mei 02, 2023
An electric taxi parking on a particular ‘hotspot’ and fast charging at 40 kW while waiting for the next customer. It’s already a concept proving in its first year the practical feasibility. No wires to plug in. Just park and charge for 30 minutes for an extra 100 km of range. Swedish carmaker VolvoThis content […]
28 april 2023
In Vlaanderen zijn speed pedelecs alleen toegestaan op jaagpaden die deel uitmaken van een fietssnelweg. Volgens de nieuwe beleidsvisie op jaagpaden heeft Vlaams minister van Mobiliteit Lydia Peeters (Open Vld) echter met de Vlaamse Waterweg afgesproken dat die snelle e-bikes toegang krijgen tot een Deze inhoud is gearchiveerd. Log in of abonneer u […]
27 april 2023
On Wednesday, the Dutch government unveiled a €28 billion climate plan to reduce CO2 emissions by 55% (or even 60%) by 2030. The plan includes 120 different proposals. For example, in the car sector, new EVs will lose part of their subsidies; second-hand EVs, on the contrary, will get €600 milliThis content has been archived. […]
26 april 2023
Vanaf zaterdag 1 juli 2023 gelden er nieuwe tarieven voor de kilometerheffing in Vlaanderen, Brussel en Wallonië. In Vlaanderen en Brussel gaat het om een indexaanpassing. In Wallonië werden de tarieven voor de kilometerheffing op 1 januari geïndexeerd en Sofico (Société wallonne de financement complémentaire) heeft de nieuwe tarieven vastgesteld. Deze inhoud is gearchiveerd. Log in of […]
26 april 2023
On Tuesday, waste processing company Renewi officially inaugurated its new plastics sorting line in the port of Ghent (Belgium). A 20-million-euros investment to increase European recycling rates and accelerate the transition to a circular economy. Present at the inauguration were, among others, FedThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that […]
26 april 2023
Maritime contractor Jan De Nul has been indicated to pull the cables for the Thor project, Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm. The company announced the news on Tuesday. Jan De Nul was awarded the contract together with partner Hellenic Cables. The latter will design and manufacture all cables This content has been archived. Log in […]
april 25, 2023
Nine European countries signed a joint declaration on Monday in Ostend at the second North Sea Summit to make the North Sea the “green power plant of Europe”. The nine aspire to produce some 300 gigawatts (GW) of energy by 2050 through the massive construction of offshore wind farms. According toThis content has been archived. […]
april 25, 2023
The Belgian government wants to conclude an agreement with Norway on a CO2 pipeline that connects Belgium to the Norwegian CO2 storage facilities. That is what the Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (Open Vld) discussed with his Norwegian colleague Jonas Gahr Støre during their visit to the AThis content has been archived. Log in […]
april 24, 2023
Every year, air pollution causes more than 1 200 premature deaths among minors in Europe. That is what the European Environmental Agency (EEA) states in its latest report. The report relates to about 30 countries on the continent, including the 27 member states of the European Union. The results This content has been archived. Log […]
21 april 2023
Vanaf 2026 riskeert het Vlaamse openbaarvervoerbedrijf De Lijn naar schatting 30 miljoen euro aan boetes te moeten betalen omdat Euro 6-bussen dan niet langer zijn toegestaan in de lage-emissiezones (LEZ) in Antwerpen en Gent. Om dat scenario te vermijden, is Vlaams minister van Mobiliteit Lydia Peeters (Open VLD) in een cDeze inhoud is […]
17 april 2023
The reconstruction of the Schuman roundabout, located in the heart of Brussels’ European district, should begin by the end of this summer. To that end, a new public inquiry has been launched, and a new permit has also been requested, considering objections made earlier. However, according to BrusselThis content has been archived. Log in or […]
13 april 2023
Op woensdag heeft het Amerikaanse Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) nieuwe uitlaatemissienormen voorgesteld die ertoe zouden kunnen leiden dat in 2023 maar liefst 67% van alle nieuwe voertuigen die in de VS worden verkocht, volledig elektrisch moeten zijn. “Een zeer ambitieus voorstel”, noemde EPA-directeur Michael Regan het. De voorgestelde normen zijn consiDeze inhoud is gearchiveerd. Log in […]
13 april 2023
Brussels public transport company MIVB/STIB is behind schedule for the electrification of its bus fleet. So reports the newspaper La Capital. However, that time is short may be clear because, in 2025, a series of buses of MIVB/STIB will no longer meet the standards of the low-emission zone (LEZ). DThis content has been archived. Log […]
april 12, 2023
In Germany, Freudenberg e-Power Systems and the MEYER WERFT shipyard are working to equip a new 728-passenger cruise ship with a huge fuel cell and battery system that will support all the hotel functions of the ship, promising zero emissions. A world first, sponsored with €15,6 million by the GerThis content has been archived. Log […]
april 12, 2023
Last year, wind and solar energy generated 12% of electricity worldwide – a new record. Still, the share of renewables remains smaller than that of coal. That is the conclusion of the global energy think tank Ember. The organization recently published its fourth ‘Global Electricity Review’ baseThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe […]
