The electricity sector in

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

describes electricity in

. 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.IEA Key stats 2010
pages 27, 48 In 2009 consumption was 8,152 kWh per person.

Electricity per capita by power source

In 2008 Belgium consumed electricity 8,961 kWh/person. EU15 average was 7,409 kWh/person.Energy in Sweden, Facts and figures, The Swedish Energy Agency, (in Swedish: Energiläget i siffror), Table: Specific electricity production per inhabitant with breakdown by power source (kWh/person), Source: IEA/OEC
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Imports

Total electricity imports in Belgium were 11 TWh in 2008. This was the seventh highest total in the world behind

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

(42 TWh),

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

(40 TWh),

USA The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...

(33 TWh), the

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(16 TWh),

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

(13 TWh), and the UK (11 TWh). Most of these countries have a much larger population than Belgium. More recent data show that this deficit was reduced to 9.6 TWh in 2013.

Nuclear power

Domestically produced nuclear power accounted for 53% of electricity consumption in Belgium during 2009. This is among the highest nuclear dependencies in Europe, less than France (79%) but more than Switzerland (40%) and Sweden (35-40%). The current plan is to phase out nuclear power by 2025. Several scenarios exist on how this phase-out can occur. Most likely resulting in an increase of greenhouse gases emitted compared to the current situation.

Renewable electricity

In 2015, the installed capacities were: * 3252 MW for solar power *2229 MW for wind power * 1422 MW for hydro-electric power * 1284 MW for biomass 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 to be: * 10.5 TWh for wind power * 11 TWh for biomass * 1 TWh for PV solar Wind energy will cover 9.5% of electricity. Wind capacity is estimated as 4,320 MW in 2020.EWEA March 2011
pages tables 43-47, national plan 58

Global warming

Emissions of

carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide (chemical formula ) is a chemical compound made up of molecules that each have one carbon atom covalently double bonded to two oxygen atoms. It is found in the gas state at room temperature. In the air, carbon dioxide is transpar ...

(CO₂) per capita in 2007 were 10 tons, compared to the EU 27 average of 7.9 tons.Energy in Sweden 2010, Table 1: Emissions of carbon dioxide in total, per capita and per GDP in EU and OECD countries, 200
2010 Table 1

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