RODENHUIZE 4 — Belgium

RODENHUIZE 4 is a 268 MW biomass power station in Flanders, Belgium. Based on reported annual generation of 1,518 GWh, it can supply roughly 434k homes. It ranks #21 of 95 Belgium power plants by installed capacity. Its annual emissions of 233,857 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 55k cars driven for a year. In context, biomass supplies about 5.2% 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 WRI1002265.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 268 MW, RODENHUIZE 4 is well above the median biomass plant in Belgium (30 MW). Biomass plants burn organic material such as wood, residues or waste-derived fuel to raise steam; they are dispatchable and counted as low-carbon where the feedstock is sustainably sourced.

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

233,857 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

Load factor

65%, from 1,518 GWh of reported generation

Generation trend

1,564 GWh in 2015 and 1,518 GWh in 2017 (−3%)

Highest and lowest year

2015: 1,564 GWh; 2016: 1,461 GWh

Share of Belgium biomass capacity

57.8% of 464 MW across 6 plants in this dataset

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

Reported generation trend

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Local climate & thermal context

This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 51.1°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 11% 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.

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 #1 largest biomass power plant of 6 in Belgium by capacity.

Belgium has 6 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 464 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• RODENHUIZE WIND · Wind · 4.5 MW · Flanders
• Zelzate 2 Knippegroen · Gas · 315 MW · Flanders
• RINGVAART STEG · Gas · 385 MW · Flanders
• Zelzate TJ · Oil · 18.6 MW · Flanders
• HAM-GENT WKK · Gas · 52 MW · Flanders
• LANGERBRUGGE STORA ST 2 · Waste · 50 MW · Flanders

Location

Coordinates 51.1341, 3.777 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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