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The Netherlands · the named batteries

Every battery in the Netherlands its owner has named, one page each

64 batteries of a megawatt or more: 31 running, 569 MW; 6 being built, 892 MW; 24 decided, permitted or announced, 2,644 MW. No Dutch body publishes a list, so this is the only one there is, and Statistics Netherlands’ count shows how much it misses.

Largest first. A blank is a fact no source gave, never a guess. Each page carries the web address behind every fact and how sure the source is. The list as a CSV.

BatteryStatusOwnerMunicipalityMWMWhDate
Musselkanaal - Ter ApelkanaalPermittedS4 Energy (bought LC Energy, Oct 2024)Westerwolde5002,0002027
RWE Moerdijk battery 2Investment decided, not yet being builtRWEMoerdijk4001,1002028
MufasaBeing builtReturn (developed under the Lion Storage brand)Vlissingen3501,4002027
SemperPower / Corre Energy batteryAnnouncedSemperPower (now Return) and Corre EnergyZuidwending320640·
GIGA LeopardBeing builtGIGA Storage (InfraVia majority shareholder)Delfzijl3001,2002027
SiriusBeing builtReturnWinschoten2008002027
SequoiaInvestment decided, not yet being builtVopak (79%) / Green Energy StorageOosterhout2008002028
SpicaAnnouncedReturnMeeden200800·
Begro EemshavenAnnouncedBegro Energy ProjectsEemshaven200800·
Begro Noordoostpolder (Westermeerdijk)AnnouncedBegro Energy ProjectsNoordoostpolder1807202025
Holland Battery 1 (Eemshaven)PermittedTomorrow Energy Storage Development BVEemshaven180360·
Vopak Meeden batteryAnnouncedVopaknear Meeden150·2028
AntaresOperatingReturnWaddinxveen1002005 Oct 2026
Enecogen battery (Rotterdam port)Investment decided, not yet being builtEneco and EP NL (50/50)Rotterdam502002027
NOP Agrowind battery (NOP AgroBESS)Investment decided, not yet being builtNOP Agrowind (not stated explicitly)near Espel491962026
AmethystEnergised, commissioningDispatch Grid ServicesDordrecht45909 Jun 2026
IX Zon BorculoAnnouncedIX Zon (developer)Borculo401602027
EOS BellingwoldeAnnouncedNovarBellingwolde36144·
Eleqtis battery, ZeewoldeAnnouncedEleqtis B.V. (commissioning party)Zeewolde351442026
Engie batterijpark MaximaOperatingENGIELelystad3510030 Jun 2026
RWE Eemshaven batteryOperatingRWEEemshaven354113 Mar 2025
Batterij Groen (Dronter Energie Opslag)OperatingPure EnergieDronten32652 Sep 2026
FlevoBESS (Dronter Energie Opslag)OperatingFlevo-BESS B.V. (XY Wind, Ansjovisstroom, Flevo Ventum; 400+ local shareholders)Dronten32126Dec 2025
GreenPowerBank Dronten (Dronter Energie Opslag)Being builtBegro Energy Projects (GreenPowerBank Dronten B.V.)Dronten321262027
Batterij Park Zeewolde (BPZ, phase 1)OperatingLocal residents through Windpark Zeewolde / De Nieuwe Molenaars (200+ farmers, residents, businesses)Zeewolde316524 Oct 2025
CastorOperatingReturn (formerly SemperPower)Vlissingen3163Nov 2023
PolluxOperatingReturn (formerly SemperPower)Vlissingen306820 Dec 2023
GIGA BuffaloOperatingGIGA StorageLelystad2448Oct 2022
Avermieden batteryPermittedNovar·2291·
Greenchoice Hartel 2 batteryOperatingGreenchoice (financed by Triodos; ownership not stated explicitly)Rotterdam2040Mar 2025
EOS Volans (phase 1)OperatingE-ConnectionNeeltje Jans2040May 2026
Energyhub BranderwalOperatingEnergeionKootwijkerbroek208017 Jul 2026
Elestor hydrogen-iron flow battery, Windpark ZeewoldeAnnouncedElestor / Windpark ZeewoldeZeewolde20··
BESS Apeldoorn (Bloemenkamp)OperatingEncavisApeldoorn1530Apr 2026
Windpark Greenport Venlo batteryInvestment decided, not yet being builtWGV-EOS (Greenchoice, ABN AMRO’s impact fund and Windunie)Venlo15602027
Sellingen floating solar park batteryBuilt or due, running not confirmed(not stated) GroenLeven is the developerSellingen15302023
GIGA RhinoOperatingGIGA StorageLelystad127.5Nov 2020
BomhofsplasOperatingGreen Energy StorageZwolle1122Oct 2025
Holland Battery 3PermittedTomorrow EnergyLeudal1144·
StarOperatingReturn (formerly SemperPower)Terneuzen1010Nov 2021
GIGA GiraffeOperatingGIGA StorageAmsterdam1047Oct 2025
S4 Energy RillandOperatingS4 Energy (Castleton Commodities)Rilland1040Feb 2025
Greenchoice battery relocated to HellegatspleinBuilt or due, running not confirmedGreenchoiceHellegatsplein wind park10102018
Windpark De Plaet batteryBuilt or due, running not confirmedDe Plaet B.V.Ooltgensplaat10202024
S4 Energy hybrid at Windpark Luna, HeerhugowaardOperating(not stated) S4 Energy; wind park owned by EnecoHeerhugowaard1092022
Woldjerspoor solar park batteryAnnouncedGroenLevenGroningen1020·
GIGA LionBeing builtGIGA StorageAmsterdam1043·
Attero TilburgInvestment decided, not yet being builtAtteroTilburg9182026
S4 Energy / Leclanche hybrid AlmeloOperating(not stated) S4 EnergyAlmelo8.87.12Dec 2021
Zeeland energy hub battery (unnamed)Permitted(not stated)·8.78··
RWE Moerdijk inertia batteryOperatingRWEMoerdijk7.5112025
Strekdammen battery (Eemshaven)Investment decided, not yet being builta.s.r. Dutch Green Energy Fund I (majority); Rebel Development; PronewableEemshaven7.524Feb 2027
iwell Mega Cubes at Lage WeideOperatingiwellUtrecht7148 Mar 2023
Zonnepark Bontepolder batteryOperatingNovar / SolarfieldsTerneuzen552023
Prinses Alexia wind park battery (BMW batteries)OperatingVattenfallZeewolde3·Jun 2017
Johan Cruijff ArenA batteryOperating(not stated) Johan Cruijff ArenA with Nissan, Eaton, BAM and The Mobility HouseAmsterdam32.8Jun 2018
Oegema Transport distribution centre batteryOperatingOegema TransportDedemsvaart1.53.232023
ScheldebatterijOperatingEmmett Green (developer; owner not stated)·12.32025
Energypark Haringvliet batteryOperatingVattenfall··1222 Mar 2022
PowerField WanneperveenOperatingPowerFieldWanneperveen·522024
PowerField Valthermond-EmmenAnnouncedPowerFieldValthermond·122023
Buys Glas batteryOperating(not stated) host site Buys GlasStramproy·2Oct 2025
Batterij Groen expansion (phase 2)Being builtPure EnergieDronten·652026
A&M Batteries Botlek EOSPermittedA&M Batteries B.V.Rotterdam···

Source: nl/hand/batteries.csv, kept by hand from the owners’ own words and the trade press.