Our infrastructure
Transmission Network
Excellently interconnected
Fluxys Belgium’s transmission network is excellently linked to all natural gas sources available to the European market. The system also enables gas flows in both directions with all adjacent markets. Thanks to its versatility, customers use the Belgian system both for their supplies into Belgium and for border-to-border transmission to supply other markets in Northwest Europe.
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Network length |
4,000 km |
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Border interconnection points |
Interconnection points with all adjacent markets: UK, France, The Netherlands, Germany and Luxemburg |
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Network connection points in Belgium |
Connections with 17 Distribution System Operators Connections with 230 industrial sites and gas-fired power stations |
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Compressor stations |
Berneau, Weelde, Winksele, Zelzate |
Network conversion to high-calorific gas
The gas system in Belgium consists of two separate networks: a network for high-calorific gas and a network for low-calorific gas. The latter is gas from the Groningen field in the Netherlands and exports of this low-calorific gas will progressively phase out between 2024 and 2030. Fluxys Belgium and the Distribution System Operators are therefore proactively switching end-users of low-calorific natural gas to high-calorific natural gas. Completion of the network conversion is planned for 2029.
Zeebrugge LNG Terminal
LNG gateway into Northwest-Europe and beyond
The Zeebrugge LNG terminal serves as a gateway to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Northwest Europe and beyond. The facility provides for unloading large LNG vessels and keeping the LNG temporarily in storage. The LNG can be regasified and injected into the transmission network for delivery throughout Northwest Europe or loaded back onto LNG ships to supply other markets. Direct transshipments of LNG between two vessels are also possible.
Large-scale and small-scale LNG
In addition to accommodate large LNG vessels and large volumes of LNG, the Zeebrugge terminal also loads small LNG vessels and LNG trailers to serve the so-called small-scale LNG market: LNG used as an alternative fuel for vessels and trucks or as fuel for industrial customers not in the vicinity of a natural gas pipeline system.
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Maximum technical capacity Regasification capacity Transshipment capacity Storage capacity Send-out capacity |
104 TWh/year 107 transshipments (214 ships)/year 566,000m³ of LNG (5 storage tanks) 22.5 GWh/hour |
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LNG carriers received since |
1,750 |
Loenhout storage
Loenhout storage
At the Loenhout facility, Fluxys Belgium operates an underground gas storage plant which serves as a giant battery for the energy system. The facility has an energy storage capacity equivalent to 60,000 state-of-the-art mega Tesla battery units as the one built in Australia. Loenhout also can provide 70 times as much energy to consumers and it can do so for about 50 days, while the mega battery unit can only deliver at maximum capacity for an hour and 20 minutes.
10 year investment program
For the period 2020-2029 Fluxys Belgium's indicative investment plan includes projects for a total amount of €518 million in the transmission network, the Zeebrugge LNG terminal and the Loenhout storage facility. Main elements:
- adjustments to the grid for developments at home and abroad, in particular the conversion of the gas networks for low-calorific natural gas and the construction of new gas-fired power stations to replace the nuclear power stations;
- investments relating to the measures required for the transition to tomorrow's energy mix;
- recurrent investments in the maintenance, adaptation and modernisation of the network;
- investments as part of the action plan at Fluxys Belgium and Fluxys LNG to reduce their proper greenhouse gas emissions.
Download the indicative investment programme in French (PDF 2.5MB) or in Dutch (PDF 2.3MB)
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