Substation · Bunschoten, Utrecht, Netherlands

Hoogspanningsstation Bunschoten (Bunschoten substation)

Hoogspanningsstation Bunschoten is a 150 kV substation in Bunschoten, Utrecht, 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	Bunschoten (point in boundary)	PDOK Bestuurlijke Gebieden (Kadaster) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Location	Utrecht	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	52.2490, 5.3932	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: 1,022 permit notices, 483 power plants (379 operating, 6,432 MW), 83 data centers, 51 CO2 emitters (30 operating), 2 AI supercomputers 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
Green gas Bunschoten-Spakenburg (A. van de Groep en Zonen)	CO2 emitter	—	Operating	0.8 km
Green gas Bunschoten-Spakenburg (A. van de Groep en Zonen)	CO2 emitter	—	Operating	0.8 km
Solar Bunschoten-Spakenburg (Rooftop Energy)	Power plant	15 MW	Operating	3.7 km
Nitrogen natuurvergunning decision, Nijkerk (prb-2026-7713)	Permit notice	—	—	4.1 km
Nitrogen natuurvergunning draft decision, Nijkerk (prb-2026-4359)	Permit notice	—	—	4.1 km
Nitrogen natuurvergunning decision, Nijkerk (prb-2025-13488)	Permit notice	—	—	4.2 km
Solar Nijkerk Gld (Edrei Luxembourg Propco 8 S.A.R.L.)	Power plant	1.1 MW	Operating	5.0 km
Solar Amersfoort (Smink Vastgoed)	Power plant	1.99 MW	Operating	5.1 km
Aquathermal heat Amersfoort (Duurzaam Opwekken Amersfoort)	CO2 emitter	—	Planned	8.8 km

Operator and place

Candidate sites around this substation

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