Hydroelectricity in the Netherlands
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NUON | Meuse (Dutch: Maas) | Alphen[2] | 14 | 1990 |
| Essent | Meuse (Dutch: Maas) | Linne[2] | 11 | 1989 |
| NUON | Rhine | Amerongen | 10 | 1988 |
| NUON | Lek | Hagestein | 1.8[2] | 1958 |
| NUON | Roer | Roermond[2] | 0.2 | 2000 |
| Essent | Vecht | Gramsbergen[2] | 0.1 | 1988 |
See also[]
- Electricity sector in the Netherlands
- Energy in the Netherlands
- Wind power in the Netherlands
- Solar power in the Netherlands
- Renewable energy in the Netherlands
References[]
- ^ Hernieuwbare elektriciteit; bruto en netto productie, import en export, Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Den Haag/Heerlen 26-9-2012
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Waterkracht: een energiebron". MilieuCentraal.nl.
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