Key environmental figures

CO2 Emission

Emissions by power stations in Belgium have been reduced by as much as 60% since 1980, thanks to the large proportion of electricity from nuclear power, higher efficiency of power stations fired by fossil fuels (including Combined Cycle Gas Turbine or CCGT units) and the increasing amount of electricity from renewable sources of energy.


Europe

End 2007
Generating facilities
 CO2 emission-free% of total net generation49.0
 % of total capacity41.0
 Renewable energy% of total net generation13.6
 % of total capacity16.7
Emissions
 CO2g/kWh300
 SO2mg/kWh315
 NOxmg/kWh289
Environmental management systems
 ISO 14001 / EMAS (*)% of total capacity64.5
  % of total generation71.7
    


Belgium

End 2007
Generating facilities 
 CO2 emission-free% of total net generation62.5
 % of total capacity53.5
 Renewable energy% of total net generation2
 % of total capacity3.1
Emissions 
 CO2g/kWh227
 SO2mg/kWh251
 NOxmg/kWh245
Environmental management systems 
 ISO 14001 / EMAS (*)% of total capacity74.6
  % of total generation80.9
    

(*) Power stations operated by the Group


See also

Some examples of websites with information on the effects of CO2 and other greenhouse gases are: