Power plant · Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Netherlands
Zonnepark Cothen
Zonnepark Cothen is a power plant in Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Netherlands, with 14 MW of capacity, operated by Zonnepark Cothen 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 | Wijk bij Duurstede | 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 | 2022 | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Zonnepark Cothen B.V. | RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer · Free reuse, no attribution required · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 14 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 | 51.9764, 5.3502 | 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.
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Zonnepark Cothen is the 13th-largest of 77 power plants in Utrecht and the 368th-largest of 2,153 in the Netherlands by capacity; its 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utrecht | 13th of 77 | 982 MW | 1.4% |
| Netherlands | 368th of 2,153 | 37,557 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 5,558th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 964 permit notices, 93 substations, 76 CO2 emitters (43 operating), 35 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green gas Wijk bij Duurstede (Groengas Cothen) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 0.0 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning application, Wijk bij Duurstede (prb-2025-11094) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning draft decision, Wijk bij Duurstede (prb-2024-18796) | Permit notice | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning decision, Wijk bij Duurstede (prb-2025-3204) | Permit notice | — | — | 2.3 km |
| 150 kV Tiel Oost | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| 150 kV Driebergen | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| 150 kV Tiel | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Residual heat Geldermalsen (Warmtenet Betuwe) | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 12 km |
| Biomass heat Lienden (P.C. van Tuijl Kesteren) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 13 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.
- 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.