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Seven EU countries urge European Commission to set a 2030 energy efficiency target
Seven countries of the European Union, including Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg and Portugal, are urging the European Commission to propose an ambitious 2030 target for energy efficiency in its review of the progress towards the 2020 energy efficiency target.
read more... 23/06/2014
Belgium, Finland deal with daily penalties for violating energy waste law
Belgium and Finland are confronting with daily penalties for violation of the European Union law related to the more efficient construction of buildings, as stated by EU regulators on Wednesday.
read more... 17/04/2014
Belgium to extend life of Tihange 1 nuclear reactor
Belgium has seven nuclear reactors generating about half of its electricity. Electricity production in Belgium was about 78.6 billion kWh (TWh) in 2012, of this 40.3 TWh was from nuclear. Most Belgian electricity is produced by Electrabel, a subsidiary of GDF Suez, which also controls all the nuclear plants. Electrabel owns 50% of Tihange 1 and 89.8% of Tihange 2 and 3.
read more... 14/01/2014
EU ministers to call for a 2030 renewable target
A group of eight national energy and environment ministers has written a letter to Günther Oettinger, European commissioner for energy, and Connie Hedegaard, European commissioner for climate, calling for the European Commission to propose a new target for renewable energy for 2030. The letter is dated December 23 and was signed by ministers from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Portugal.
read more... 09/01/2014
Daily: UK prompt gas prices increase on Belgium flows halt
Brent crude traded below $112 a barrel on Thursday, holding near a three-week high hit earlier in the session, as civil unrest in Africa slashed supply.
read more... 27/12/2013