Power plant · Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands
Magnum centrale
Magnum centrale is a gas power plant in Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands, with 1,410 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 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Het Hogeland (point in boundary) | PDOK Bestuurlijke Gebieden (Kadaster) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages · record · Facts only, each linked to its page · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2013 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | RWE Aktiengesellschaft (group) | Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages · record · Facts only, each linked to its page · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | RWE Generation NL B.V. | Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages · record · Facts only, each linked to its page · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,410 MW (capacity stated by the owner) | Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages · record · Facts only, each linked to its page · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 3 units | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4370, 6.8810 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 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.
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Magnum centrale is the 3rd-largest of 116 power plants in Groningen and the 3rd-largest of 1,895 in the Netherlands by capacity; its 1,410 MW is 3.9% of the 35,708 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 | 3rd of 116 | 7,239 MW | 19% |
| Netherlands | 3rd of 1,895 | 35,708 MW | 3.9% |
| All power plants in our data | 223rd of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 161 permit notices, 111 substations, 17 CO2 emitters (8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGIE Eemscentrale | CO2 emitter | 1,579,405 tCO2e | — | 0.1 km |
| Substation omgevingsvergunning application, Het Hogeland (gmb-2024-452837) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Substation omgevingsvergunning decision, Het Hogeland (gmb-2025-44179) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Eemshaven Compensatie- en Filterstation | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| COBRA Converterstation | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| 380 kV Gemini | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Substation omgevingsvergunning application, Het Hogeland (gmb-2026-159727) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.3 km |
| QTS Eemshaven Netherlands Data Center | Data center | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Nieuwbouw datacenter QTS | Data center | — | — | 1.8 km |
Owner, operator and place
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Data on this page
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- 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.
- PDOK Bestuurlijke Gebieden (Kadaster). PDOK Bestuurlijke Gebieden (Kadaster), CC BY 4.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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