Power plant · Flemish Region, Belgium
Doel Nuclear Power Station
Doel Nuclear Power Station is a nuclear power plant in Flemish Region, Belgium, with 1,026 MW of capacity, operated by Engie Electrabel.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Flemish Region | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1969 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Engie Electrabel | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,026 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Nuclear | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3253, 4.2611 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchHow it compares
Doel Nuclear Power Station is the 2nd-largest of 24 power plants in Flemish Region and the 4th-largest of 43 in Belgium by capacity; its 1,026 MW is 5.4% of the 19,026 MW we hold for Belgium. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flemish Region | 2nd of 24 | 9,677 MW | 11% |
| Belgium | 4th of 43 | 19,026 MW | 5.4% |
| All power plants in our data | 476th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 134 permit notices, 68 substations, 33 CO2 emitters (11 operating), 14 data centers and 3 processing plants, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doel 380 kV | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Lillo 380 kV | Substation | — | — | 4.2 km |
| Air Liquide Large Industry VTE Jupiter 1 | CO2 emitter | 360,407 tCO2e | — | 4.5 km |
| Air Liquide Large Industry VTE Jupiter 2 | CO2 emitter | 357,427 tCO2e | — | 4.5 km |
| BASF Antwerpen - 127 | CO2 emitter | 3,044,329 tCO2e | — | 4.5 km |
| Zandvliet 380 kV | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
| Wind omgevingsvergunning application, Reimerswaal (gmb-2024-477018) | Permit notice | — | — | 7.8 km |
| Wind omgevingsvergunning decision, Reimerswaal (gmb-2025-301181) | Permit notice | — | — | 7.8 km |
| Wind omgevingsvergunning application, Reimerswaal (gmb-2026-74050) | Permit notice | — | — | 8.3 km |
Operator and place
More from Engie Electrabel
- Tihange Nuclear Power Station3,008 MW
- Coo-Trois-Ponts Hydroelectric Power Station1,089 MW
- Castelnou Energía791 MW
- Herdersbrug Power Plant480 MW
- Drogenbos power plant460 MW
- Centrale Amercoeur451 MW
- BASF Antwerp power station395 MW
- Centrale Saint-Ghislain350 MW
Other power plants in Flemish Region
- Doel2,911 MW
- Herdersbrug Steg480 MW
- Langerlo470 MW
- Drogenbos TGV460 MW
- Centrale T-Power425 MW
- T-power Beringen420 MW
- BASF Antwerp power station395 MW
- Zandvliet Power386 MW
Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Elia grid hosting capacity map. Elia grid hosting capacity map, Restricted.
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- Officiële Bekendmakingen. Officiële Bekendmakingen, CC0 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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