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 | Utrecht | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Stedin | 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 (levels 150, 50 kV) | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.1012, 5.0780 | OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass) · record · ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its headroom, congestion and the land around it, and an introduction to the operator.
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: 1,063 permit notices, 601 power plants (469 operating, 6,068 MW), 89 data centers, 78 CO2 emitters (42 operating), 3 processing plants and 2 AI supercomputers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centrale Lage Weide | Power plant | 247 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Centrale Merwedekanaal | Power plant | 327 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Biomass heat Utrecht (Eneco Warmteproductie Utrecht) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Electric boiler Utrecht (Eneco Warmteproductie Utrecht) | CO2 emitter | — | Cancelled | 0.5 km |
| Solar Utrecht (International Solar Projects IX) | Power plant | 1.37 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Eneco Centrale Lage Weide | CO2 emitter | 188,997 tCO2e | — | 0.9 km |
| Grid connection omgevingsvergunning application, Utrecht (gmb-2024-546943) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Grid connection omgevingsvergunning decision, Utrecht (gmb-2025-52534) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning application, Utrecht (prb-2025-11244) | Permit notice | — | — | 1.7 km |
Operators and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
3 sites of land near 150 kV Merwedekanaal have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 49 ha site at Catharijne F 1186, Utrecht0.33 km · score 71
- 46 ha site at Catharijne E 894, Utrecht0.0 km · score 69
- 35 ha site at Catharijne F 4197, Utrecht0.35 km · score 67
Other substations in Utrecht
Data on this page
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Officiële Bekendmakingen. Officiële Bekendmakingen, CC0 1.0.
- OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.