Belwind Phase 1 is a 171 MW wind power station in Flanders, Belgium. It is operated by Parkwind NV [70%]; Sumitomo Corp [30%]. Based on reported annual generation of 539 GWh, it can supply roughly 154k homes. It ranks #29 of 95 Belgium power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2010, it is around 16 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 18.8% of Belgium's electricity; the national grid averages 150 gCO₂/kWh (72.0% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1002212.
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capacity: GEM tracker 2026 (location L100000915931); fuel: WRI source-record fuel
At 171 MW, Belwind Phase 1 is well above the median wind plant in Belgium (25 MW). Technically it is described as Offshore hard mount. Wind turbines convert moving air into electricity; output is variable and site-dependent, and modern turbines deliver some of the lowest-cost new generation on many grids.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Parkwind NV [70%]; Sumitomo Corp [30%].
This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 51.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 13% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.
Climate heat-demand index: 57/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #3 largest wind power plant of 12 in Belgium by capacity.
Belgium has 12 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 876 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 51.66, 2.8 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Belwind Phase 1 is a 171 MW source-record wind power plant in Flanders, Belgium, commissioned in 2010.
Belwind Phase 1 generates about 539 GWh of electricity per year.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 154,114 homes.
Belwind Phase 1 is operated by Parkwind NV [70%]; Sumitomo Corp [30%].
