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CREG: ‘€940 million yearly subsidy cost for replacing nuclear’

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On May 29, 2020

The Belgian Federal energy regulator, CREG, has concerns about the subsidy mechanism for gas-powered electricity plants to replace nuclear power plants, the ‘Capacity Remuneration Mechanism’ (CRM). It feels there is room for an €800-million saving. Federal Energy Minister, Marie-Christine Marghem […]

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Belgian start-up ‘electrifies’ iconic Mercedes roadster

Joris Van Roy Posted On May 28, 2020

Converting a ‘Euro-0’ six or eight-cylinder Mercedes SL roadster into a swift ‘zero-emission’ electric vehicle with even better performances; it’s the core business of the Liège-based Belgian start-up Monceau Automobiles. Start dreaming if you have 159 000 euros (ex VAT) […]

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‘District battery’ absorbs surplus energy from solar panels

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On May 26, 2020

A particular district in Oud-Heverlee (Louvain, Belgium) is starting an experiment with a battery project to stock surplus ‘green’ electricity from solar panels. The battery has to avoid that the grid gets overloaded. Peaking voltage People living in the Ophem […]

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Belgian-Dutch start-up covers truck trailers with solar panels

Gert Verhoeven Posted On May 26, 2020

IM Efficiency, a Dutch start-up financed by a Belgian entrepreneurial family, wants to equip the roofs of thousands of truck trailers with thin, flexible solar panels to reduce the trucks’ fuel consumption. Solar power “The system of IM Efficiency consists […]

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Climate activists score ‘victory defeat’ at Shell’s GA

Tony Verhelle Posted On May 20, 2020

A climate resolution of the activist shareholder ‘Follow This’ has been rejected by a large majority of Shell shareholders at the General Shareholders Meeting. Nevertheless, this can be considered as a victory defeat, while 14,4% of the shareholders voted positive, […]

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UK scientists: ‘Corona will not save the climate’

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On May 20, 2020

The emissions of greenhouse gases have decreased in the first four months of the year. But what are the effects on global warming? Greenhouse gases indeed went down spectacularly due to the corona measures. Plants were shut down, car traffic […]

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Tesla brooding with CATL on low-cost ‘million miles’ battery

Joris Van Roy Posted On May 15, 2020

Tesla is ‘brooding’ with Chinese CATL on a new high-density and low-cost battery that will last more than a million miles, and could bring the price of EVs to the same level, or below that of gasoline cars. The battery […]

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Cake motorcycles to share showrooms with Polestar

Gert Verhoeven Posted On May 13, 2020

Cake is a Swedish manufacturer of light electric motorcycles, and Polestar, the electric car brand of Volvo Car Group and Zhejiang Geely Holding, today announced an extensive brand partnership to demonstrate Cake’s electric motorcycles in Polestar’s showrooms in Europe, to […]

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CREG: ‘electricity prizes doubled for households’

Luc Joris Posted On May 8, 2020

Since the liberalization of the Belgian energy market in 2007, the electricity bill of an average household in Flanders has risen by 100% or more than 500 euros. This is shown by new figures for 2019 from the federal energy […]

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Shell plans 200 MW hydrogen plant if it wins wind farm tender

Joris Van Roy Posted On May 8, 2020

Oil giant Dutch Shell is planning a 200 MW ‘green’ hydrogen plant using surplus wind energy in the harbor of Rotterdam if it manages to win the tender for a new offshore windmill park 19 km before the coast of […]

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‘Electric Avenue Louise’: 300 EV charging points for Brussels

Joris Van Roy Posted On May 8, 2020

If there is one spot in Brussels where it will be easy to find an EV charging point shortly, it’s the Avenue Louise. Private partners are installing 300 additional charging stations in private parking facilities along the street this year. […]

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Aiways shows safer battery

Tony Verhelle Posted On May 6, 2020

Chinese car manufacturer Aiways has given additional information about his new battery pack used in the new all-electric U5 SUV. The pack has a sandwich structure to prevent the risk of typical battery incidents and improve battery stability. To achieve […]

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Colruyt goes fully for wind energy

