Tihange 1 breakdown: Boeing turbojets used to produce electricity

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According to Mr. Detremmerie, turbojets have already been used for several consecutive quarters in 2025. This happened when there was a significant imbalance in the market between supply and demand. “The situation must already be very serious, with imbalance prices of around 1,000 euros per megawatt hour, or even more expensive.he explained.

As a last resort

The system was, for example, activated on January 14, when it snowed. It was also started today due to the unexpected outage of Tihange 1, which led to imbalance prices of around 2,450 euros.

To justify the use of turbojets, the co-founder of Elindus also noted that there was almost no supply of renewable energy while the cold temperatures continued during the first half of January. “Prices on day-ahead trading are already high. And when an event occurs such as worse than expected weather conditions or, for example, the failure of Tihange 1, the remaining reserves are very, very expensive. normal capacity, like gas plants, is already running at full capacity.”