Power plant · Wallonia, Belgium
Monsin hydro power plant
Monsin hydro power plant is a hydroelectric power plant in Wallonia, Belgium, with 20 MW of capacity, operated by Luminus.
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 |
| Operator | Luminus | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Run-of-river hydro | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.6532, 5.6314 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Monsin hydro power plant is the 11th-largest of 11 power plants in Wallonia and the 39th-largest of 39 in Belgium by capacity; its 20 MW is 0.11% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallonia | 11th of 11 | 7,182 MW | 0.28% |
| Belgium | 39th of 39 | 18,386 MW | 0.11% |
| All power plants in our data | 5,459th of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 120 permit notices, 44 substations, 9 data centers, 7 CO2 emitters (3 operating) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lixhe 380 kV | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Heidelberg Materials Benelux - Cimenterie Lixhe | CO2 emitter | 826,247 tCO2e | — | 12 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning draft decision, Eijsden-Margraten (prb-2024-18328) | Permit notice | — | — | 15 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning application, Maastricht (prb-2025-9695) | Permit notice | — | — | 19 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning application, Eijsden-Margraten (prb-2025-7642) | Permit notice | — | — | 20 km |
| Usine d'Hermalle | CO2 emitter | 416,203 tCO2e | — | 21 km |
| Electric boiler Maastricht (Sappi Maastricht) | CO2 emitter | — | Operating | 23 km |
| 150 kV Limmel | Substation | — | — | 24 km |
| Wallonie Data Center (WDC) | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
Operator and place
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- EDFL - Centrale Buitenring Wondelgem Gent253,634 tCO2e
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
- Marcinelle Energie (Carsid)405 MW
- Saint-Ghislain Steg350 MW
Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
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- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
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