Tony Verhelle Posted On May 5, 2020

The Colruyt Group and the Colruyt family are putting all their wind energy companies in one holding, Virya Energy. They also take over Parkwind, the biggest Belgian developer of offshore wind parks. Virya (an allusion on the Buddhist word for […]

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‘Without Brussels Airlines, Brussels Airport is nothing’

Gert Verhoeven Posted On April 29, 2020

“Why would the Belgian government pump extra money in a German airline,” newspaper De Standaard questions on Wednesday. According to an anonymous source at Brussels Airport, “Belgium can’t afford to have Brussels Airlines go bankrupt as it took years to […]

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Airbus and Rolls Royce ditch E-Fan X hybrid plane project

Joris Van Roy Posted On April 29, 2020

European airplane manufacturer, Airbus, and British jet engine builder, Rolls Royce, announced that they pull the plug of the E-Fan X project, a hybrid plane that should have made its first test flight in 2020. The demonstration plane should prove […]

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‘Space spy’ uncovers massive methane emissions in US

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On April 28, 2020

The vast oil and gas fields in the southern United States emit twice as much methane as the American authorities believe. This immense contribution to the climate problem was detected out of space by the Dutch space tool Tropomi. Tropomi […]

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Daimler and Volvo join forces for truck fuel cells

Joris Van Roy Posted On April 21, 2020

The truck division of German carmaker Daimler and the Swedish Volvo Group are setting up a 50/50 joint venture to bundle their efforts in the development and production of hydrogen-driven fuel cells for heavy-duty vehicles. Both companies announced on Tuesday […]

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Oil price temporarily below zero

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On April 21, 2020

The market price of a barrel of crude oil has temporarily turned negative on Monday. Due to the price drop, a barrel of 159 liters of oil was worth $-37,63 at its lowest point. This means that oil companies pay […]

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Belgian energy transition delayed

Gert Verhoeven Posted On April 20, 2020

The Belgian energy transition is delayed because the federal government is hesitating to decide. In principle, Belgium will have to close its nuclear power stations in 2025. To be able to do so, gas-fired power stations will have to be […]

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Chinese charging robot CARL gets European patents

Joris Van Roy Posted On April 20, 2020

Chinese electric carmaker, Aiways, announced it was granted seven patents in Europe and China for its charging robot CARL. The latter is an autonomous unit you can summon with an app to find your car to recharge your batteries, without […]

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Gasoline sales drop by 85%, diesel by 30%

Félix Bouland Posted On April 17, 2020

With the current lockdown situation, fuel stations in Belgium are experiencing a dizzying drop in fuel prices and sales. Volumes of gasoline have reduced by 60 to 85% since the beginning of the health crisis, while diesel dropped by 30%. […]

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Mixed feelings about Shell’s new climate goals

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On April 17, 2020

The Dutch-British oil and gas group, Shell, wants to achieve zero emissions from its own production chain by 2050 at the latest. However, there is criticism. Shell would not be ambitious enough, and zero emissions only apply to the production […]

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Engie exerts pressure to keep two nuclear reactors until 2045

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On April 16, 2020

Engie Electrabel wants to keep its two youngest nuclear power plants, Doel 4 and Tihange 3, in operation beyond 2025, even as far as 2045. But this will require a decision before the end of the year. Engie asks Belgian […]

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Flemish government to relax measures for climate investments

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On April 15, 2020

The Flemish government is going to relax the regulation to give investors of energy projects more time to finish their projects favorably. It is Flemish Minister of Energy, Zuhal Demir (N-VA), who took the initiative. She wants to avoid that […]

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Call for green relaunch plans after corona

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On April 10, 2020

Many call upon governments to couple post-corona relaunch plans to ecological transition. A proposal from Denmark to attribute economic support in the spirit of the European Green Deal has gained the support of eight EU Member States. Belgium is not […]

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Belgian industry pays record for CO2 emissions

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On April 7, 2020

The Belgian industry paid €344 million last year to be allowed to emit carbon dioxide. While CO₂ emissions from industry in Europe fell by 8 to 11% last year, in Belgium they rose by 1,6%. On a worldwide scale, CO2 […]

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