Belgium
TABLE 1. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES
| Estimated available energy sources | ||||||
| Fossil fuels | Nuclear | Renewables | ||||
| Solid | Liquid | Gas | Uranium | Hydro | Other renewable |
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| Total amount in specific units* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
| Total amount in exajoules (EJ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
TABLE 2. ENERGY STATISTICS
| Average annual growth rate (%) |
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| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2018* | 2010–2018* | |
| Energy consumption [EJ]** | |||||||||
| - Total | 2.04 | 2.01 | 2.43 | 2.44 | 2.56 | 2.25 | 2.37 | 2.29 | -1.38 |
| -Solids*** | 0.52 | 0.44 | 0.34 | 0.22 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.13 | -2.56 |
| - Liquids | 0.90 | 0.74 | 0.95 | 0.99 | 1.03 | 0.98 | 0.96 | 0.96 | –0.88 |
| - Gases | 0.41 | 0.34 | 0.56 | 0.62 | 0.70 | 0.59 | 0.61 | 0.62 | –1.51 |
| - Nuclear | 0.14 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.28 | 0.46 | 0.31 | -6.26 |
| - Hydro | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | — |
| - Other renewables | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.18 | +6.35 |
| Energy production | |||||||||
| - Total | 0.30 | 0.45 | 0.57 | 0.58 | 0.65 | 0.44 | 0.62 | 0.48 | -3.72 |
| - Solids*** | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | — |
| - Liquids | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| - Gases | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| - Nuclear | 0.12 | 0.40 | 0.53 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.28 | 0.46 | 0.31 | -6.26 |
| - Hydro | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | — |
| - Other renewables | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.14 | +4.30 |
| Net import (Import–Export) | |||||||||
| - Total | 1.81 | 1.71 | 2.12 | 2.25 | 2.26 | 2.13 | 2.01 | 2.22 | -0.22 |
TABLE 3. INSTALLED CAPACITY, ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2018* | Average annual growth rate (%) 2010–2018* |
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| Capacity of electrical plants (GW(e))1 |
G/N | |||||||||
| - Thermal | N | 8.21 | 7.24 | 8.55 | 8.71 | 9.52 | 8.51 | 8.48 | 8.20 | -1.85 |
| - Hydro | N | 1.13 | 1.40 | 1.41 | 1.41 | 1.43 | 1.42 | 1.42 | 1.42 | -0.1 |
| - Nuclear | N | 1.67 | 5.50 | 5.71 | 5.80 | 5.93 | 5.91 | 5.92 | 5.92 | +0.0 |
| - Wind | N | 0.00 | <0.01 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.91 | 2.18 | 2.80 | 3.26 | +17.29 |
| - Geothermal | N | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| - Other renewable | N | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | <0.01 | 0.90 | 3.12 | 3.60 | 3.99 | +20.46 |
| - Total | N | 11.01 | 14.14 | 15.69 | 16.10 | 18.69 | 21.15 | 22.23 | 22.79 | +2.51 |
| Electricity production (TWh)2 |
G/N | |||||||||
| - Thermal | G | 40.26 | 27.30 | 34.14 | 37.33 | 43.47 | 33.25 | 33.32 | 33.79 | -3.10 |
| - Hydro | G | 0.83 | 0.90 | 1.70 | 1.60 | 1.67 | 1.42 | 1.40 | 1.33 | -2.81 |
| - Nuclear | G | 12.55 | 42.72 | 48.16 | 47.60 | 47.94 | 26.10 | 42.23 | 28.60 | -6.25 |
