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Power plants in Belgium

A directory of 95 power plants in Belgium with a combined installed capacity of 21,221 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

95power plants
21,221MW total capacity
9fuel types
33with asset-level CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Belgium)

Gas: 35 plants35GasWind: 12 plants12WindHydro: 11 plants11HydroOil: 9 plants9OilWaste: 8 plants8WasteCoal: 7 plants7CoalBiomass: 6 plants6BiomassNuclear: 4 plants4Nuclear

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).

The state of Belgium’s power emissions

Across the 28 Belgium power plants carrying an asset-level CO₂ figure in this open dataset, total emissions are about 7.9 Mt CO₂/yr. The single largest emitter, Zelzate 2 Knippegroen (gas), accounts for about 49% of that 28-plant reported subset (not of the whole country). The top three owners — Electrabel NV/SA [100%], Luminus NV/SA [100%], Zandvliet Power NV — control roughly 85% of that 28-plant reported subset. Most of these plants sit in a temperate Köppen climate zone.

Largest emitters (Mt CO₂/yr)

Zelzate 2 Knippegroen: 3.8 Mt CO2/yr3.8Zelzate 2 …Amercoeur 1 R TGV: 0.70 Mt CO2/yr0.70Amercoeur …RINGVAART STEG: 0.41 Mt CO2/yr0.41RINGVAART …SAINT-GHISLAIN STEG: 0.37 Mt CO2/yr0.37SAINT-GHIS…Zwijndrecht Lanxess GT: 0.32 Mt CO2/yr0.32Zwijndrech…Zandvliet power station: 0.24 Mt CO2/yr0.24Zandvliet …RODENHUIZE 4: 0.23 Mt CO2/yr0.23RODENHUIZE…HERDERSBRUG STEG: 0.20 Mt CO2/yr0.20HERDERSBRU…DROGENBOS DM 51: 0.20 Mt CO2/yr0.20DROGENBOS …Aalst Syral GT: 0.18 Mt CO2/yr0.18Aalst Syra…

Emissions by owner (Mt CO₂/yr)

Electrabel NV/SA [100%]: 5.8 Mt CO2/yr5.8Electrabel…Luminus NV/SA [100%]: 0.70 Mt CO2/yr0.70Luminus NV…Zandvliet Power NV: 0.24 Mt CO2/yr0.24Zandvliet …INEOS Oxide Utilities NV: 0.17 Mt CO2/yr0.17INEOS Oxid…T-Power [100%]: 0.12 Mt CO2/yr0.12T-Power [1…BioWanze SA: <0.1 Mt CO2/yr<0.1BioWanze SA

CO₂ — measured (US EPA / EU ETS) or modelled (Climate TRACE), per plant · backbone WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0) · climate: Köppen-Geiger (WorldClim). CC BY 4.0.

Largest plants in Belgium

#PlantFuelMW
1DOEL 4Nuclear2,910
2TIHANGE 3Nuclear2,098
3Seraing power stationGas1,170
4COOHydro1,164
5Antwerp Power StationCoal1,100
6TIHANGE 1NNuclear962
7Dils Energie power stationGas920
8Awirs power stationGas875
9Manage Seneffe power stationGas870
10Ruien power stationCoal550
11LANGERLO 1Coal470
12HERDERSBRUG STEGGas465
13DROGENBOS TGVGas460
14Amercoeur 1 R TGVGas451
15T-power BeringenGas422
16Marcinelle Energie (Carsid)Gas413
17Zandvliet power stationGas386
18RINGVAART STEGGas385
19SAINT-GHISLAIN STEGGas350
20Zelzate 2 KnippegroenGas315

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Browse by fuel

Gas (35)Hydro (11)Nuclear (4)

Power plants in Belgium by region

Flanders (46)Wallonia (27)

Cite this

Inzonex PowerAtlas (2026). Asset-level power-plant CO2 emissions — Belgium. Derived from WRI GPPD, Climate TRACE, US EPA GHGRP and EU ETS (CC BY 4.0). https://inzonex.co.uk/poweratlas/belgium/

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Frequently asked questions

How many power plants are in Belgium?

There are 95 power plants in Belgium in this open dataset, with about 21,221 MW of total capacity.

What is the largest power plant in Belgium?

DOEL 4 is the largest at about 2,910 MW (nuclear).

What fuels generate electricity in Belgium?

The most common plant type in this dataset is gas (35 plants), across 9 fuel types in total.

How clean is Belgium's electricity grid?

Belgium's grid carbon intensity is about 150 gCO₂/kWh, with 72.0% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).