Power plant · Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands
Solar Houten (Zonneweide De Heul)
Solar Houten (Zonneweide De Heul) is a permitted power plant in Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands, with 31.5 MW of capacity, operated by Zonneweide De Heul B.V.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Houten | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (SDE subsidy granted, not yet in use) | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Zonneweide De Heul B.V. | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 31.5 MW | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Ground-mounted solar | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.0342, 5.1607 | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Solar Houten (Zonneweide De Heul) is the 3rd-largest of 9 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Utrecht and the 23rd-largest of 225 in the Netherlands by capacity; its 31.5 MW is 1% of the 3,053 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the Netherlands. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utrecht | 3rd of 9 | 197 MW | 16% |
| Netherlands | 23rd of 225 | 3,053 MW | 1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,952nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 1,019 permit notices, 124 substations, 82 data centers, 79 CO2 emitters (42 operating), 2 AI supercomputers and 1 processing plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage omgevingsvergunning application, Houten (gmb-2026-386253) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Battery storage omgevingsvergunning application, Houten (gmb-2025-467458) | Permit notice | — | — | 2.0 km |
| 150 kV Nieuwegein | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning application, Bunnik (prb-2025-16800) | Permit notice | — | — | 3.5 km |
| NorthC Nieuwegein | Data center | — | — | 4.2 km |
| Heat pump IJsselstein Ut (Westfort Slachterij) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 7.0 km |
| 150 kV Driebergen | Substation | — | — | 7.6 km |
| 150 kV Oudenrijn | Substation | — | — | 8.0 km |
| Aquathermal heat Utrecht (Eneco Warmteproductie Utrecht) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 9.4 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- 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.