11 april 2023
Ralf Herbrich is a German computer scientist at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam just outside Berlin. He previously investigated the role of artificial intelligence in the daily operations of big companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, and Zalando. Herbrich now wants to use his experienceThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a […]
11 april 2023
The greening of the van fleet is progressing slowly. That is why Deputy Prime Minister Petra De Sutter (Groen) wants to make electric vans more tax-efficient. De Sutter pleads for a temporary increase of the tax deductibility from 8 to 40 percent. In other words, a self-employed person or SME buyThis content has been archived. […]
6 april 2023
Dredging and marine engineering companies DEME and Jan De Nul, and Aertssen Group in JV Terranova, specialized in infrastructure works, join forces with energy providers Luminus and Nippon Gases to build and exploit a production unit for green hydrogen in Zelzate. The companies have established a neThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe […]
6 april 2023
Vijf jaar geleden werd met veel bombarie de zogenaamde ‘biertrein’ gelanceerd, een trein tussen de AB InBev-brouwerij in Jupille, Luik, en het distributiecentrum van supermarktketen Delhaize in Ninove, Oost-Vlaanderen. Die trein moest 5000 vrachtwagens per jaar van de weg halen. Nu blijkt dat deze inhoud […]
6 april 2023
The Belgian safety institute VIAS has confirmed with an independent study what several others, among which some leading leasing and HR service companies, claimed for more than a year: the electric car is the cheapest option today and in the long term compared to vehicles with a combustion engine (ICThis content has been archived. Log […]
5 april 2023
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, een van de grootste luchthavens van Europa, zal vanaf 2025-2026 nachtvluchten en privéjets verbieden om de uitstoot van broeikasgassen en geluidsoverlast te verminderen. Vliegtuigen mogen tussen middernacht en 6 uur 's ochtends niet opstijgen en mogen niet vóór 5 uur 's ochtends landen, aldus de luchtvaartautoriteiten. Deze inhoud is gearchiveerd. Log […]
4 april 2023
Planes at Brussels Airport cause strong annoyance to 220 000 residents. As a result, the cost of health damage would amount to more than 1 billion euros annually. This emerged from a new study by Bond Beter Leefmilieu (BBL), the Flemish federation for a better environment. The study, carried out This content has been archived. […]
3 april 2023
D’Ieteren’s shared mobility service, Poppy Mobility, will double its fleet in Antwerp to meet growing demand. By the end of spring, 450 new red cars will be driving around in the city of Antwerp, on top of the 450 shared cars that are already available now. “The expansion of our fleet will allow This content […]
30 maart 2023
Private jet flights in Europe reached record levels last year – most of which were ultra-short journeys. As a result, the number of private jet flights increased by 64% last year, reaching a record high of 572 806. Together, they emitted 3,4 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions. In Belgium aloThis content has been archived. […]
29 maart 2023
Brussels public transport company MIVB/STIB has ordered 70 articulated electric buses from EvoBus GmbH, a German bus and coach manufacturer and a subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG, headquartered in Stuttgart (Germany). That is what MIVB/STIB announced on Tuesday. Belgian factories of Van Hool and VDL RThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to […]
29 maart 2023
Rupert Stadler, de voormalige topman van Audi, kan een voorwaardelijke gevangenisstraf krijgen voor zijn aandeel in grootschalige sjoemelsoftware bij de dieselauto's van het merk. Om daarvoor in aanmerking te komen, moet Stadler schuld bekennen, aldus de rechtbank in München. De afgelopen tweeënhalf jaar hebben de 60-jarige Stadler en drie medeverdachten […] Deze inhoud is gearchiveerd. Log […]
24 maart 2023
The Dutch owner of a VW Golf TDI bought in 2010 has to be paid a compensation fee of €3 000 because his car contained fraudulent software. It’s the first judgment in court out of four cases introduced by the Stichting Volkswagen Group Diesel Efficiency (VGDES) and the consumer organization ConsumeThis content has been archived. […]
23 maart 2023
Dutch rail is struggling with a badger plague. The animals often nest near and under railway tracks, which today is the case at forty locations, particularly in the eastern part of the country. After acute difficulties in Friesland, the animals are now causing problems between Eindhoven and Den BThis content has been archived. Log in […]
22 maart 2023
Brussels Airlines and sister airlines Lufthansa and Swiss are going to the Council of State against the new system of variable airfares at Brussels Airport. The new fares will take effect on 1 April. The airlines’ appeal is against the Terminal Navigation Charges elaborated by Mobility Minister GThis content has been archived. Log in or […]
21 maart 2023
