Coal-Fired Plants in Belgium

Baudour Location: Hainaut Operator: Electrabel Configuration: 1 X 116 MW Operation: 1960 (ret 1997) Fuel: coal Boiler supplier: Sulzer T/G supplier: Escher Wyss EPC: Electrabel Quick facts: In May 1955, Interborinage was formed by local power company Societe Intercommunale Belge d'Electricite and six local coal mines to build a new power station to burn lower-quality fuels produced in the area. The new power station went online on 24 Feb 1960 with some of the highest steam temperatures in Europe. Main steam flow was 340 t/h and turbine steam conditions were 170 bar/600C/570C. The plant was connected to the 150kV grid. In 1969, the progressive closure of local mines led to modification of the boiler to burn natural gas or coke-oven gas from the former Cockerill-Sambre Carcoke works in Zeebrugge. The three fuels could be used simultaneously. In early 1997, the Carcoke plant was closed and after 37 years of operation and 280mn MWh of production, the power station was closed. On 30 Jun 1999, the cooling tower was demolished followed a year later by the boiler and turbine hall. Photograph courtesy of Jean-Pol Samain (www.borain.be) Posted 16 Dec 2007	Peronnes Location: Hainaut Operator: Electrabel Configuration: 1 X 125 MW Operation: 1959 (ret 2000) Fuel: coal, natural gas, fuel oil Boiler supplier: Stein, CMI T/G supplier: Siemens, ACEC Quick facts: This was the first large-size steam-electric plant in Belgium not built on a river. Photograph courtesy of Charbonnages du Hainaut Posted 23 Sep 2007	Quaregnon Location: Hainaut Operator: Electrabel Configuration: 19.2 MW, 1 X 65 MW Operation: 1925-1932 (ret) Fuel: coal, natural gas Boiler supplier: Wod-Lopulco-Cockerill T/G supplier: ?? Quick facts: The first phase of this power station was built on the initiative of the local coal mines. In Feb 1930, work on a new 65-MW began and this started up in Jan 1932 with three boilers totaling 100 t/h of steaming capacity. The power station was demolished in Jul 1985. Photograph courtesy of Jean-Pol Samain (www.borain.be) Posted 16 Dec 2007
	Schelle 20 Location: Belgium Operator: Electrabel Configuration: 1 X 60 MW Operation: 1932 (ret 1974) Fuel: coal Boiler supplier: ?? T/G supplier: Siemens Quick facts: This machine built by Siemens-Schuckertwerke at the Schelle power station in Antwerp was the world’s largest 3000rpm turbine-generator when completed. Photograph courtesy of Siemens Posted 4 Jul 2005

Abbreviations: T/G = turbine generator

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 12/16/07