Substation · Midden-Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

Hoogspanningsstation Kropswolde (Kropswolde substation)

Hoogspanningsstation Kropswolde is a 110 kV substation in Midden-Groningen, Groningen, 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	Midden-Groningen (point in boundary)	PDOK Bestuurlijke Gebieden (Kadaster) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Location	Groningen	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	110 kV (levels 110, 10 kV)	OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	53.1600, 6.7212	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: 325 permit notices, 288 power plants (242 operating, 9,573 MW), 27 CO2 emitters (15 operating) and 8 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
Electric boiler Foxhol (Coöperatie Avebe)	CO2 emitter	—	Planned	1.3 km
W.A. Scholten Zonnepark	Power plant	8.98 MW	Operating	1.3 km
W.A. Scholten Zonnepark	Power plant	4.56 MW	Operating	1.4 km
Zonnepark Molenwaard	Power plant	34.8 MW	Operating	1.4 km
Electric boiler Hoogezand (P2H)	CO2 emitter	—	Operating	2.0 km
Biomass heat Hoogezand (Waterbedrijf Groningen Duurzaam)	CO2 emitter	—	Operating	3.0 km
Battery storage omgevingsvergunning application, Midden-Groningen (gmb-2026-302173)	Permit notice	—	—	3.9 km
Battery storage omgevingsvergunning decision, Midden-Groningen (gmb-2026-343581)	Permit notice	—	—	3.9 km
Nitrogen natuurvergunning decision, Groningen (prb-2026-7154)	Permit notice	—	—	5.5 km

Operator and place

Candidate sites around this substation

19 sites of land near 110 kV Kropswolde have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.