Power plant · Wallonia, Belgium
Saint-Ghislain Steg Power Plant
Saint-Ghislain Steg Power Plant is a gas power plant in Wallonia, Belgium, with 350 MW of capacity, owned by Engie Electrabel.
We hold more on this power plant.Operator: available on request.
Request this dataFacts
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 | 2001 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Engie Electrabel | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Available on request | Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe) · Restricted · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 350 MW | 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 |
| 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 | 22WSAINT-000221B | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.4660, 3.8330 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Know more about this power plant, or want an introduction to its owner? Ask us.
Also recorded as
3 sources record Saint-Ghislain Steg; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Ghislain Steg | asset:eic:22WSAINT-000221B | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) | — |
| Centrale Saint-Ghislain | asset:wikidata:Q19387375 | Wikidata | Same name, coordinates and capacity |
| Saint-Ghislain Steg | asset:opsd:22WSAINT-000221B | Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe) | Same ENTSO-E EIC code |
How it compares
Saint-Ghislain Steg is the 8th-largest of 11 power plants in Wallonia and the 20th-largest of 43 in Belgium by capacity; its 350 MW is 1.8% 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 | 8th of 11 | 7,182 MW | 4.9% |
| Belgium | 20th of 43 | 19,026 MW | 1.8% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,513th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 7 CO2 emitters (3,717,595 tCO2e), 2 data centers, 2 substations and 1 processing plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrabel Baudour | CO2 emitter | 225,749 tCO2e | — | 1.1 km |
| Google Data Center | Data center | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Google Data Center GBL1 | Data center | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Yara Tertre | CO2 emitter | 432,549 tCO2e | — | 2.7 km |
| Holcim Cimenterie Obourg | CO2 emitter | 622,346 tCO2e | — | 12 km |
| Cupidon | Processing plant | — | — | 20 km |
| Courcelles 380 kV | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Avelgem 380 kV | Substation | — | — | 44 km |
Owner and place
More from Engie Electrabel
- Tihange Nuclear Power Station3,008 MW
- Coo-Trois-Ponts Hydroelectric Power Station1,089 MW
- Doel Nuclear Power Station1,026 MW
- Castelnou Energía791 MW
- Herdersbrug Power Plant480 MW
- Drogenbos power plant460 MW
- Centrale Amercoeur451 MW
- BASF Antwerp power station395 MW
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
- Plate-Taille T144 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Elia grid hosting capacity map. Elia grid hosting capacity map, Restricted.
- © European Union, European Commission (DG GROW). EU CRMA strategic projects, CC BY 4.0.
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe). Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe), Restricted.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.