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Wallonia

Regional situation

Belgium is a federal state of 3 regions: The Flemish region, the Walloon region and the Brussels-Capital region.

The evolution of the Belgian energy policy has been shaped by the country’s general political evolution, and has led to the transfer of wide competences from the State to the Regions.

Short facts

Population	3.400.000
Municipalities	262
Total area	16.844 km²
Density	200,7 inhab/km²
Forest	32%
Private forest area
Public (State, Regional, other public authority) forest area
Agriculture	52,6%
Built area	13,6%
Gross inland energy consumption	1.891.660GWh 22 Mtoe
* of which biomass
Biomass input to power generation production	[620GWh – 3% from RES]
Biomass in final energy consumption
Number of large-medium scale biomass plants (power, cogeneration, district heating)	1 power plant 80MW from pellets (355.000 t/y)

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