Diemen
Facts
Country
Netherlands
Electricity Capacity
684 MWe
Heat Capacity
615 MWth
Technology
Combined heat and power (CHP)
Main Fuel
Natural gas
Vattenfall ownership share
100 %
Status
In Operation
The Diemen production facility is located near the town of Muiden, south-east of Amsterdam. It consists of the Diemen 33 and Diemen 34 power plants.
Diemen 33 and Diemen 34 are both CHP (combined heat and power) plants, using natural gas as fuel. Diemen 33 was commissioned in 1995, while Diemen 34 was put into operation in 2012. Both power plants provide district heating to households in Amsterdam-Zuidoost, IJburg and Almere.
To transport heat to Almere, an 8.5 km pipeline was built 1.5 metres beneath Lake IJmeer. There is also a thermal heat storage on site in order to optimise the prodcution and supply of heat.