Biomass Power Plant was a thermal power plant, built in 1974 and commissioned in 1976. The plant had a total capacity of 556 MWe, which was generated primarily by two steam turbines. These turbines were powered by coal and biomass.

In 2012, the operator received an environmental permit to burn 100% biomass. This would have allowed the plant to claim 'green electricity certificates'. With this, the operator could secure a subsidy of 2.2 billion euros over a period of 10 years. However, the necessary investments for the conversion were never completed due to problems with the heat exchanger. The Flemish Energy Agency rejected the request for a postponement, causing the plant to lose the prospect of the billion-euro subsidy and forcing it to file for bankruptcy.