Power plant · Wallonia, Belgium
Marcinelle Energie (Carsid) Power Plant
Marcinelle Energie (Carsid) Power Plant is a gas power plant in Wallonia, Belgium, with 405 MW of capacity, owned by Total Direct Énergie.
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 | 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 | Operating (commissioned) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2011 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Total Direct Énergie | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Total Direct Énergie | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 405 MW | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 413 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas (registered as Fossil Gas) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| EIC code | 22WMARCIN000179H | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.4100, 4.4330 | 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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3 sources record Marcinelle Energie (Carsid); 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcinelle Energie (Carsid) | asset:eic:22WMARCIN000179H | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) | — |
| Marcinelle Energie | asset:wikidata:Q106164522 | Wikidata | Same distinctive name words, coordinates, capacity and technology |
| Marcinelle Energie (Carsid) | asset:opsd:22WMARCIN000179H | Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe) | Same ENTSO-E EIC code |
How it compares
Marcinelle Energie (Carsid) is the 7th-largest of 11 power plants in Wallonia and the 14th-largest of 43 in Belgium by capacity; its 405 MW is 2.1% 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 | 7th of 11 | 7,182 MW | 5.6% |
| Belgium | 14th of 43 | 19,026 MW | 2.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,399th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 9 CO2 emitters (3,207,647 tCO2e), 6 data centers, 3 substations 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centrale C.C.G.T. Marcinelle Energie | CO2 emitter | 425,604 tCO2e | — | 2.5 km |
| Electrabel Amercoeur-Roux | CO2 emitter | 408,361 tCO2e | — | 3.3 km |
| Google Datacenter | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| Courcelles 380 kV | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Inovyn Jemeppe | CO2 emitter | 411,553 tCO2e | — | 17 km |
| LCL Wallonia One | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Cupidon | Processing plant | — | — | 24 km |
| Champion (Namur) 380 kV | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
| Google Data Center GBL1 | Data center | — | — | 41 km |
Owner, operator and place
More from Total Direct Énergie
Other power plants in Wallonia
- Tihange3,008 MW
- Coo-Trois-Ponts Hydroelectric Power Station1,089 MW
- COO II T690 MW
- COO I T474 MW
- Centrale Seraing470 MW
- Amercoeur 1 R TGV451 MW
- Saint-Ghislain Steg350 MW
- Plate-Taille T144 MW
Data on this page
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