Power plant · Groningen, Netherlands
Eemshavencentrale
Eemshavencentrale is a power plant in Groningen, Netherlands, with 1,560 MW of capacity, owned by RWE Aktiengesellschaft.
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 | Groningen | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages · record · Facts only, each linked to its page · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2014 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | RWE Aktiengesellschaft (group) | Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages · record · Facts only, each linked to its page · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | RWE Generation NL B.V. | Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages · record · Facts only, each linked to its page · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,560 MW (capacity stated by the owner) | Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages · record · Facts only, each linked to its page · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 2 units | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hard coal and biomass | Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages · record · Facts only, each linked to its page · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4480, 6.8590 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow it compares
Eemshavencentrale is the 2nd-largest of 128 power plants in Groningen and the 2nd-largest of 2,153 in the Netherlands by capacity; its 1,560 MW is 4.2% 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 | 2nd of 128 | 7,279 MW | 21% |
| Netherlands | 2nd of 2,153 | 37,557 MW | 4.2% |
| All power plants in our data | 147th of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | 0.13% |
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 | — | — | 0.4 km |
| 380 kV Gemini | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Data center omgevingsvergunning decision, Eemsdelta (prb-2026-2255) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Nieuwbouw datacenter QTS | Data center | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Substation omgevingsvergunning decision, Het Hogeland (prb-2025-11126) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Industry omgevingsvergunning decision, Het Hogeland (prb-2026-5424) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.1 km |
| QTS Eemshaven Netherlands Data Center | Data center | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Eemshaven Compensatie- en Filterstation | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| ENGIE Eemscentrale | CO2 emitter | 1,579,405 tCO2e | — | 1.9 km |
Owner, operator and place
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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.
- 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.