Power plant · South Holland, Netherlands
Centrale Maasvlakte (MPP3)
Centrale Maasvlakte (MPP3) is a power plant in South Holland, Netherlands, with 1,070 MW of capacity, owned by Uniper Benelux N.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 | South 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 | 1975 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Uniper Benelux N.V. | Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages · record · Facts only, each linked to its page · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,070 MW (sum of operating units, NaN parts) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hard coal and biomass | Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages · record · Facts only, each linked to its page · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.9440, 4.0670 | 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 Maasvlakte (MPP3) is the largest of 260 power plants in South Holland and the 5th-largest of 2,153 in the Netherlands by capacity; its 1,070 MW is 2.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Holland | 1st of 260 | 6,727 MW | 16% |
| Netherlands | 5th of 2,153 | 37,557 MW | 2.8% |
| All power plants in our data | 312th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 302 permit notices, 105 substations, 58 CO2 emitters (31 operating), 10 data centers and 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 380 kV Maasvlakte Onyx | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| 380 kV substation (OSM way/1145295018) | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Battery storage omgevingsvergunning application, Rotterdam (prb-2025-16931) | Permit notice | — | — | 2.2 km |
| 380 kV substation (OSM way/1145295017) | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| BP Raffinaderij Rotterdam B.V. | CO2 emitter | 2,070,453 tCO2e | — | 2.6 km |
| Battery storage omgevingsvergunning application, Rotterdam (prb-2026-16014) | Permit notice | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Industry omgevingsvergunning decision, Rotterdam (prb-2025-1004) | Permit notice | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Uniper Centrale Maasvlakte | CO2 emitter | 2,001,910 tCO2e | — | 3.1 km |
| Geothermal heat Tinte (Duurzaam Voorne Holding) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 6.9 km |
Owner 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 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.