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On Monday, energy provider Luminus and Zefier, a communal holding participating in environmentally friendly energy production, have created Zo-Fier, a common subsidiary that will focus on developing, constructing, and exploiting projects for renewable energy in the 168 municipalities Zefier is […]
VDL Group will build 102 electric Citea buses for the city of Oslo (Norway’s capital). It’s VDL’s largest order of e-buses ever. The buses will be manufactured in Roeselare and should be operational in Oslo as of January 2022. Norway’s […]
According to the annual figures from the electricity network administrator Elia, several renewable energy records were broken last year. The production of solar and wind energy increased by 31% to 15,1 TWh or 18,6% of the energy mix. Wind energy […]
Ten thousands of Dutch citizens would like to move to seek for better air quality. Some actually do but others don’t have the possibility (or financial means) and stay where they are. That is the conclusion of the Lung Fund, […]
The Antwerp civil platform Ringland has developed an online tool for citizens to analyze and improve their mobility behavior. The so-called ‘modal selfie’ is intended to discourage the use of the car and increase the use of alternative transport. But […]
According to figures from the Dutch Royal Meteorological Institute, the Netherlands is warming up faster than other countries in the world. The temperature in the Netherlands in the last 30 years has increased by an average of 1,1 degrees Celsius. […]
Since 1 January, Brussels is a 30 km/hour zone, except for the major axes where the speed limit remains 50 or 70 km/hour. While the reduction in speed in the city has led to undeniable progress in road safety, the […]
Germany will introduce two energy transition projects. On the one hand, the country will invoice every ton of CO2 emitted by transport and households; on the other hand, it will gradually close a first total energy plant. According to the […]
The air quality was relatively good this year, thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. That is shown by the first partial measuring figures over the whole year, by IRCEL, the Belgian Interregional Environment Agency. The corona measures and especially the first […]
A new year means several new rules, laws, and measures. Press agency Belga made an overview, and we briefly list what is changing in the field of car taxation in Belgium and Flanders. For example, this means that company cars […]
“The electric vehicle boom is threatening to drain communities and the planet resources,” warns SOMO in a report called ‘The Battery Paradox‘. SOMO is a Dutch, ‘critical, and independent non-profit knowledge center’ that focuses on multinationals. SOMO, short for Stichting […]
Gas consumption in Belgium this year has decreased by 1,3% (from 187,2 TWh to 184,7), according to figures from gas network operator Fluxys. Families and SMEs used 4,7% less gas compared to 2019 (from 89,7 TWh to 85,4). Consumption in […]
Heavily coal-dependent Poland readies to close down its last open-pit mine and the related Belchatow power plant to meet the 2050 EU deadline. 80% of Poland’s electricity is still produced with coal, but high extraction costs and EU carbon taxes […]
According to figures from the European bureau of statistics Eurostat, only 9,9% of the energy Belgians used in 2019 came from renewable sources while the European average is 19,7%. Forerunners are Sweden (56,4%), Finland (43,1%), and Latvia (41%). The Netherlands […]
A British court has decided that a nine-year-old girl’s death was caused by air pollution. It’s the first time a British court links a death case to pollution. The judgment could have far-reaching consequences for plans against air pollution. Ella […]
Truck manufacturers Daimler Truck, Volvo Group, and Iveco are teaming up with oil and gas companies Royal Dutch Shell and Austrian OMV to accelerate the rollout of hydrogen trucks in Europe. The ‘common-interest alliance’ is baptized H2Accelerate (H2A). It wants […]
According to the European Environmental Agency (EEA), greenhouse gas emissions from European power plants and factories decreased significantly in the year before the corona pandemic, 2019. The emissions went down by 9,1% on an annual basis, the strongest decline since […]
The Flemish public transport company, De Lijn, has restarted the dossier on electric buses. It is launching an invitation to tender for 200 e-buses, estimated at 180 million euros. During the summer, De Lijn stopped the first call for tender […]
CEOs of all European truck manufacturers have agreed – under the umbrella of EU car federation ACEA – to have all new trucks sold by 2040 to run fossil-free. They acknowledge that it is the only way to attain the […]
Engie-Electrabel, part of the French energy giant, joins forces with Walloon lime producer Carmeuse and hydrogen specialist John Cockerill to produce ‘green’ e-methane gas from captured CO2. With the Charleroi project, an investment of almost 150 million euros is involved […]
On 1 January 2021, the Brussels-Capital Region will switch to a general zone 30 with 30 kph becoming the capital’s rule. The ‘Stad 30’, or ‘City 30’, aims to make Brussels a more liveable, healthy, and safe city. Just like […]
The European Commission has presented its plan for a ‘smart, green, and affordable transport’ of the future on Wednesday. The ‘‘Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy’ is an 82-points plan focusing on ten key areas called ‘flagships’ with targets set for […]
The Flemish government has worked out a Local Energy and Climate Agreement to help Flemish cities and municipalities meet climate goals. The Pact contains four themes with particular attention to public parks and gardens, energy, shared mobility, and water. The […]
Belgium sits in 40th place in the Climate Change Performance Index 2021 published by NGOs NewClimate Institute, Climate Action Network, and Germanwatch. The Index is published annually since 2005, and some 400 energy and climate experts are working on it. […]
Antwerp wants to reduce its CO2 emissions by 50 to 55% by 2030. According to Antwerp Alderman for the Environment, Tom Meeuws (sp.a), the city has the ambition to become a European example of climate policy. And the plan is […]
The greenhouse gas emissions of the European Union’s 27 member states decreased by 3,7% in 2019. Compared to the reference year 1990, they even reduced by 24%. According to Frans Timmermans, the European Commissioner for the European Green Deal, the […]
Car sharing is, in many cases, much cheaper than owning a private car. Especially drivers who drive up to 15 000 km per year are almost cheaper with car sharing. That’s what Autodelen.net reports. Together with the consumer organization Test-Aankoop […]
Dutch environmentalist organization, Milieudefensie, and six others backed up by 17 000 citizens as co-plaintiffs have taken Shell to court in The Hague in an attempt to force the oil giant to cut worldwide CO2 emissions by 45% in 2030, […]
The Flemish government aims for 40% more solar energy by 2025, or an extra 1 500 megawatts (MW). One way to achieve these targets is to introduce a solar panel premium of up to 1 500 euros. The aim is […]
The Seamade wind park with 58 windmills off the coast of Ostend is finished. It will produce the equivalent of electricity for the consumption of some 500 000 families. “Belgium is number four worldwide in the field of wind energy […]
According to a recent study conducted by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), ordered by the European Commission, airline contrails warm the planet twice as much as CO2. A team of leading experts in the field from the EU, […]
Although the Flemish public transport company, De Lijn, has suspended the purchase of 970 fully electric buses and the associated charging infrastructure, it has already concluded a cooperation agreement with the operator of the electricity network, Fluvius. Both companies will […]
The low-emission zones (LEZ) in Antwerp and Ghent have an impact on these cities and reduce the number of polluting cars throughout Flanders. This is shown by a study carried out by the Flemish Environment Agency and the Environment Department […]
Belgian federal government has to make a final decision this year or in January at last, on the possibility of keeping two reactors in the Doel and Tihange nuclear power plants open longer than 2025. This is what the chairman […]
Air quality in Europe has improved in the last ten years, but there are still about 400 000 premature deaths caused by air pollution. That is what a recent report by the European Environmental Agency (EEA) revealed. Air pollution is […]
