Substation · Dronten, Flevoland, Netherlands

Hoogspanningsstation Olsterpad (Olsterpad substation)

Hoogspanningsstation Olsterpad is a 150 kV substation in Dronten, Flevoland, Netherlands, operated by TenneT.

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	Dronten (point in boundary)	PDOK Bestuurlijke Gebieden (Kadaster) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Location	Flevoland	OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	TenneT	OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	150 kV	OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	52.4963, 5.7657	OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How its operator compares

TenneT operates 427 of the 440 substations in the Netherlands in our data with a named owner; the most of any owner. Counts cover the substations in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.

Operator in Netherlands	Rank	Substations	Share
TenneT	1st	427	97%
ProRail	2nd	6	1.4%
DSM/Chemelot	3rd	3	0.68%
Stedin	3rd	3	0.68%
EdgeConnex	5th	2	0.45%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 786 permit notices, 311 power plants (254 operating, 4,436 MW), 34 CO2 emitters (24 operating), 7 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
Wind Biddinghuizen (Olsterwind)	Power plant	44.8 MW	Operating	2.8 km
Nitrogen natuurvergunning decision, Dronten (prb-2025-18646)	Permit notice	—	—	4.0 km
Windpark Flevo Ventum	Power plant	28 MW	Operating	4.1 km
Windpark Hanze	Power plant	28 MW	Operating	4.1 km
Nitrogen natuurvergunning application, Dronten (prb-2026-10475)	Permit notice	—	—	5.8 km
Solcon Droten	Data center	—	—	6.4 km
Kolo NL1 Dronten	Data center	—	—	6.7 km
Nitrogen natuurvergunning decision, Elburg (prb-2026-15355)	Permit notice	—	—	8.0 km
Green gas Biddinghuizen (De Torenhoeve Biogas)	CO2 emitter	—	Operating	11 km

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Candidate sites around this substation

23 sites of land near 150 kV Olsterpad have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.