Amercentrale

Amercentrale
view from Geertruidenberg
Location of Amercentrale within the Netherlands
Country	Netherlands
Location	Geertruidenberg
Coordinates	51°42′34″N 4°50′36″E / 51.70944°N 4.84333°ECoordinates: 51°42′34″N 4°50′36″E / 51.70944°N 4.84333°E
Commission date	1952
Owner(s)	RWE
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	600 MW

The Amercentrale is a coal-fired power plant of Essent in the municipality Geertruidenberg. The plant is named after the Amer River and is located on the left bank of this river. In 1952 Unit 1 of the first Amercentrale began generating electricity. The much smaller Dongecentrale, decomissioned in 2011, is located near the Amercentrale.

Technical specifications

The power plant generates 600 MW of power as well as heat for heating homes and greenhouses. The plant provides a large part of southern Netherlands with electric power and also supplies heat to the horticultural areas. Since unit 8 was decomissioned in 2015,^[1] only unit 9, which has been in operation since 1993, is still in use. Plans to build a new coal and biomass-fired unit of about 800 MW have been scrapped. Unit 9 could be closed in the near future in a bid to achieve climate goals,^[2] if another solution can be found for the district heating in the nearby towns of Breda and Tilburg.

References

1. "RWE to Close 3.1 GW of Conventional Generation Across Europe on Profit Woes".
2. "Cabinet agrees to reduce CO2 emmissions (Dutch)".

Media related to Amercentrale at Wikimedia Commons

• The Amercentrale on the site of Essent