If it were up to Audi, we would all have a flowerpot in our car. That is why the premium car brand introduces the ‘car plant’, an absolute first for the renewed Audi Q8 e-tron. With this innovation, Audi responds to the needs of almost one in four car owners (24%) who would like to […]
21 maart 2023
To keep global warming below 1,5°C, greenhouse gas emissions must go down immediately. This means no more greenhouse gases may be released than can be restored or removed from the atmosphere. That is the alarming conclusion of the latest report of the IPCC, the climate panel of the United Nations.This content has been archived. Log […]
20 maart 2023
According to a Reuters report, Volkswagen plan to invest in mining with its subsidiary PowerCo to ower EV battery costs. Many car makers have preferential contracts with raw material suppliers in their pockets. Still, the German carmaker wants to go one step further and go directly to the source by This content has been archived. […]
17 maart 2023
Tesla is putting the bricks into place to ramp up production in its Grünheide facility, close to Berlin, to 1 million cars annually. An environmental application has been filed to double the permitted output of today. Currently, the German plant churns out 4 000 units of Model Y per week. But accoThis content has been […]
17 maart 2023
Lithium de France, a subsidiary of the French group Arverne, has raised 44 million in funds for the explorations to build its first well. The company, based in Bischwiller (Bas-Rhin), near Strasbourg, will develop two synergistic projects around geothermal heat and green lithium in northern Alsace. This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe […]
15 maart 2023
Global warming is causing more and more extreme weather conditions. According to the Dutch weather and climate institute KNMI (Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut), 2022 was the driest and sunniest year ever registered since the beginning of the measuring. According to KNMI’s latest reThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that […]
14 maart 2023
After Poland and Italy, a third EU member state, Germany, rejected the EU’s Parliament’s decision to ban ICE cars by 2035. Inside the German government, there is a serious disagreement between the liberal FDP party and the Green party, both members of the government coalition. The German Digital This content has been archived. Log in […]
maart 13, 2023
Flemish Mobility Minister, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld), wants to install solar panels on the unused land of The Agency for Roads and Traffic (Agentschap Wegen en Verkeer, AWV) to generate renewable energy and reduce AWV’s high electricity bill. The last invoice amounted to no less than 45 million eurosThis content has been archived. Log in […]
10 maart 2023
Een kleine groep defecte of frauduleuze voertuigen is verantwoordelijk voor veel schadelijke uitstoot in het Belgische havengebied. Dat blijkt uit een studie van de Haven van Antwerpen-Brugge, die met behulp van ‘teledetectie’ de uitstoot van passerende voertuigen in en rond de haven heeft gemeten. Op basis van dergelijke metingen is deze inhoud gearchiveerd. Log in […]
10 maart 2023
The MIUNIK Salt concept from German design firm ID Design is a lightweight, maneuverable, and practical electric motorcycle. It is built on a modular platform and intended for the urban dweller. The vehicle’s aim is to provide a multi-faceted user experience thanks to a very deliberate design thaThis content has been archived. Log in or […]
maart 09, 2023
The Belgian marine engineering companies DEME and Jan De Nul and engineering office Tractebel have jointly developed new floating solar technology capable of operating in harsh marine conditions. This summer, they will set up a test installation off the Belgian coast for experiments. SEAVOLT, as This content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to […]
maart 09, 2023
A survey from RTL/N-TV is throwing more oil on the fire in Germany, as the country is currently obstructing the final vote on the de facto ban for combustion engines as of 2035. With only 14% in favor, national enthusiasm for the European deal is low. The probe unveiled that 68% of the German populThis […]
maart 09, 2023
Brussels Mobility plans to start the redevelopment of Avenue Lambermont and General Wahis in the second half of 2024. Together with Auguste Reyers Avenue, which is being redesigned as a city boulevard, the two avenues form the Schaerbeek section of the Brussels Central Ring (R21). The public servThis content has been archived. Log in or […]
8 maart 2023
De focus van de Oosterweel-werken ligt dit jaar op de rechteroever van de Schelde. De eerste nutswerken in Antwerpen zijn aan de gang, maar dit najaar gaan zowel de bouw van de omleiding, die tijdelijk het Merksemviaduct vervangt, als de bouw van de kanaaltunnels onder de Albert C. Deze inhoud is gearchiveerd. […]
8 maart 2023
Een Republikeinse senator uit Florida heeft voorgesteld om het gebruik van elektrische voertuigen tijdens orkaanevacuaties te beperken, met het argument dat de laadinfrastructuur nog niet klaar is en dat EV's met lege accu's op kritieke locaties voor verkeersopstoppingen kunnen zorgen. Anderen maken zich echter niet zo veel zorgen of bieden een... Deze inhoud is gearchiveerd. Log in of abonneer u op [...]
