{"id":7850,"date":"2026-03-23T11:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/7850\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:57:14","slug":"totalenergies-and-partner-inaugurate-31-mw-floating-solar-power-plant-in-belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/7850\/","title":{"rendered":"TotalEnergies and partner inaugurate 31\u00a0MW floating solar power plant in Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>French energy giant TotalEnergies and Switzerland-headquartered sustainable construction player Holcim have inaugurated a floating solar power plant with a 31 MW capacity, located in Belgium.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TotalEnergies-and-partner-inaugurate-31-MW-floating-solar-power-plant-in-Belgium-768x430.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Source: TotalEnergies<\/p>\n<p>The plant, inaugurated on March 20, is located in Obourg on a former chalk quarry site that has been rehabilitated into a lake and produces 30\u202fGWh of renewable electricity per year.<\/p>\n<p>According to TotalEnergies, this renewable electricity is self-consumed by Holcim\u2019s industrial facilities, making it the largest floating solar power plant in Europe dedicated to self-consumption.<\/p>\n<p>To maximize landscape integration, over 700 meters of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) were carried out to connect the panels to the electrical substation, the company noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to inaugurate this floating solar power plant, which demonstrates TotalEnergies\u2019 teams\u2019 ability to innovate to meet the needs of our partner Holcim, whom we support along with other industrial customers in their efforts to decarbonize their operations,\u201d said\u00a0Olivier Greiner, Managing Director Retail Power &amp; Gas Belgium at TotalEnergies.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/admin-ajax.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"OE logo\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Power Your Brand With Offshore Energy \u2935\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Take the spotlight and anchor your brand in the heart of the offshore world! <\/p>\n<p>Join us for a bigger impact and amplify your presence at the core hub of the offshore energy community!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"French energy giant TotalEnergies and Switzerland-headquartered sustainable construction player Holcim have inaugurated a floating solar power plant with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,5503,3162,4916],"class_list":{"0":"post-7850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-belgium","8":"tag-belgium","9":"tag-floating-solar","10":"tag-holcim","11":"tag-totalenergies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116278371632894956","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}