Power plant · Limburg, Netherlands
Swentiboldcentrale
Swentiboldcentrale is a power plant in Limburg, Netherlands, with 230 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 | Limburg | 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 | 1999 | 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 | 230 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 |
| Technology | Natural gas | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.9850, 5.7970 | 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
Swentiboldcentrale is the 2nd-largest of 195 power plants in Limburg and the 31st-largest of 2,153 in the Netherlands by capacity; its 230 MW is 0.61% 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 | 2nd of 195 | 2,700 MW | 8.5% |
| Netherlands | 31st of 2,153 | 37,557 MW | 0.61% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,052nd of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 425 permit notices, 97 substations, 13 CO2 emitters (9 operating), 10 data centers and 1 processing plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry omgevingsvergunning application, Sittard-Geleen (prb-2025-4541) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Industry omgevingsvergunning decision, Sittard-Geleen (prb-2025-12158) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Industry omgevingsplan decision, Sittard-Geleen (prb-2026-13260) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.2 km |
| 150 kV substation (OSM way/23140502) | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| 150 kV DSM-1 Swentibold | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| 150 kV substation (OSM way/162280813) | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Chemelot BKG 01 | CO2 emitter | 2,820,546 tCO2e | — | 2.1 km |
| Heat pump Brunssum (Stichting Weller Wonen) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 12 km |
| Electric boiler Maastricht (Sappi Maastricht) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 16 km |
Owner, operator and place
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Other power plants in Limburg
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- 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
- Windpark Egchelse Heide21 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.
- 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 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.