.0 km
Data center omgevingsvergunning decision, Het Hogeland (prb-2024-19368)	Permit notice	—	—	1.1 km
Eemshaven Compensatie- en Filterstation	Substation	—	—	1.1 km
ENGIE Eemscentrale	CO2 emitter	1,579,405 tCO2e	—	1.7 km

Operator and place

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Zonnepark Vlagtwedde110 MW
CEE Zonnepark Fledderbosch104 MW
Solar Sappemeer (Bee SP Midden Groningen)103 MW
Solar Stadskanaal (BEE Stadskanaal)101 MW

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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.
Netbeheer Nederland capaciteitskaart. Netbeheer Nederland capaciteitskaart, Restricted.
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.