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 […]
Since the beginning of the new high-speed train line project (TAV) that should connect Turin to the French city of Lyon through a tunnel dug under the Alps, the Piemont Region has been divided between supporters and opponents. Saturday, around […]
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 […]
Emissions of the Dutch vehicle fleet continue to rise. The cause is to be found in the newly sold SUVs. Their emissions are 10% higher than three years ago. “People buy bigger, heavier cars again”, says Floris Liebrand of the […]
Coca-Cola European Partners Belux is putting its best foot forward in becoming greener by getting the first 10 Hyundai Kona Electrics delivered, before official delivery to private clients in Belgium starts in January 2019. Reducing CO2 emissions by 50% “We, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Shell is one of the first large oil companies that is making a connection between top salaries and CO2 emissions. It’s a promise the company made to action group Climate Action 100+, a group of several institutional investors, like BNP […]
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 […]
On Sunday, around 75.000 people marched in the streets of Brussels asking the government a more ambitious climate politics agenda. Just as the COP24 climate conference with 195 countries opens in Katowice (Poland), protestors hope that Belgium will show better […]
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 […]
According to a survey by the VRT news website, companies are far from keen on offering their employees a speed pedelec for commuting. They consider the risk of a serious accident too high. ‘Normal’ e-bike is booming That is why […]
Every year mobility club VAB organizes a family car of the year election and in the category electric and hybrid vehicles the Nissan Leaf was the winner in 2018, followed by the Hyundai Kona EV and the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. […]
After Moovin (Renault and Ada), it’s time for PSA to unleash its fleet of shared Free2Move cars in Paris on the ruins of Autolib’. The latter left 150.000 clients orphaned after Paris and the mixed syndicate chairs pulled the plug […]
The Walloon Minister for Local Authorities, Valérie De Bue (MR), will allocate 1,5 million euro to help municipalities to reduce their fleet of vehicle’s CO2 emissions. Every new vehicle weighing less than 3,5 tons will have to be electric, hybrid […]
The Netherlands are thinking about subsidizing the purchase of electric vehicles up to 6.000 euro starting in 2020, decreasing to 2.200 euro by 2030. For company cars that would be 3.430 euro decreasing to 1.830 by 2024. Until 2025, EVs […]
From 2019 onward, Belgian employees can choose for a mobility budget instead of the classic company car, but (too?) stringent emission limits are endangering the success of the formula. After the ‘cash for car’ settlement, where an employee drops his […]
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 […]
By 2023, Brussels will be equipped with a dedicated cycling path separated from cars that will follow the inner ring road. Eight zones have been marked out, for which the Region already has the construction permits. This should make cycling […]
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, […]
“By 2050, Europe has to be 100% carbon-neutral”, meaning emitting no greenhouse gases at all or catching and storing what’s left, the EU Commission states in its ‘Clean Planet for All’ document, published on Wednesday. The plan of Commissioner for […]
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 […]
The American captain of the cruise ship, Azura, is condemned on Monday by the Marseille court in France to pay a 100.000 euro fine for using air polluting heavy fuel. The captain, who wasn’t present at the court personally, will […]
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 […]
Hillebrand Breuker, a Dutch master of agricultural science from the north of the Netherlands, who liked to feel, sniff and taste when in the open, always used to chew on a piece of grass and he knew it tasted salty. […]
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. […]
On Wednesday French train manufacturer, Alstom, has presented a ‘French version’ of its Coradia hydrogen train it wants to propose to the SNCF to replace the current fleet of 450 to 500 regional diesel trains in the next ten years. […]
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%), […]
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