Hydroelectricity in the Netherlands

Linne hydroelectric power plant
Dommelstroom hydroelectric power plant

Despite its long interaction with water, the Netherlands has little potential for hydropower due to its flat topography. The Netherlands has a large resource of moving water in its major rivers but its limited hydraulic head because of little elevation change means that hydropower is a minor component of the country's renewable energy portfolio. A few small hydro plants exist but in total produce less than one tenth of one percent (<0.1%) of the Netherlands' electricity.[1]

Owner
 River Location Nominal Power
[MW] 		In service Location
NUON Meuse (Dutch: Maas) Alphen[2] 14 1990 51°48′40″N 5°27′13″E / 51.8111°N 5.4536°E / 51.8111; 5.4536 (Alphen)
Essent Meuse (Dutch: Maas) Linne[2] 11 1989 51°10′02″N 5°55′22″E / 51.1672°N 5.9229°E / 51.1672; 5.9229 (Linne)
NUON Rhine (Dutch: Rijn) Amerongen 10 1988 51°58′25″N 5°24′31″E / 51.9737°N 5.4086°E / 51.9737; 5.4086 (Amerongen/Maurik)
NUON Lek Hagestein 1.8[2] 1958 51°59′28″N 5°08′01″E / 51.9912°N 5.1335°E / 51.9912; 5.1335 (Hagestein)
Rijkswaterstaat Wilhelmina Canal Tilburg 0.3 2020 51°34′54″N 5°02′00″E / 51.5817°N 5.0334°E / 51.5817; 5.0334 (Sluis III)
NUON Roer Roermond[2] 0.2 2000 51°11′23″N 5°58′52″E / 51.1896°N 5.9812°E / 51.1896; 5.9812 (Roermond)
Dommelstroom Dommel Sint-Michielsgestel 0.1 2016 51°37′58″N 5°21′14″E / 51.6328°N 5.3539°E / 51.6328; 5.3539 (Dommelstroom)
Essent Vecht Gramsbergen[2] 0.1 1988 52°37′17″N 6°41′42″E / 52.6214°N 6.6951°E / 52.6214; 6.6951 (De Haandrik/Gramsbergen)

Location map

See also

References

  1. ^ Hernieuwbare elektriciteit; bruto en netto productie, import en export, Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Den Haag/Heerlen 26-9-2012
  2. ^ a b c d e "Waterkracht: een energiebron". MilieuCentraal.nl.
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