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*[[Eemshaven Power Station]] is proposed by [[RWE]] to have an installed capacity of 1600 megawatts and to come on line by after 2011/2012. It has been approved for construction. On its website, RWE states that "the authorities in charge at the Eemshaven location in Groningen province are currently processing the request for approval (MER) for building the plant. RWE submitted the records in January 2007."<ref>RWE, [http://www.rwe.com/generator.aspx/rwe-power-icw/eemshaven-power-plant/language=en/id=503060/eemshaven.html "Eemshaven power plant"], RWE website, accessed July 2008.</ref>RWE lists it as one of its major capital investments at a cost of 2.2 billion euros.<ref>RWE, [http://www.rwe.com/generator.aspx/templateId=default/id=154752 "RWE Facts & Figures 2007"], RWE website,, May 2007, page 137.</ref> As of 2012 the plant is scheduled to begin operation by 2014 and will be partially fuelled by biomass. The 50 hectare site is located at Eemshaven port.<ref>[http://www.rwe.com/web/cms/en/348154/rwe-technology/construction-projects/currently-under-construction/eemshaven/ "Eemshaven power station (Netherlands),"] RWE, accessed September 2012.</ref>
* [[Magnum IGCC Power Station]] – Eemshaven is proposed by Nuon to have an installed capacity of 1300 megawatts and cost 1 billion euors euros to construct. The plant, which was originally proposed in September 2005, has been approved to run on syngas derived from coal. ''Power in Europe'' noted in Spetember 2007 "Nuon decides to build this plant in phases because of doubling of costs relating to construction and equipment for gasification plant. A 1.2-GW natural gas-fired combined cycle plant will be built first (completion foreseen 2011), followed by coal/biomass gasification plant, replacing natural gas with syngas. Nuon expects within two years to take a decision on the construction of the gasification plant." The newsletter noted that the "the station is to be CO2-capture-ready at latest by 2013."<ref name= "Power in Europe P32">[http://www.platts.com/Content/Electric%20Power/Newsletters%20&%20Reports/Power%20in%20Europe/See%20A%20Sample/index.pdf "PiE’s new power plant project tracker – April 2008"], ''Power in Europe'', Issue 523, April 7, 2008, page 32.</ref>
* [[Maasvlakte Power Station (E.ON)]] in Rotterdam is proposed by [[E.ON]] to have an installed capacity of 1100 megawatts with a njotional commissioning date of 2011/12. In April 2008 ''Power in Europe'' noted that "E.ON says all it needs to proceed is a natural habitat license and a construction licence, which it hopes to get in early 2008. Greenpeace asks Council of State to strike down environmental licenses granted to E.ON Benelux for this project."<ref name= "Power in Europe P32"/> E.ON started constructing the new coal-fired/biomass power station in April 2008, and it is scheduled to go on line in 2013. At the same time the the TNO-CATO test installation for trapping CO2 from flue gasses went on line at the site, with a goal to move on a commercial scale from 2020.<ref>[http://www.zero.no/ccs/projects/e.on-maasvlakte-nl-1 "E.ON Maasvlakte (NL),"] Zero, accessed September 2012.</ref>
