Substation · Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
Hoogspanningsstation Schenkenschans (Schenkenschans substation)
Hoogspanningsstation Schenkenschans is a 110 kV substation in Leeuwarden, Friesland, 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 | Friesland | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Leeuwarden (point in boundary) | PDOK Bestuurlijke Gebieden (Kadaster) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | TenneT | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 110 kV (levels 110, 10 kV) | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.1952, 5.7730 | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and the land around it.Its headroom, connection queue and congestion, who owns the land around it, and an introduction to those owners.
Request researchHow 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: 221 permit notices, 140 power plants (125 operating, 1,390 MW), 24 CO2 emitters (14 operating) and 2 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biomass Leeuwarden (Zwette Biomassa Centrale I) | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning application, Leeuwarden (prb-2025-7969) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning application, Leeuwarden (prb-2025-7970) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.1 km |
| DataCenter Fryslân | Data center | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Substation omgevingsvergunning application, Leeuwarden (gmb-2026-377813) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Zonnepark Westeinde | Power plant | 2.95 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| Solar Leeuwarden (Eco Invest FRL) | Power plant | 3.59 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Green gas Leeuwarden (Biogas Leeuwarden) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Electric boiler Leeuwarden (Bio LNG ECL) | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 2.1 km |
Operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
5 sites of land near 110 kV Schenkenschans have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 42 ha site at Huizum E 2980, Leeuwarden0.21 km · score 66
- 48 ha site at Leeuwarden D 111650.37 km · score 65
- 47 ha site at Leeuwarden D 108960.65 km · score 61
- 33 ha site at Leeuwarden D 108420.23 km · score 59
- 31 ha site at Leeuwarden P 4151.29 km · score 47
Other substations in Friesland
Data on this page
- 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.
- PDOK Bestuurlijke Gebieden (Kadaster). PDOK Bestuurlijke Gebieden (Kadaster), CC BY 4.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.