Hydroelectricity in the Netherlands

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] Location map