Covestro Oorderen power station — Belgium

Covestro Oorderen power station is a 43 MW gas power plant in Antwerp, Belgium. It is operated by Electrabel NV/SA [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 48k homes (estimated). It ranks #48 of 95 Belgium power plants by installed capacity. Its annual emissions of 159,130 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 37k cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 21.5% 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 GOGPT_covestrooorderen_belgiu.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000406369; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 43 MW, Covestro Oorderen power station is below the median gas plant in Belgium (128 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

159,130 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions per EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023) (measured for US EPA/EU ETS, modelled for Climate TRACE).

Key facts

Share of Belgium gas capacity

0.5% of 8,938 MW across 35 plants in this dataset

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Belgium

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Electrabel NV/SA [100%].

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 51.3°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 10% 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: 55/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

A gas turbine here also runs ~0% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #26 largest gas power plant of 35 in Belgium by capacity.

Belgium has 35 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 8,938 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Lillo Degussa power station · Gas · 85 MW · Antwerp
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• Monsanto Oud-Lillo power station · Gas · 43 MW · Antwerp
• Loghidden City · Solar · 13 MW · Flanders
• Scheldelaan Exxonmobil power station · Gas · 140 MW · Antwerp
• DOEL 4 · Nuclear · 2,910 MW · Flanders

Location

Coordinates 51.297024, 4.319065 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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