This statistic shows the gross electricity production in Belgium in 2020, by type of fuel, in thousand tons of oil equivalent. The production of nuclear heat was by far the highest out of all fuel types, with 2.96 million metric tons of oil equivalent produced in 2020. Ranked second and third where natural gas and wind.
Gross electricity production in Belgium in 2020, by type
(in million metric tons of oil equivalent)
Characteristic
Fuel production in Mtoe
Nuclear heat
2,960.85
Natural gas
2,302.03
Wind
1,097.47
Solar photovoltaic
438.99
Biogases
87.24
Non-renewable municipal waste
71.65
Oil and petroleum products (excluding biofuel portion)
The energy balance is the most complete statistical accounting of energy products and their flow in the economy.
Annual data collection cover in principle the EU Member States, EFTA, EU candidate countries, and potential candidate countries. Time series starts mostly in year 1990.
The data refers to section GEP of the Eurostat Database under the code [NRG_BAL_PEH]
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Eurostat. (January 25, 2022). Gross electricity production in Belgium in 2020, by type (in million metric tons of oil equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/622647/fuel-production-by-type-belgium/
Eurostat. "Gross electricity production in Belgium in 2020, by type (in million metric tons of oil equivalent)." Chart. January 25, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/622647/fuel-production-by-type-belgium/
Eurostat. (2022). Gross electricity production in Belgium in 2020, by type (in million metric tons of oil equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/622647/fuel-production-by-type-belgium/
Eurostat. "Gross Electricity Production in Belgium in 2020, by Type (in Million Metric Tons of Oil Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/622647/fuel-production-by-type-belgium/
Eurostat, Gross electricity production in Belgium in 2020, by type (in million metric tons of oil equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/622647/fuel-production-by-type-belgium/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Gross electricity production in Belgium in 2020, by type (in million metric tons of oil equivalent) [Graph], Eurostat, January 25, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/622647/fuel-production-by-type-belgium/
