If it depends on the participants at the GenComm conference in Brussels, we will soon be driving ammonia-powered cars. Ammonia, chemical formula NH3, contains a lot of hydrogen and is easy to store, unlike hydrogen (H2) itself. Storing renewable energy […]
According to Bertrand Piccard, Chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation, tomorrow’s aerospace sector will see electric planes doing short-haul flights, suborbital long-haul flights and numerous emission reduction solutions including a tax on kerosene. Last month, the editorial staff of the […]
According to an investigation by CBS into the impact of the energy transition on employment, electric transport is a fast-growing source for employment. In the period between 2008 and 20016, employment in this sector was multiplied by ten to 3.700 […]
The Belgian transport company, Ninatrans, based in Haasrode, has ordered hydrogen trucks from Nikola. This makes Ninatrans a forerunner in the Belgian transport sector and even on a European level. Hydrogen trucks Hydrogen trucks are not very well known yet, […]
Due to the growing popularity of larger SUV models and people switching to petrol in the smaller car segment, the average CO2 emissions of new Belgian diesel cars increased in 2017 with 1% compared to 2016. according to figures from […]
Flanders is going to provide a 4,1 million euro subsidy for a floating solar park, as has announced Flemish Energy Minister, Bart Tommelein (Open Vld). Floating solar parks already exist in other countries, mainly in Asia. Floating production of renewable […]
Greenhouse gases are not decreasing, on the contrary. CO2 is to increase 2,7% compared to 2017. Still, some climatologists are hopeful. Corinne Le Quéré, director of the Ryndall Centre for Climate Research, and her colleagues, and former United Nations climate […]
Yesterday, Walloon Minister, Willy Borsus (MR), inaugurated the first CNG filling station of the Luxembourg Province, located on the Molinfaing industrial estate in Neufchâteau. Next year, two other stations should be opened in Arlon and Marche. By 2020, Belgium plans […]
Decathlon, the French chain of sports stores, is planning to install solar panels on the roofs of its establishments in Turnhout, Roeselare and Maasmechelen (Belgium). Clients and citizens will be able to participate in the project and to share in […]
French car maker, Renault, is starting a free-floating car sharing service with 200 electric Zoe cars in Amsterdam by January 2019. If the new service – a name has to be chosen yet – is successful, Renault will extend its […]
In the presence of Flemish Mobility Minister, Ben Weyts (N-VA), local authorities of Glabbeek (Vlaams Brabant province, Belgium) have inaugurated a so-called ‘mobility point’ on Tuesday. The mobility point, or shortly ‘mobi-point’ is situated nearby a bus stop and consists […]
Chinese Tianqi Lithium Corp, one of the top three lithium miners in the world, is closing its deal to acquire 24% of its Chilean competitor, SQM, for more than 4,1 billion dollar. The Chinese got the green light from the […]
Next year SeaMade, a cooperation with main shareholder Otary, Engie Electrabel and Eneco Wind Belgium, will start with the construction of two new wind farms – Mermaid and Seastar – in the North Sea. Together, they will form the largest […]
Belgian Federation of Fuel Traders (Brafco) asks the Belgian federal government to be consistent in its policy to lower taxes on ‘greener’ fuels like ‘blue diesel’, as it already did for the clean natural gas variants, CNG and LNG. “The […]
Belgian Federal Finance Minister, Johan Van Overtveldt (N-VA) is going to take reprisals against the use of the so-called ‘red’ diesel as fuel for cars. The increased diesel prices are one of the frustrations of the ‘yellow jacket’ demonstrations in […]
In its latest memorandum, the Belgian Petrol Federation and its Secretary General, Jean-Pierre Van Dijk, plead for technology neutrality to stop diesel bashing. According to him, new diesel cars’ NOx emissions will be comparable to the ones from electric cars […]
‘Charging station clingers’, they are the new plague of electric drivers: cars that occupy a charging station for hours while their batteries are already charged. This frustrates other drivers with a nearly empty battery who can’t find a charging station […]
Increasing fuel shortages are caused by the low water level of the river Rhine in the Netherlands. Several days now, an increasing number of gas stations, mostly those without personnel, are not supplied anymore. According to Shell spokesman Tim Kezer, […]
Green LPG (Liquid Petrol Gas) may become an instrument to reduce the rising CO2 emissions of the Dutch vehicle fleet now that motorists are less willing to buy diesel cars after the dieselgate scandal. CO2 emissions are rising The Dutch […]
Yesterday French President Emmanuel Macron presented the different measures of the Environment Transition law setting the climate ambition of France for 2030 and 2050. Petrol prices will be adapted depending on the market, 14 nuclear reactors should close by 2035, […]
The number of lease bicycles is growing exponentially. Especially the electric bicycle is more and more popular as a means of transport and a kind of reward. Alternative for car and train Companies and commuters are keen on the alternative […]
Belgium is moving toward a reform of the famous ‘cliquet’ system. A political discussion should determine whether it will still be useful in the future because the current mechanism is primarily intended to standardize gasoline and diesel prices, which is […]
If it wants to ‘feed’ 4 million electric cars by 2028 as the government envisions, France will need 7% extra capacity in producing electricity for an estimate of 7 million charging points. Crucial is to go for smart charging solutions […]
The French Ecology Minister, François de Rugy, has announced that the objective is to produce 40% of the national electric energy needs in a sustainable way by 2030. At the same time, France has declared its support to the German […]
Flemish government is planning to invest one million euro spread over thirteen projects that fit in the context of its ‘Clean Power for Transport’ plan. With this support, companies, committees and organizations will be able to make their fleet greener. […]
Belgian people are largely against the use of palm oil in car fuels, but 87% are ignorant of the fact that the diesel they are buying at the pump actually contains palm oil. The same goes for most Europeans (82%), […]
Once the dust had settled last weekend in France, the real impact of the ‘citizens road blocks’ against high fuel prices, called upon on social media, became clear. Some 2.000 roads, hypermarkets and fuel depots blocked by 283.000 ‘yellow jackets’, […]
The city of Amsterdam consists for one quarter of water and it’s a pity that today those water ways are not fully used yet. That’s why the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS) is analyzing the possible use of […]
Joost Kaesemans, communication director at Febiac, the Belgian association of motoring manufacturers and importers, gives his views on car propulsion of the future. “The Brussels region is doing a survey lately on how a possible ban on cars with an […]
The Spanish government has announced on Tuesday it wants to forbid the sales and registration of diesel and petrol cars as from 2040 in the context of a future law on the energy transition, meant to decarbonize the economy by […]
The German government is willing to cough up one billion euro support for a European battery production initiative to be announced beginning of 2019. That was confirmed on Tuesday by German Economy and Energy Minister, Peter Altmaier (CDU), in a […]
Are fuel prices really that high? According to Philippe Defeyt, economist at the Belgian Durable Development Institute (Institut pour un Dévelopment Durable IDD), driving a car today costs less than in 1970 because the average income has increased faster than […]
According to the World Energy Outlook 2018 of the International Energy Agency (IEA), the oil consumption will still go up the coming years due to the increased consumption in aviation, transport and petrochemistry. By 2020 there might even be a […]
From its production to its lifetime use, what is the technology that emits the least greenhouse gases? French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) has compared all types of energies and vehicles from production to use and found that electric […]
In spite of all commotion about soot and particles in the air, wood-burning stoves are on the way up. Although most households (68%) opt for natural gas, followed by fuel oil (19%), 16% – one household out of six – […]
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