Substation · Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Hoogspanningsstation Botlek (Botlek substation)
Hoogspanningsstation Botlek is a 150 kV substation in Rotterdam, South Holland, 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 | South Holland | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Rotterdam (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 | 150 kV | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.8699, 4.2816 | 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: 469 power plants (368 operating, 9,523 MW), 393 permit notices, 75 CO2 emitters (41 operating), 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Products Nederland B.V., Locatie Botlek | CO2 emitter | 619,851 tCO2e | — | 0.3 km |
| Industry watervergunning application, Rotterdam (prb-2024-16609) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Industry watervergunning decision, Rotterdam (prb-2024-19950) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Wind natuurvergunning decision, Rotterdam (prb-2024-19826) | Permit notice | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Solar Botlek Rotterdam (Sunrock Assets XII) | Power plant | 1.35 MW | Cancelled | 1.6 km |
| Solar Botlek Rotterdam (Sunrock Assets XIX) | Power plant | 2.84 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| Wind Rotterdam (XL Wind) | Power plant | 24 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| Cabot B.V. | CO2 emitter | 176,024 tCO2e | — | 2.7 km |
| Pergen VOF | CO2 emitter | 973,916 tCO2e | — | 4.5 km |
Operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
2 sites of land near 150 kV Botlek have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 38 ha site at Rotterdam AK 12980.0 km · score 62
- 33 ha site at Rotterdam AK 16670.06 km · score 52
Other substations in South Holland
Data on this page
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.