page_title: Wind power in Belgium
section_title: Historical data Walloon Region
hierarchical_section_title: Wind power in Belgium / Historical data Walloon Region
caption_attribution_description: English: Enercon E-126 wind turbines in Estinnes, Belgium.
context_page_description: Wind power in Belgium depends partially on regional governments and partially on the Belgian federal government. Wind energy producers in both the Flemish and Walloon regions get green certificates but not with the same conditions.
  By year end 2019 Belgium had 3,879 MW installed capacity of windpower, 2,323 MW of which were land based and 1,556 MW of offshore wind power producing a total of 8,120 GWh of electricity generation. The percentage of electricity demand met by wind grew to about 9.5% by end 2019. By the end of 2020, offshore wind power is planned to increase by 706 MW.
  Wind turbines are mainly installed offshore, in the Flemish and in the Walloon Regions. Brussels-Capital Region is an urban area which is not particularly suited for large wind turbines. Smaller turbines more appropriate for urban environments are being studied but until today no technology is deemed sufficiently efficient.
context_section_description: sources:
  This region is home to the largest turbines in Belgium. The Windvision wind farm near Estinnes houses 11 Enercon E-126 turbines each with a total height of 198.5 metres and a generation power of 6 MW. The park is part of the EU demonstration project 7MW-WEC-by-11 nine turbines will be upgraded to 7.5 MW.
  Greenwind built a 25 MW park of 10 turbines of 2.5 MW in Froidchappelle.
caption: Wind farm in Estinnes.
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