Zelzate 2 Knippegroen is a 315 MW gas power station in Flanders, Belgium. It is operated by Electrabel NV/SA [100%]. Based on reported annual generation of 2,084 GWh, it can supply roughly 596k homes. It ranks #20 of 95 Belgium power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2010, it is around 16 years old — relatively modern. Its annual emissions of 3,834,133 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 894k 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 WRI1002288.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM tracker 2026 (location L100000407649); fuel: WRI source-record fuel
At 315 MW, Zelzate 2 Knippegroen is well above the median gas plant in Belgium (128 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. 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.
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).
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Electrabel NV/SA [100%].
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 51.2°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 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.
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.
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 moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), 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 #13 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.
Coordinates 51.1587, 3.8068 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Zelzate 2 Knippegroen is a 315 MW source-record gas power plant in Flanders, Belgium, commissioned in 2010.
Zelzate 2 Knippegroen generates about 2,084 GWh of electricity per year.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 595,571 homes.
Zelzate 2 Knippegroen is operated by Electrabel NV/SA [100%].
Zelzate 2 Knippegroen has measured emissions of about 3,834,133 tonnes of CO₂ per year (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)).