8 maart 2023
Women’s lifestyles are less polluting than men’s, but the ‘fair sex’ is more often the victim of climate change. That is the remarkable conclusion of an economist consulted by the French international news agency AFP. A nice little tidbit to reveal on March 8th, International Women’s Day, focusing oThis content has been archived. Log in […]
8 maart 2023
In the port of Esbjerg, the first ship with captured CO2 from Belgium arrived to store the carbons in a depleted oil field in the Danish part of the North Sea. Called the Greensand project, this is considered the first cross-border offshore CO2 storage project in the world. With the incoming CO2 frThis content has […]
7 maart 2023
Urban.brussels has granted an urban development certificate to Brussels Mobility to create a city boulevard on Auguste Reyers Avenue, an arterial road in Schaerbeek where the public broadcasters VRT and RTBF are located. So reports Brussels State Secretary for Urban Planning Pascal Smet (one.brusselThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level […]
7 maart 2023
Agricultural machine specialist Fendt has presented a prototype of a field tractor equipped with hydrogen fuel cells at the German Hydrogen Summit in Straubing. Two units will be supplied for testing in the region of Lower Saxony as of next month. Fendt participates in the H2Agrar project, which reThis content has been archived. Log in […]
7 maart 2023
In its Memorandum 2024, a series of recommendations ahead of next year’s elections, Network Sustainable Mobility (Netwerk Duurzame Mobiliteit, NDM) advocates the abolition of the company car and the introduction of an annual ‘proximity budget’ of 400 euros for every Belgian. “As long as the compaThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to […]
6 maart 2023
Audi has released some preliminary findings of its MaterialLoop project. In the end, this must lead to a closing material cycle used in its production lines. From the pilot, the German luxury brand has learned it can use steel coils to make inner door parts for its A4 model. As European companies aThis content has […]
6 maart 2023
At the end of 2022, Germany’s national car fleet counted more than one million EVs. A meaningful milestone, but it’s still a far stretch to the 15 million full-electric vehicles that Germany eyes for 2030. In one year time, the German zero-emission fleet grew by 68%, so progress is encouraging. This content has been archived. […]
6 maart 2023
Following its plan to start recycling electric vehicle lithium-ion battery systems this year, Mercedes has laid the first brick of its dedicated plant in Kuppenheim. If the works keep to the schedule, the first packs from its electrified vehicles, so plug-ins included, will be dismantled by the end This content has been archived. Log in […]
6 maart 2023
Volkswagen has now officially unveiled the revised ID.3, in which the quality of the interior, in particular, is to be significantly improved. The powertrains remain unchanged (for the time being). Already in December, VW changed the configurator of its compact electric car and added a note that This content has been archived. Log in or […]
3 maart 2023
Wouldn’t it be a great idea to have today’s giant car carriers sailing the world’s oceans on merely wind power like the square-rigged sailings ships of centuries ago? The modern descendants of the Vikings, with Wallenius Wilhelmsen, a global ro-ro shipping company from Norway, and Swedish carmaker VThis content has been archived. Log in or […]
3 maart 2023
Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose by under 1% in 2022, which is less than initially feared. The growth of solar, wind, EVs, heat pumps, and energy efficiency helped limit the impacts of increased use of coal and oil amid the global energy crisis. That is the conclusion of a recent This content has been […]
2 maart 2023
They were already popping up sporadically behind the peloton, but now the Dutch BEAT Cycling dares to be the first cycling team to switch to all-electric cars to follow the racing cyclists. “This is not a little experiment,” says team manager Geert Broekhuizen in the Dutch newspaper Trouw. “We doThis content has been archived. Log […]
maart 01, 2023
Flemish citizens lose fifteen months of healthy life due to exposure to fine particles in the air. That is the disturbing conclusion of Statistiek Vlaanderen, the Flemish governmental agency network that develops statistics. Due to air pollution, in 2021, 153 healthy life years were lost (per 10 000This content has been archived. Log in or […]
28 februari 2023
Volkswagen’s ID. Family is becoming more circular as the German car maker transfers some of its ecological materials used in the ID. Buzz. The latter was the most sustainable of the electric family and will now serve as a technology donor. The additional recycling materials will be introduced on This content has been archived. Log […]
28 februari 2023
The construction of new wind farms at sea risks being delayed, reports research company BloombergNEF. The reason for the delay is the shortage of large vessels used for the installation of wind turbine foundations on the ocean floor. Offshore energy is considered a crucial alternative to fossil fThis content has been archived. Log in or […]
24 februari 2023
Vattenfall, a state-owned Swedish multinational power company, and Stromma Group, a sightseeing bus and boat service provider operational in six countries, are investing in emission-free, electric sightseeing boats. They will kick off their project in Amsterdam, and electrify Stromma’s boat fleetThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access […]
