PLATE TAILLE T — Belgium

PLATE TAILLE T is a 144 MW hydro power station in Wallonia, Belgium. It is operated by Service Public Wallonie (SPW) [100%]. Based on reported annual generation of 76 GWh, it can supply roughly 22k homes. It ranks #31 of 95 Belgium power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1980, it is around 46 years old — long-established. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 0.6% 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 WRI1002263.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000600151; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 144 MW, PLATE TAILLE T is well above the median hydro plant in Belgium (9.9 MW). Technically it is described as pumped storage. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.

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

Key facts

Load factor

6%, from 76 GWh of reported generation

Share of Belgium hydro capacity

10.3% of 1,393 MW across 11 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 hydro plants in Belgium

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

Owner

Operated by Service Public Wallonie (SPW) [100%].

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 50.2°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 31% 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: 69/100 — this site sits in the top 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.

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 #2 largest hydro power plant of 11 in Belgium by capacity.

Belgium has 11 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 1,393 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Froidchapelle Wind · Wind · 25 MW · Wallonia
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• Marcinelle Energie (Carsid) · Gas · 413 MW · Wallonia
• Amercoeur 1 R TGV · Gas · 451 MW · Wallonia
• Amercoeur power station · Coal · 252 MW · Hainaut
• Farciennes power station · Coal · 202 MW · Hainaut

Location

Coordinates 50.1884, 4.3861 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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