Power plant · Flemish Region, Belgium
Langerlo Power Plant
Langerlo Power Plant is a coal power plant in Flemish Region, Belgium, with 470 MW of capacity, owned by German Pellets.
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 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Closed (decommissioned) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Closed | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| End year | 2016 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| End year | 2017 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | German Pellets | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 470 MW (sum of its units when operating, LANGERLO 1 235 MW; LANGERLO 2 235 MW) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 470 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 2 units | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hard coal (registered as Fossil Hard coal) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hard coal | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| EIC code | 22WLANGER0001694 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| EIC code | 22WLANGER000171H | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.9340, 5.4780 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
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2 sources record Langerlo; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langerlo | asset:eic:22WLANGER0001694 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) | — |
| Langerlo power station | asset:wikidata:Q22032595 | Wikidata | Same name, coordinates and capacity |
How it compares
Langerlo is the 4th-largest of 24 power plants in Flemish Region and the 8th-largest of 43 in Belgium by capacity; its 470 MW is 2.5% 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 | 4th of 24 | 9,677 MW | 4.9% |
| Belgium | 8th of 43 | 19,026 MW | 2.5% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,274th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Retired
- Retired
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 344 permit notices, 56 substations, 14 CO2 emitters (8 operating), 10 data centers and 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC Hasselt 2 | Data center | — | — | 8.0 km |
| DC Hasselt 1 | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Solar park omgevingsvergunning application, Maastricht (gmb-2025-318149) | Permit notice | — | — | 14 km |
| Solar park omgevingsvergunning decision, Maastricht (gmb-2025-519325) | Permit notice | — | — | 14 km |
| Substation omgevingsvergunning decision, Maastricht (gmb-2026-174094) | Permit notice | — | — | 17 km |
| Electric boiler Maastricht (Sappi Maastricht) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 17 km |
| 150 kV Limmel | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
| 150 kV substation (OSM way/23140502) | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| 150 kV DSM-2 Kerensheide | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
Owner and place
Other power plants in Flemish Region
- Doel2,911 MW
- Doel Nuclear Power Station1,026 MW
- Herdersbrug Steg480 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.
- 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.