Power plant · Zaanstad, North Holland, Netherlands
Biomass Zaandam (Bio Forte Zaanstad)
Biomass Zaandam (Bio Forte Zaanstad) is a power plant in Zaanstad, North Holland, Netherlands, with 2.3 MW of capacity, operated by Bio Forte Zaanstad 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 | Zaanstad | 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 | 2020 | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Bio Forte Zaanstad B.V. | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.3 MW | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.4327, 4.8346 | 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.
Request researchHow it compares
Biomass Zaandam (Bio Forte Zaanstad) is the 119th-largest of 216 power plants in North Holland and the 1,321st-largest of 2,153 in the Netherlands by capacity; its 2.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Holland | 119th of 216 | 3,450 MW | <0.1% |
| Netherlands | 1,321st of 2,153 | 37,557 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 10,205th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 605 permit notices, 96 substations, 90 data centers, 61 CO2 emitters (34 operating) and 2 AI supercomputers, 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 decision (refused), Zaanstad (prb-2026-1712) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning draft decision, Zaanstad (prb-2025-19756) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Wind omgevingsvergunning decision (refused), Amsterdam (prb-2024-18768) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.9 km |
| 150 kV substation (OSM way/27130532) | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| 380 kV Oostzaan | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Vattenfall Centrale Hemweg | CO2 emitter | 639,359 tCO2e | — | 3.3 km |
| 150 kV Hemweg | Substation | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Gyro Center | Data center | — | — | 3.6 km |
| Interxion AMS1 - AMS4 | Data center | — | — | 3.7 km |
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.