Amercentrale

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title: "Amercentrale" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["coal-fired-power-stations-in-the-netherlands", "rwe", "geertruidenberg"] description: "Coal-fired power plant in Geertruidenberg, Netherlands" topic_path: "geography/netherlands" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amercentrale" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Coal-fired power plant in Geertruidenberg, Netherlands ::

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Field	Value
name	Amercentrale
image	Amercentrale Geertruidenberg.jpg
image_caption	view from Geertruidenberg
location_map_caption	Location of Amercentrale
country	Netherlands
location	Geertruidenberg
owner	RWE
th_fuel_primary	Biomass
ps_electrical_capacity	600 MW
commissioned	1952
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|name = Amercentrale |image = Amercentrale Geertruidenberg.jpg |image_caption = view from Geertruidenberg |location_map_caption = Location of Amercentrale |country = Netherlands |location = Geertruidenberg |owner = RWE |status = |th_fuel_primary = Biomass |th_combined_cycle = |ps_electrical_capacity = 600 MW |commissioned = 1952 |decommissioned = The Amercentrale is a biomass-fired power plant of RWE 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, decommissioned 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 decommissioned in 2015, 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, if another solution can be found for the district heating in the nearby towns of Breda and Tilburg.

References

• The Amercentrale on the site of Essent

References

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

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