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Asset classes
- Transmission Line80,968
- Power Plant32,429
- Substation / Converter7,614
- Oil & Gas Field7,055
- Coal / Uranium Mine5,382
- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
- Data Centre3,283
- Iron & Steel Plant1,293
- LNG Terminal1,198
- Grid Storage965
- Iron Ore Mine949
- Chemical Plant868
- Interconnector704
- Export Terminal519
- Refinery279
- Storage / Tank Farm38
- Oil / Commodity Contract19
- Hydrogen Project18
- Carbon Capture (CCS)16
Chokepoints
Power Plant
Ruien power station
12th-largest power plant in Belgium of 50 · top 27% worldwide (#7,813 of 29,849)
- Owner
- Electrabel NV/SA
- Status
- idle
- Capacity
- 550 MW
- Fuel
- coal
- Commissioned
- 1966
- Retired
- 2013
Comparable power plants · Belgium · 50 ranked
- #1Tihange nuclear power plant2.1 GW · nuclear
- #10Coo II hydroelectric plant690 MW · hydro
- #11Genk-Langerlo power station560 MW · coal
- #12Ruien power station550 MW · coal
- #13Awirs power station505 MW · coal
- #14Coo I hydroelectric plant474 MW · hydro
Grid connection · within 50 km
- Nearest substation
- Avelgem
- Its voltage
- 380 kV
- Distance
- 1.3 km
- Strongest line nearby
- 400 kV
- Line operator
- Elia
- Substations in range
- 7
Mapped grid infrastructure from OpenStreetMap, whose coverage is excellent in some regions and sparse in others. Nothing shown here means nothing is mappednearby — not that the site is unconnected. Lines are matched on a segment’s midpoint, so a corridor passing directly overhead can be missed; this under-reports rather than invents.
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- 380 kV line1.2 km · Transmission Line
- Avelgem1.3 km · Substation / Converter
- 400 kV line12 km · Transmission Line
- DC Moeskroen19 km · Data Centre
- Gaurain Cement Plant20 km · Cement Plant
- Izegem22 km · Substation / Converter
- OVHcloud Roubaix - RBX223 km · Data Centre
- OVHcloud Roubaix - RBX123 km · Data Centre
- Antoing Cement Plant23 km · Cement Plant
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power (CC BY 4.0)