Power plant · Belgium
Thorntonbank Wind Farm
Thorntonbank Wind Farm is a wind power plant in Belgium, with 325 MW of capacity.
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 | Belgium | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2013 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Offshore | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 325 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5516, 2.9669 | 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
Thorntonbank Wind Farm is the 20th-largest of 39 power plants in Belgium by capacity; its 325 MW is 1.8% of the 18,386 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 20th of 39 | 18,386 MW | 1.8% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,402nd of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 21 permit notices, 8 substations, 2 CO2 emitters and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stevin 380 kV | Substation | — | — | 29 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning draft decision, Veere (prb-2026-10854) | Permit notice | — | — | 36 km |
| Gezelle 380 kV | Substation | — | — | 36 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning draft decision, Veere (prb-2026-13265) | Permit notice | — | — | 37 km |
| Electrabel - Centrale Herdersbrug | CO2 emitter | 218,666 tCO2e | — | 38 km |
| Substation omgevingsvergunning application, Veere (gmb-2026-424141) | Permit notice | — | — | 40 km |
| Van Maerlant 380 kV | Substation | — | — | 43 km |
| Hydrogen electrolysis Vlissingen (Volth2) | CO2 emitter | — | Cancelled | 44 km |
| Datacenter Oostkamp | Data center | — | — | 47 km |
Place
Other power plants in Belgium
- Tihange3,008 MW
- Doel2,911 MW
- Coo-Trois-Ponts Hydroelectric Power Station1,089 MW
- Doel Nuclear Power Station1,026 MW
- COO II T690 MW
- Herdersbrug Steg480 MW
- COO I T474 MW
- Centrale Seraing470 MW
Data on this page
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- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
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