Power plant · Wallonia, Belgium
COO I T Power Plant
COO I T Power Plant is a pumped storage power plant in Wallonia, Belgium, with 474 MW of capacity.
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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 | Wallonia | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (commissioned) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1969 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Available on request | Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe) · Restricted · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 474 MW (sum of operating units, COO 1 T 158 MW; COO 2 T 158 MW; COO 3 T 158 MW) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 3 units | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Pumped hydro storage (registered as Hydro Pumped Storage) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| EIC code | 22WCOOXIX000067T | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.3877, 5.8643 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Also recorded as
2 sources record COO I T; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COO I T | asset:eic:22WCOOXIX000067T | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) | — |
| COO I T | asset:opsd:22WCOOXIX000067T | Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe) | Same ENTSO-E EIC code |
How it compares
COO I T is the 4th-largest of 11 power plants in Wallonia and the 7th-largest of 43 in Belgium by capacity; its 474 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallonia | 4th of 11 | 7,182 MW | 6.6% |
| Belgium | 7th of 43 | 19,026 MW | 2.5% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,264th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 26 substations, 23 permit notices, 6 data centers, 3 CO2 emitters (1,470,758 tCO2e) and 1 processing plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brume 380 kV | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/151581304) | Substation | — | — | 35 km |
| Kehr | Substation | — | — | 39 km |
| Usine d'Hermalle | CO2 emitter | 416,203 tCO2e | — | 41 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning decision, Gulpen-Wittem (prb-2024-18542) | Permit notice | — | — | 43 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning draft decision, Eijsden-Margraten (prb-2024-18328) | Permit notice | — | — | 43 km |
| Heidelberg Materials Benelux - Cimenterie Lixhe | CO2 emitter | 826,247 tCO2e | — | 43 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning application, Gulpen-Wittem (prb-2025-6912) | Permit notice | — | — | 43 km |
| Data center, North Rhine-Westphalia (OSM way 165224274) | Data center | — | — | 45 km |
Place
Other power plants in Wallonia
- Tihange3,008 MW
- Coo-Trois-Ponts Hydroelectric Power Station1,089 MW
- COO II T690 MW
- Centrale Seraing470 MW
- Amercoeur 1 R TGV451 MW
- Marcinelle Energie (Carsid)405 MW
- Saint-Ghislain Steg350 MW
- Plate-Taille T144 MW
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