| - Wind | G | 0.00 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.23 | 1.29 | 5.57 | 6.51 | 7.46 | +24.53 |
| - Geothermal | G | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| - Other renewable | G | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.82 | 3.09 | 3.31 | 3.90 | +21.52 |
| - Total** | G | 53.64 | 70.92 | 84.01 | 87.03 | 95.19 | 69.85 | 86.78 | 75.09 | -2.92 |
| Total electricity consumption (TWh)3 |
51.02 | 67.56 | 79.82 | 83.64 | 85.92 | 83.14 | 83.87 | 84.38 | -0.23 | |
TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2018* | |
| Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) | 206.80 | 206.20 | 240.40 | 237.70 | 233.22 | 198.97 | 209.45 | 201.32 |
| Electricity consumption per capita (kW?h/capita) | 5 448.80 | 7 109.10 | 8 205.10 | 8 330.90 | 7 926.10 | 7 417.60 | 7 407.25 | 7 417.69 |
| Electricity production / Energy production (%) | 64.37 | 56.74 | 53.06 | 54.97 | 54.35 | 56.85 | 48.50 | 63.23 |
| Nuclear/Total electricity (%) | 23.40 | 60.24 | 57.33 | 54.47 | 50.40 | 36.95 | 48.66 | 38.08 |
| Ratio of external dependency (%)** | 88.73 | 82.61 | 86.59 | 91.13 | 90.38 | 95.39 | 84.71 | 96.77 |
TABLE 5: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2019
| Reactor Unit | Type | Net Capacity [MW(e)] |
Status | Operator | Reactor Supplier |
Construction Date |
First Criticality Date |
First Grid Date |
Commercial Date |
Shutdown Date |
UCF for 2019 |
| DOEL-1 | PWR | 445 | Operational | EBL+EDF | ACECOWEN | 1969-07-01 | 1974-07-18 | 1974-08-28 | 1975-02-15 | 56.4 | |
| DOEL-2 | PWR | 433 | Operational | EBL+EDF | ACECOWEN | 1971-09-01 | 1975-08-04 | 1975-08-21 | 1975-12-01 | 63.5 | |
| DOEL-3 | PWR | 1006 | Operational | EBL+EDF | FRAMACEC | 1975-01-01 | 1982-06-14 | 1982-06-23 | 1982-10-01 | 85.3 | |
| DOEL-4 | PWR | 1038 | Operational | EBL+EDF | ACECOWEN | 1978-12-01 | 1985-03-31 | 1985-04-08 | 1985-07-01 | 97.2 | |
| TIHANGE-1 | PWR | 962 | Operational | EBL | ACLF | 1970-06-01 | 1975-02-21 | 1975-03-07 | 1975-10-01 | 99.3 | |
| TIHANGE-2 | PWR | 1008 | Operational | EBL | FRAMACEC | 1976-04-01 | 1982-10-05 | 1982-10-13 | 1983-06-01 | 37.7 | |
| TIHANGE-3 | PWR | 1038 | Operational | EBL | ACECOWEN | 1978-11-01 | 1985-06-05 | 1985-06-15 | 1985-09-01 | 99.4 | |
| BR-3 | PWR | 10 | Permanent Shutdown | CEN/SCK | WH | 1957-11-01 | 1962-08-29 | 1962-10-10 | 1962-10-10 | 1987-06-30 |
| Data source: IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS). | |||||||||||
| Note: Table is completely generated from PRIS data to reflect the latest available information and may be more up to date than the text of the report. |
TABLE 6. INTENDED NUCLEAR PHASE-OUT TIMETABLE
| Reactor | Net capacity | Start of commercial operation | Off-line |
| Doel 1 | 433.0 MW(e) | 15 February 1975 | 15 February 2025 |
| Doel 2 | 433.0 MW(e) | 1 December 1975 | 1 December 2025 |
| Doel 3 | 1 006.0 MW(e) | 1 October 1982 | 1 October 2022 |
| Doel 4 | 1 033.0 MW(e) | 1 July 1985 | 1 July 2025 |
| Tihange 1 | 962.0 MW(e) | 1 October 1975 | 1 October 2025 |
| Tihange 2 | 1 008.0 MW(e) | 1 February 1983 | 1 February 2023 |
| Tihange 3 | 1 038.0 MW(e) | 1 September 1985 | 1 September 2025 |