The electricity sector in Belgium describes electricity in Belgium. Production by power source in 2009 was 53 % nuclear, 40 % fossil electricity and 7 % renewable electricity. 2 % of production was exported in 2009. In 2008 import was 11 %. Belgium is highly nuclear dependent country where the share of renewable electricity has been low. The share of renewable electricity was about 2 % in 2005. Plan for 2020 is wind 10.5 TWh (9.5%), biomass 11 TWh and PV 1 TWh.
Total electricity consumption was 91 TWh in 2008. Finland had about same consumption 87 TWh with only half of Belgium’s population.[1] In 2009 consumption was 8,152 kWh per person.
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In 2008 Belgium consumed electricity 8,961 kWh/person. EU15 average was 7,409 kWh/person.[2]
Electricity pro person in Belgium(kWh/ hab.)[2] | ||||||||||||
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Use | Production | Import/Exp. | Imp./Exp. % | Fossil | Nuclear | Nuc. % | Other RE | Bio+waste | Wind | Non RE use* | RE % | |
2004 | 8,967 | 8,219 | 749 | 8.3 % | 3,323 | 4,540 | 50.6 % | 168 | 187 | 8,612 | 4.0 % | |
2005 | 8,913 | 8,311 | 602 | 6.8 % | 3,351 | 4,546 | 51.0 % | 200 | 215 | 8,499 | 4.7 % | |
2006 | 9,111 | 8,466 | 645 | 7.1 % | 3,343 | 4,581 | 50.3 % | 234 | 308 | 8,568 | 5.9 % | |
2008 | 8,961 | 7,962 | 999 | 11.1 % | 2,997 | 4,295 | 47.9 % | 252 | 418 | 8,291 | 7.5 % | |
2009 | 8,152 | 8,319 | -167 | -2.0 % | 3,330 | 4,388 | 53.8 % | 74* | 436 | 93* | 7,549 | 7,4 % |
* Other RE is waterpower, solar and geothermal electricity and wind power until 2008 * Non RE use = use – production of renewable electricity * RE % = (production of RE / use) * 100 % Note: European Union calculates the share of renewable energies in gross electrical consumption. |
The electricity import in Belgium was 11 TWh in 2008. This was seventh highest import in the world behind Brazil 42 TWh, Italy40 TWh, USA 33 TWh, Netherlands 16 TWh, Finland 13 TWh and UK 11 TWh.[1]
53 % of electricity in Belgium was nuclear power in 2009. This is among the highest nuclear dependency in the Europe, like France, Switzerland, Sweden and also Finland, if the new plant construction were in timetable.
According to the National Renewable Energy Action Plan Belgium has 13% RES target in 2020, up from 2% in 2005. Renewable electricity will represent the largest share of RES in 2020 (20.9%). The annual production in 2020 is estimated at wind 10.5 TWh, biomass 11 TWh and PV 1 TWh. Wind energy will cover 9.5% of electricity. Wind capacity is estimated as 4,320 MW in 2020. [3]
Emissions of carbon dioxide in total, per capita in 2007 were 10 tons CO2 compared to EU 27 average 7.9 tons CO2.[4]
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