Eemshaven | |
|---|---|
Seaport | |
 Port area | |
  Eemshaven Location of Eemshaven in the province of Groningen  Eemshaven Eemshaven (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 53°26′54″N 6°49′52″E / 53.44833°N 6.83111°E | |
| Country |  Netherlands |
| Province |  Groningen |
| Municipality | Het Hogeland |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15.02 km2 (5.80 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1.2 m (3.9 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 5 |
| • Density | 0.33/km2 (0.86/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 9979[1] |
| Dialing code | 0595 |
| Website | Official website |
Eemshaven (Dutch pronunciation: [eːmsˈɦaːvə(n)]; English: Ems Harbor) is a seaport in the province of Groningen in the north of the Netherlands. In 1968, the Dutch government declared the Ems estuary (Eemsmond) to be an economic key region. One of the key developments for the region was the construction of a seaport called Eemshaven. The port was officially opened by Queen Juliana in 1973. Industry and shipping were slow to develop at the site.
In 2013, a ferry service connects to the German island of Borkum.[3] A ferry service to Rosyth, Scotland, was to start by late October 2019.[4] The plan was officially abandoned in 2020.
A number of power plants operate at the site. Both Electrabel and NUON operate a gas-fired power plant there[5][6] while RWE Innogy operates a wind farm at the site.[7] RWE is operating a coal-fired plant.[8]
The static inverter station of HVDC NorNed is situated at Eemshaven. One endpoint of the COBRAcable HVDC transmission line to Esbjerg, Denmark is also planned to be built here.
Eemshaven is the landfall point for a high-speed transatlantic fiber-optic cable that connects the U.S. and Europe.
- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 9979AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "Borkumlijn - Meer dan alleen uw veerdienst naar Borkum".
- ^ "Scotland proposes new post-Brexit ferry route to Netherlands". Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ Electrabel in Nederland
- ^ NUON Magnum
- ^ "Windparken | Essent". www.essent.nl. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011.
- ^ "Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency - NFIA". Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2013.