Flanders’ Call For Green Electricity Subsidy
Flemish Energy Agency Invites Applications To Support Residential Solar PV Installations
Thursday, 20 Apr 2023
The Flemish Energy and Climate Agency or Vlaams Energie- en Klimaatagentschap (VEKA) has opened a €3 million funding round to support residential solar installations in Belgium’s Flanders as part of the 1st round of the region’s Green Electricity Call for 2023.
Flanders To Curtail Large Scale Solar Subsidies
Belgium’s Flanders To Cut Back Large Scale Solar Subsidies To ‘Combat Over-Subsidization’
Monday, 25 Jul 2022
One of the growing regions for solar in Belgium, Flanders is moving ahead with the proposal to cut back subsidies for about 1,200 large scale solar parks on retroactive basis, saving the local government about €1.2 billion that would have been paid.
57.2 MW PV Selected In Flanders’ Solar Auction
Flanders Concludes 1st Green Electricity Call Of 2022 With €0.0507/kWh Weighted Average Winning Bid
Wednesday, 04 May 2022
The Flemish Energy and Climate Agency (VEKA) in Belgium has selected 57.2 MW solar PV capacity to receive a subsidy amount of €4.9 million. The solar projects were selected under the 1st green electricity call of 2022.
Europe PV News Snippets: Flanders, ZEZ, EDPR, Voltalia
Flanders Completes 1st Green Energy Call; ZEZ’s Solar Initiative Wins Google Challenge; EDPR Acquires 544 MW UK Wind & Solar Portfolio; Voltalia Constructing Solar Project In London
Thursday, 22 Jul 2021
Flanders completes 1st green electricity auction: The Flemish Energy and Climate Agency (VEKA) has selected 79 green electricity projects in the 1st green electricity auction held in Belgian region of Flanders.
Belgium Installed 1 GW New PV Capacity In 2020
Aggregate Installed Solar PV Capacity Of Belgium Exceeds 6 GW With 1 GW Added In 2020 Making It Best Year Yet For PV In Country; APERe Believes Country Can Target 22 GW Cumulative Solar Capacity By 2030
Saturday, 27 Feb 2021
The Association for the Promotion of Renewable Energies (APERe) in Belgium calculates the total installed solar PV capacity of the country till the end of 2020 exceeded 6 GW (6,036 MW to be precise).
Flanders Drafts Compensation Scheme For PV Owners
Belgium’s Flanders To Offer Retroactive Investment Premium To Solar PV Home Owners Impacted By Smart/Digital Meter Roll Out Plans
Tuesday, 16 Feb 2021
The Belgian region of Flanders has drafted a regulation to offer compensation, calling it retroactive investment premium, for those solar PV system homeowners who have been impacted by the government’s decision to introduce digital or smart meters for such prosumers, which was reversed by a Belgian court.
Belgium Solar Up 39% In 2018
Belgian Renewable Energy Association APERe Says Country’s Cumulative Solar Power Capacity Exceeded 4.2 GW With 367 MW Installed In 2018
Monday, 04 Mar 2019
After installing more than 1 GW in 2011, the annual rate of solar PV deployment in Belgium dropped down steadily to 111.99 MW in 2014. Since then, the country is on a rebound.
Flanders Invests In Floating PV
Belgium’s Flemish Government Shells Out €2 million ($2.29 million) To Support Floating PV Projects; First Plant To Use Bifacial Modules & Solar Tracker System
Wednesday, 24 Oct 2018
Belgium’s Flanders region has made its first move into floating solar power with an investment of €2 million ($2.29 million) in a company called Floating PV NV, which will develop floating solar power projects, starting with a five hectare project on a lake owned by Sibelco in Dessel.
Flanders Encourages Community Solar
Flemish Region Of Belgium Calls Out To Residents And Private Investors To Help Set Up Large Rooftop Solar Community Projects
Friday, 09 Mar 2018
Flemish Energy Minister Bart Tommelein informed the Flemish parliament that the region had exceeded its target solar and wind capacity for 2017.
Grid Fees For Solar in Wallonia
Belgium’s Wallonia Region To Impose Grid Fee For Residential PV Installations As of 2020; Flanders Thinks Of Incentivizing Community Solar Efforts
Tuesday, 25 Jul 2017
Belgium’s French-speaking Wallonia region is planning to implement a grid fee for residential PV installations as of January 1, 2020. The Wallonia Commission for Energy (CWaPE) was earlier planning to impose the fee as of 2019.
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