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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meuse (Dutch; Flemish: Maas) | Alphen | 14 | 1990 | |||
| Meuse (Dutch; Flemish: Maas) | 11 | 1989 | ||||
| NUON | Rhine (Dutch; Flemish: Rijn) | 10 | 1988 | |||
| NUON | Hagestein | 1.8[2] | 1958 | |||
| Rijkswaterstaat | Wilhelmina Canal | Tilburg | 0.3 | 2020 | ||
| NUON | 0.2 | 2000 | ||||
| Dommelstroom | Dommel | Sint-Michielsgestel | 0.1 | 2016 | ||
| Essent | 0.1 | 1988 |