Power plant · Wallonia, Belgium
Coo-Trois-Ponts Hydroelectric Power Station
Coo-Trois-Ponts Hydroelectric Power Station is a pumped storage power plant in Wallonia, Belgium, with 1,089 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 | Wallonia | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1969 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Engie Electrabel | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Engie Electrabel | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,089 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Pumped hydro storage | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.3850, 5.8617 | 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
Coo-Trois-Ponts Hydroelectric Power Station is the 2nd-largest of 11 power plants in Wallonia and the 3rd-largest of 43 in Belgium by capacity; its 1,089 MW is 5.7% 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 | 2nd of 11 | 7,182 MW | 15% |
| Belgium | 3rd of 43 | 19,026 MW | 5.7% |
| All power plants in our data | 433rd of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 26 substations, 21 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 | — | — | 1.7 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/151581304) | Substation | — | — | 36 km |
| Kehr | Substation | — | — | 40 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 | — | 44 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning application, Gulpen-Wittem (prb-2025-6912) | Permit notice | — | — | 44 km |
| Data center, North Rhine-Westphalia (OSM way 165224274) | Data center | — | — | 45 km |
Owner, operator and place
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- Drogenbos power plant460 MW
- Centrale Amercoeur451 MW
- BASF Antwerp power station395 MW
- Centrale Saint-Ghislain350 MW
Other power plants in Wallonia
- Tihange3,008 MW
- COO II T690 MW
- COO I T474 MW
- Centrale Seraing470 MW
- Amercoeur 1 R TGV451 MW
- Marcinelle Energie (Carsid)405 MW
- Saint-Ghislain Steg350 MW
- Plate-Taille T144 MW
Data on this page
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- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
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- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
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