Belgium Energy Market Report

Institutions & Energy Policy
The institutional framework of the energy sector is based on the subsidiarity principle, i.e. the sharing of responsibilities between the federal authorities, the three provincial authorities (Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels) and the local authorities ...

Energy Companies
Details for energy companies (production, import, export, distribution, refineries, LNG terminals) in the oil, gas, coal and power sectors.

Energy supply
Electricity : Belgium has an electricity capacity of about 19 GW. It has been increasing steadily at a rate of 1.8%/year since 2000 ...

Prices
Details of energy prices and taxes levels and evolution, by energy and by sector (oil, power, gas).

Consumption
Overall consumption of energy per capita is definitely higher than the EU average: 5.5 toe compared to 3.4 toe for the EU (2010) ...

Issues & Prospects
According to the Federal Planning Bureau’s “Economic Outlook 2011-2016” (2011), final consumption will be stable over the period 2011-2016 while total consumption is expected to increase slightly, by 0.1%/year, over the same period ...

2010 Key data & Graphs

• Economic indicators: population, growth, etc.
• Supply indicators: reserves, capacity, production, external trade (per energy)
• Demand indicators: consumption per capita, total consumption, final consumption (per energy and per sector), energy security, energy efficiency, CO2 emissions
• Energy Balance : total and per energy