Power plant · Utrecht, Netherlands
Centrale Merwedekanaal
Centrale Merwedekanaal is a power plant in Utrecht, Netherlands, with 327 MW of capacity, owned by Eneco 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 | Utrecht | 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 | 1978 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Eneco N.V. (group) | Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages · record · Facts only, each linked to its page · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 327 MW (sum of operating units, NaN parts) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 2 units | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.1020, 5.0790 | 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 Merwedekanaal is the largest of 77 power plants in Utrecht and the 20th-largest of 2,153 in the Netherlands by capacity; its 327 MW is 0.87% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utrecht | 1st of 77 | 982 MW | 33% |
| Netherlands | 20th of 2,153 | 37,557 MW | 0.87% |
| All power plants in our data | 971st of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 1,063 permit notices, 124 substations, 89 data centers, 78 CO2 emitters (42 operating), 3 processing plants 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 kV Merwedekanaal | Substation | — | — | 0.1 km |
| Biomass heat Utrecht (Eneco Warmteproductie Utrecht) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Electric boiler Utrecht (Eneco Warmteproductie Utrecht) | CO2 emitter | — | Cancelled | 0.5 km |
| 150 kV Lage Weide | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Eneco Centrale Lage Weide | CO2 emitter | 188,997 tCO2e | — | 0.9 km |
| 150 kV substation (OSM way/51266527) | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Grid connection omgevingsvergunning application, Utrecht (gmb-2024-546943) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Grid connection omgevingsvergunning decision, Utrecht (gmb-2025-52534) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning application, Utrecht (prb-2025-11244) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.7 km |
Owner and place
More from Eneco N.V.
- Enecogen910 MW
- Centrale Lage Weide247 MW
Other power plants in Utrecht
- Centrale Lage Weide247 MW
- Zonnepark Werkhoven28 MW
- Zonnepark Wijkerbroek24 MW
- Windpark Goyerbrug22.4 MW
- Solar Schalkwijk (FP Lux Reio PV Netherlands Schalkwijk Coöperatief)17.1 MW
- Zonnepark Houten Oostrumsdijkje16.2 MW
- Solar 't Goy (FP Lux Reio PV Netherlands 't Goy)15 MW
- Solar Bunschoten-Spakenburg (Rooftop Energy)15 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.