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	Location
NUON	Meuse (Dutch: Maas)	Alphen[2]	14	1990	51.8111°N 5.4536°E / 51.8111; 5.4536 (Alphen)
Essent	Meuse (Dutch: Maas)	Linne[2]	11	1989	51.1672°N 5.9229°E / 51.1672; 5.9229 (Linne)
NUON	Rhine (Dutch: Rijn)	Amerongen	10	1988	51.9737°N 5.4086°E / 51.9737; 5.4086 (Amerongen/Maurik)
NUON	Lek	Hagestein	1.8[2]	1958	51.9912°N 5.1335°E / 51.9912; 5.1335 (Hagestein)
Rijkswaterstaat	Wilhelmina Canal	Tilburg	0.3	2020	51.5817°N 5.0334°E / 51.5817; 5.0334 (Sluis III)
NUON	Roer	Roermond[2]	0.2	2000	51.1896°N 5.9812°E / 51.1896; 5.9812 (Roermond)
Dommelstroom	Dommel	Sint-Michielsgestel	0.1	2016	51.6328°N 5.3539°E / 51.6328; 5.3539 (Dommelstroom)
Essent	Vecht	Gramsbergen[2]	0.1	1988	52.6214°N 6.6951°E / 52.6214; 6.6951 (De Haandrik/Gramsbergen)

Linne hydroelectric power plant

Dommelstroom hydroelectric power plant

Location map

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