Power plant · North Holland, Netherlands
Centrale Velsen
Centrale Velsen is a power plant in North Holland, Netherlands, with 869 MW of capacity, owned by LAG Velsen 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 | North Holland | 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 | 1974 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | LAG Velsen B.V. (100%) | Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages · record · Facts only, each linked to its page · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 869 MW (sum of operating units, NaN parts) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 3 units | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Steelworks gases and natural gas | Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages · record · Facts only, each linked to its page · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.4750, 4.6180 | 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.
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Centrale Velsen is the largest of 216 power plants in North Holland and the 9th-largest of 2,153 in the Netherlands by capacity; its 869 MW is 2.3% 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 | 1st of 216 | 3,450 MW | 25% |
| Netherlands | 9th of 2,153 | 37,557 MW | 2.3% |
| All power plants in our data | 417th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 497 permit notices, 87 data centers, 85 substations, 45 CO2 emitters (25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grid connection omgevingsvergunning decision, Velsen (prb-2024-17488) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Vattenfall Power IJmond | CO2 emitter | 1,398,891 tCO2e | — | 0.3 km |
| Industry omgevingsvergunning application, Velsen (prb-2025-14430) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Vattenfall Power Velsen | CO2 emitter | 3,745,786 tCO2e | — | 0.8 km |
| 150 kV Velsen | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| 150 kV substation (OSM way/165095020) | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| 380 kV Wijk aan Zee | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Industry omgevingsvergunning application, Velsen (prb-2025-9539) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Electric boiler Velsen-Noord (Eneco Heat Production & Industrials) | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 1.6 km |
Owner and place
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- Solar Velsen-Noord (LAG Velsen)2 MW
- Vattenfall Power Velsen3,745,786 tCO2e
- Vattenfall Power IJmond1,398,891 tCO2e
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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 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.