Power plant · Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands
Solar Horst (Karakter Energie)
Solar Horst (Karakter Energie) is a power plant in Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands, with 8.24 MW of capacity, operated by Karakter Energie 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 | Horst aan de Maas | 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 | Karakter Energie B.V. | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 8.24 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 | 51.5353, 6.0728 | 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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Solar Horst (Karakter Energie) is the 49th-largest of 195 power plants in Limburg and the 608th-largest of 2,153 in the Netherlands by capacity; its 8.24 MW is <0.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limburg | 49th of 195 | 2,700 MW | 0.31% |
| Netherlands | 608th of 2,153 | 37,557 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 7,590th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 811 permit notices, 173 substations, 52 CO2 emitters (27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning application, Horst aan de Maas (prb-2025-6391) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning decision, Horst aan de Maas (prb-2026-12986) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning draft decision, Horst aan de Maas (prb-2026-9349) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Electric boiler Oostrum Lb (Rixona) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 3.6 km |
| Green gas Well L (Ecofuels) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 5.6 km |
| 150 kV Venray | Substation | — | — | 5.7 km |
| Green gas Horst (Ashorst) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 7.0 km |
| 150 kV Horst | Substation | — | — | 9.3 km |
| 150 kV Californië | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
Operator and place
Other power plants in Limburg
- Clauscentrale1,304 MW
- Swentiboldcentrale230 MW
- Solar Bergen L (Energielandgoed Wells Meer Zon)64.5 MW
- Windpark Greenport Venlo34.8 MW
- Solar Velden (XAAM Verduurzamen II)30.2 MW
- Zonnepark Bergweg Mariahoop29.1 MW
- Wind Bergen L (Energielandgoed Wells Meer Wind)26.4 MW
- Solar Grubbenvorst (Karakter Two Energie)24.9 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.