Engie has officially decided to initiate the gradual decommissioning of its two Belgian nuclear power plants in Doel (2.9 GW), near Antwerp, and Tihange (3 GW), near Liège. Belgium pledged to phase out nuclear between 2022 and 2025. Engie's Belgian subsidiary Electrabel operates the seven PWR nuclear reactors in the country - Doel 1-2-3-4 and Tihange 1-2-3 reactors - which accounted for 44% of power generation in 2020. Doel-1 and Doel-2 (445 MW each) and 962 MW Tihange-1 have secured 10-year lifetime extensions, while 1,008 MW Tihange-2 will reach its 40-year lifetime limit in 2022, followed by 1,006 MW Doel-3 in 2023 and Doel-4 and Tihange-3 (1,038 MW each) in 2025. The group has decided not to seek to extend the operation of the Doel-4 and Tihange-3 reactors, which will stop operations in 2025.
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