Power plant · Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands
Buitengaats
Buitengaats is a power plant in Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands, with 300 MW of capacity, operated by Buitengaats C.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 | Het Hogeland | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Netherlands | Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee) · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (in gebruik) | Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee) · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2016 | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2016 | Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee) · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Offshore | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Offshore | Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee) · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Buitengaats C.V. | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 300 MW | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 75 units | Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee) · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind | Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee) · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 3,427 ha | Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee) · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4484, 6.8146 | 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.
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2 sources record Buitengaats; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buitengaats | asset:rvo-sde:SDE1070015 | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer | — |
| Gemini I | asset:rws-windpark:gemini-i | Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee) | Same permit holder |
How it compares
Buitengaats is the 4th-largest of 128 power plants in Groningen and the 22nd-largest of 2,153 in the Netherlands by capacity; its 300 MW is 0.8% 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 | 4th of 128 | 7,279 MW | 4.1% |
| Netherlands | 22nd of 2,153 | 37,557 MW | 0.8% |
| All power plants in our data | 991st of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 167 permit notices, 107 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 kV Windpark Westereems | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Wind omgevingsvergunning decision, Het Hogeland (prb-2026-3766) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Heat pump Eemshaven (Holland Malt) | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 0.9 km |
| Substation omgevingsvergunning application, Het Hogeland (gmb-2026-405569) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.3 km |
| 110 kV Eemshaven Midden | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Substation omgevingsvergunning application, Het Hogeland (gmb-2025-215063) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Nieuwbouw datacenter QTS | Data center | — | — | 2.8 km |
| 380 kV Doekegat | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| QTS Eemshaven Netherlands Data Center | Data center | — | — | 3.1 km |
Operator and place
Other power plants in Groningen
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 contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 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.
- Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee). Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee), CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.