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Belgium · the change ledger

Since 22 May 2024: 16 batteries entered, 753 MW, 1 left, 9 other changes.

Elia publishes the list of the units it schedules every day. Every day the file carries since 22 May 2024 is kept, and the difference between one day and the day before is printed, battery by battery. Beneath it, the list of named batteries this site keeps by hand, copy by copy. Nothing here is inferred from the numbers; it is one capture against the one before, identifier by identifier. The column headed "our reading" is a rule, and it can be wrong.

19captures held across 2 lists, the oldest from 22 May 2024
16batteries entered a list, 753 MW
1left a list
9other changes that moved something; 0 more were respellings or refilings

By month

MonthEnteredMW enteredLeftOther changesRespelt or refiled
August 2026110000·
July 20260·01·
May 202621000·
March 202624900·
February 2026220000·
January 20260·01·
November 202522500·
September 202517507·
May 2025220000·
January 20251700·
October 202411200·
September 202415010·
August 202412500·

Where this can be wrong

Elia usually starts scheduling a battery when it begins testing, so the day a battery enters Elia’s list is the day it reached the grid, never the day it began commercial operation; the owner’s stated date is on each battery’s page. A battery can leave the list and return, as the TotalEnergies Antwerp unit did. The first day Elia’s file carries is a baseline, not a report.

The whole ledger as a CSV.

Elia’s list of the batteries it schedules

Elia publishes the list every day. A battery enters when Elia starts scheduling it, which is usually the start of testing, and leaves when Elia stops; a change of power is Elia’s own figure. The list kept here is every day the file carries since 22 May 2024; only the days on which something moved are shown. 18 captures held, 22 May 2024 to 4 August 2026.

4 August 2026, against 1 July 2026

1 change.

BatteryWhat changedFromToMWOur reading
Estor-Lux II Aubange BESS 1
Estor-Lux II Aubange BESS 1
entered··100new to this list

1 July 2026, against 22 May 2026

1 change.

BatteryWhat changedFromToMWOur reading
TotalEnergies Battery Refinery Antwerp
TotalEnergies Battery Refinery Antwerp
maximum power, MW24.94949up by 24.1

22 May 2026, against 21 May 2026

1 change.

BatteryWhat changedFromToMWOur reading
Katoen Natie Bulk Terminal Kallo BESS 2
Katoen Natie Bulk Terminal Kallo BESS 2
entered··5new to this list

21 May 2026, against 24 March 2026

1 change.

BatteryWhat changedFromToMWOur reading
Katoen Natie Bulk Terminal Kallo BESS 1
Katoen Natie Bulk Terminal Kallo BESS 1
entered··5new to this list

24 March 2026, against 13 March 2026

1 change.

BatteryWhat changedFromToMWOur reading
TotalEnergies Battery Refinery Antwerp
TotalEnergies Battery Refinery Antwerp
entered··25new to this list

13 March 2026, against 11 February 2026

1 change.

BatteryWhat changedFromToMWOur reading
Brecht E19 BESS
Brecht E19 BESS
entered··24new to this list

11 February 2026, against 7 February 2026

1 change.

BatteryWhat changedFromToMWOur reading
D-STOR La Louvière BESS 1
D-STOR La Louvière BESS 1
entered··50new to this list

7 February 2026, against 8 January 2026

1 change.

BatteryWhat changedFromToMWOur reading
Luminus Storage Visé BESS
Luminus Storage Visé BESS
entered··150new to this list

8 January 2026, against 1 November 2025

1 change.

BatteryWhat changedFromToMWOur reading
Harmignies Energy Storage BESS
Harmignies Energy Storage BESS
maximum power, MW7576.376up by 1.3

1 November 2025, against 1 September 2025

2 changes.

BatteryWhat changedFromToMWOur reading
Nyrstar Belgium Balen BESS 1
Nyrstar Belgium Balen BESS 1
entered··15new to this list
Nyrstar Belgium Balen BESS 2
Nyrstar Belgium Balen BESS 2
entered··10new to this list

1 September 2025, against 1 May 2025

8 changes.

BatteryWhat changedFromToMWOur reading
Harmignies Energy Storage BESS
Harmignies Energy Storage BESS
entered··75new to this list
Vilvoorde BESS 1
Vilvoorde BESS 1
fuel type as Elia files itOtherEnergy Storage100changed
Vilvoorde BESS 2
Vilvoorde BESS 2
fuel type as Elia files itOtherEnergy Storage100changed
Deux-Acren Energy Storage
Deux-Acren Energy Storage
fuel type as Elia files itOtherEnergy Storage50changed
Eneco Ville-Sur-Haine BESS
Eneco Ville-Sur-Haine BESS
fuel type as Elia files itOtherEnergy Storage50changed
Ruien Energy Storage
Ruien Energy Storage
fuel type as Elia files itOtherEnergy Storage25changed
Estor-Lux _ Storage
Estor-Lux _ Storage
fuel type as Elia files itOtherEnergy Storage12changed
Drogenbos Batteries
Drogenbos Batteries
fuel type as Elia files itOtherEnergy Storage7changed

1 May 2025, against 23 January 2025

2 changes.

BatteryWhat changedFromToMWOur reading
Vilvoorde BESS 1
Vilvoorde BESS 1
entered··100new to this list
Vilvoorde BESS 2
Vilvoorde BESS 2
entered··100new to this list

23 January 2025, against 23 October 2024

1 change.

BatteryWhat changedFromToMWOur reading
Drogenbos Batteries
Drogenbos Batteries
entered··7new to this list

23 October 2024, against 4 September 2024

1 change.

BatteryWhat changedFromToMWOur reading
Estor-Lux _ Storage
Estor-Lux _ Storage
entered··12new to this list

4 September 2024, against 2 September 2024

1 change.

BatteryWhat changedFromToMWOur reading
TotalEnergies Battery Refinery Antwerp
TotalEnergies Battery Refinery Antwerp
left··25gone from this list

2 September 2024, against 5 August 2024

1 change.

BatteryWhat changedFromToMWOur reading
Eneco Ville-Sur-Haine BESS
Eneco Ville-Sur-Haine BESS
entered··50new to this list

5 August 2024, against 22 May 2024

1 change.

BatteryWhat changedFromToMWOur reading
TotalEnergies Battery Refinery Antwerp
TotalEnergies Battery Refinery Antwerp
entered··25new to this list

The list of named batteries

The list is kept by hand, so a copy is taken whenever it changes, and the difference printed. A battery enters when a source first names it. 1 capture held, 20 October 2026 to 20 October 2026.

One capture so far. The next read starts this ledger.