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Power plants in Belgium

A directory of 75 power plants in Belgium with a combined installed capacity of 14,074 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

75power plants
14,074MW total capacity
10fuel types
15with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Belgium)

Gas: 21 plants21GasWind: 12 plants12WindHydro: 11 plants11HydroOil: 9 plants9OilWaste: 8 plants8WasteBiomass: 6 plants6BiomassNuclear: 3 plants3NuclearSolar: 3 plants3Solar

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Belgium electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

150gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
72.0%low-carbon electricity
38.9%renewables
28.0%fossil fuels
Nuclear: 33 % of electricity33NuclearGas: 22 % of electricity22GasWind: 19 % of electricity19WindSolar: 14 % of electricity14SolarOil: 6 % of electricity6OilBioenergy: 5 % of electricity5BioenergyHydro: 1 % of electricity1Hydro

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Belgium

#PlantFuelMW
1DOEL 4Nuclear2,910
2TIHANGE 3Nuclear2,054
3COOHydro1,164
4TIHANGE 1NNuclear962
5LANGERLO 1Coal470
6DROGENBOS TGVGas465
7HERDERSBRUG STEGGas465
8Amercoeur 1 R TGVGas451
9T-power BeringenGas422
10Marcinelle Energie (Carsid)Gas405
11Zandvliet power stationGas386
12RINGVAART STEGGas357
13SAINT-GHISLAIN STEGGas350
14Zelzate 2 KnippegroenGas315
15RODENHUIZE 4Biomass268
16NorthwindWind216
17LIBERTY SERAINGOther182
18Thorntonbank - C-Power - Area SWWind178
19Belwind Phase 1Wind171
20Thorntonbank - C-Power - Area NEWind148

Largest by capacity → Dirtiest by CO₂ →

Browse by fuel

Gas (21)Wind (12)Hydro (11)Oil (9)Waste (8)Biomass (6)Nuclear (3)Solar (3)