Power plant · Flemish Region, Belgium
Vilvoorde Power Plant
Vilvoorde Power Plant is a gas power plant in Flemish Region, Belgium, with 255 MW of capacity, owned 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 |
| Owner | Engie Electrabel | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 255 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.9416, 4.4241 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · 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.
Request researchHow it compares
Vilvoorde Power Plant is the 13th-largest of 24 power plants in Flemish Region and the 25th-largest of 43 in Belgium by capacity; its 255 MW is 1.3% 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 | 13th of 24 | 9,677 MW | 2.6% |
| Belgium | 25th of 43 | 19,026 MW | 1.3% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,717th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 24 data centers, 14 CO2 emitters (9,956,889 tCO2e), 8 substations 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC Machelen | Data center | — | — | 3.3 km |
| LCL Brussels-North | Data center | — | — | 6.4 km |
| Colt Telecom | Data center | — | — | 6.6 km |
| T-Power | CO2 emitter | 254,960 tCO2e | — | 9.5 km |
| Bruegel 380 kV | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| Electrabel - Centrale Drogenbos | CO2 emitter | 178,554 tCO2e | — | 18 km |
| OREON (Optimal REcycling Of Nickel) | Processing plant | — | — | 26 km |
| Umicore site Hoboken | CO2 emitter | 198,874 tCO2e | — | 26 km |
| Mercator 380 kV | Substation | — | — | 27 km |
Owner and place
More from Engie Electrabel
- Tihange Nuclear Power Station3,008 MW
- Coo-Trois-Ponts Hydroelectric Power Station1,089 MW
- Doel Nuclear Power Station1,026 MW
- Castelnou Energía791 MW
- Herdersbrug Power Plant480 MW
- Drogenbos power plant460 MW
- Centrale Amercoeur451 MW
- BASF Antwerp power station395 MW
Other power plants in Flemish Region
- Doel2,911 MW
- Doel Nuclear Power Station1,026 MW
- Herdersbrug Steg480 MW
- Langerlo470 MW
- Drogenbos TGV460 MW
- Centrale T-Power425 MW
- T-power Beringen420 MW
- BASF Antwerp power station395 MW
Data on this page
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