Power plant · Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands
Elsta
Elsta is a gas power plant in Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands, with 456 MW of capacity.
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 | Terneuzen (point in boundary) | PDOK Bestuurlijke Gebieden (Kadaster) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Zeeland | 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 | 1998 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 456 MW (sum of operating units, ELSTA 456 MW) | 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 | 51.3360, 3.7970 | 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
Elsta is the 3rd-largest of 102 power plants in Zeeland and the 15th-largest of 2,153 in the Netherlands by capacity; its 456 MW is 1.2% of the 37,513 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zeeland | 3rd of 102 | 3,364 MW | 14% |
| Netherlands | 15th of 2,153 | 37,513 MW | 1.2% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,293rd of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 129 permit notices, 53 substations, 25 CO2 emitters (5 operating), 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 kV substation (OSM way/311465746) | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| 150 kV substation (OSM way/87322581) | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Grid connection omgevingsvergunning application, Terneuzen (prb-2024-16622) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Industry omgevingsvergunning application, Terneuzen (prb-2025-2795) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Dow Benelux B.V. BKG 1 | CO2 emitter | 3,009,025 tCO2e | — | 0.5 km |
| 150 kV substation (OSM way/311465750) | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Hydrogen electrolysis Sas van Gent (Volth2 Terneuzen) | CO2 emitter | — | Cancelled | 5.8 km |
| Solar park omgevingsvergunning application, Terneuzen (prb-2025-12568) | Permit notice | — | — | 5.9 km |
| Yara Sluiskil B.V. BKG 1 | CO2 emitter | 3,118,291 tCO2e | — | 8.0 km |
Place
Other power plants in Zeeland
- Sloecentrale940 MW
- Kerncentrale Borssele485 MW
- Kolencentrale Borssele408 MW
- Windpark Krammer99 MW
- Zonnepark Mosselbanken Terneuzen60 MW
- Solarpark Scaldia54.8 MW
- Solar Terneuzen (Solar-EP II)40 MW
- Windpark Kreekraksluis40 MW
Data on this page
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- 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.
- PDOK Bestuurlijke Gebieden (Kadaster). PDOK Bestuurlijke Gebieden (Kadaster), CC BY 4.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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