Power plant · North Brabant, Netherlands
Centrale Moerdijk
Centrale Moerdijk is a power plant in North Brabant, Netherlands, with 426 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 | North Brabant | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1997 | 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 | 426 MW (net 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 | 51.6850, 4.5810 | 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
Centrale Moerdijk is the 2nd-largest of 431 power plants in North Brabant and the 17th-largest of 2,153 in the Netherlands by capacity; its 426 MW is 1.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Brabant | 2nd of 431 | 3,608 MW | 12% |
| Netherlands | 17th of 2,153 | 37,557 MW | 1.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 932nd of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 432 permit notices, 143 substations, 95 CO2 emitters (51 operating), 15 data centers and 3 processing plants, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WKC Moerdijk | CO2 emitter | 269,875 tCO2e | — | 0.0 km |
| 150 kV WKC Moerdijk | Substation | — | — | 0.1 km |
| 150 kV Shell Moerdijk | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Shell Nederland Chemie B.V., vest. Moerdijk BKG 1 | CO2 emitter | 2,168,936 tCO2e | — | 0.9 km |
| 150 kV Moerdijk | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Geothermal heat Moerdijk (Ennatuurlijk Aardwarmte Moerdijk-Breda) | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 5.1 km |
| Battery storage omgevingsvergunning application, Dordrecht (gmb-2026-368780) | Permit notice | — | — | 8.2 km |
| Wind natuurvergunning decision, Etten-Leur (prb-2025-1177) | Permit notice | — | — | 8.7 km |
| Battery storage omgevingsvergunning application, Dordrecht (gmb-2026-150160) | Permit notice | — | — | 9.0 km |
Owner, operator and place
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- Amercentrale631 MW
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Other power plants in North Brabant
- Biomass co-firing Geertruidenberg (RWE Generation NL)676 MW
- Biomass Katwijk Nb (BECC)82.9 MW
- Solar Boxmeer (DEPB)57.5 MW
- Solar Ossendrecht (Eneco Solar)54 MW
- Solar Hilvarenbeek (Thijs van Oirschot Duurzaam)50 MW
- Zonnepark Markiezaat50 MW
- Biomass Moerdijk (N.V. Slibverwerking Noord-Brabant)48.8 MW
- Zonnepark Budel43.9 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.
- 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.