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Belgium's power sector in numbers

Ember monthly data 2015-01 → 2026-06 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0

Carbon intensity · 2026-06

215gCO₂e/kWh

#17 cleanest of 80 tracked (2025)

Renewables share

60.9%

clean incl. nuclear: 60.9%

Records

Cleanest: 73 (2025-01)

Dirtiest: 334 (2015-09)

The trend, year by year

YeargCO₂e/kWhΔRenewables %Generation TWh
2025 135 -18 40.5 61.7
2024 153 -14 31.5 70.7
2023 167 +1 29.6 77.5
2022 166 +10 22.2 89
2021 156 -42 19.6 92.9
2020 198 +10 22 82.1
2019 188 -37 16.5 87
2018 225 +35 18.3 70
2017 190 +4 14 80.5
2016 186 -71 13 79.9
2015 257 16.3 65.9

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Source: "Monthly electricity data, Ember" (CC-BY-4.0). Yearly figures are generation-weighted (Σ emissions ÷ Σ generation, complete years only). Monthly statistical data — estimated, not live measurement. Cite as "Voltcast Research, voltcast.com/research/countries/be".