Power plant · Wallonia, Belgium
Tihange Power Plant
Tihange Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in Wallonia, Belgium, with 3,008 MW of capacity, operated 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 | 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 |
| Status | Operating | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1975 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1970 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Engie Electrabel | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3,008 MW (sum of operating units, TIHANGE 1N 481 MW; TIHANGE 1S 481 MW; TIHANGE 2 1008 MW; TIHANGE 3 1038 MW) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3,008 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 4 units | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Nuclear | 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 |
| EIC code | 22WTIHANG000240V | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| EIC code | 22WTIHANG000239G | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| EIC code | 22WTIHANG000241T | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| EIC code | 22WTIHANG000242R | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.5320, 5.2730 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · 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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3 sources record Tihange; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tihange | asset:eic:22WTIHANG000239G | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) | — |
| Tihange Nuclear Power Station | asset:wikidata:Q1739481 | Wikidata | Same name, coordinates and capacity |
| Tihange | asset:opsd:22WTIHANG000239G | Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe) | Same ENTSO-E EIC code |
How it compares
Tihange is the largest of 11 power plants in Wallonia and the largest of 43 in Belgium by capacity; its 3,008 MW is 16% 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 | 1st of 11 | 7,182 MW | 42% |
| Belgium | 1st of 43 | 19,026 MW | 16% |
| All power plants in our data | 26th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | 0.16% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 23 permit notices, 7 CO2 emitters (1 operating), 6 substations and 4 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gramme 380 kV | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Wallonie Data Center (WDC) | Data center | — | — | 5.5 km |
| Carmeuse Four à chaux Moha | CO2 emitter | 179,566 tCO2e | — | 7.3 km |
| Usine d'Hermalle | CO2 emitter | 416,203 tCO2e | — | 7.6 km |
| Champion (Namur) 380 kV | Substation | — | — | 27 km |
| Achene 380 kV | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
| Heidelberg Materials Benelux - Cimenterie Lixhe | CO2 emitter | 826,247 tCO2e | — | 38 km |
| LCL Wallonia One | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| Nitrogen natuurvergunning draft decision, Eijsden-Margraten (prb-2024-18328) | Permit notice | — | — | 42 km |
Operator and place
More from Engie Electrabel
- 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
- Centrale Saint-Ghislain350 MW
Other power plants in Wallonia
- 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
- 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.
- Elia grid hosting capacity map. Elia grid hosting capacity map, Restricted.
- 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.
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- © 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.
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