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Electric Buses Put the Big Hurt on Fossil Fuel Companies
Change is a funny thing. You can’t see it, hear it, feel it, or taste it, but one day you look around and suddenly, there it is. Isbrand Ho, managing director for BYD in Europe, tells Bloomberg he was laughed…
Germany, Denmark, & Belgium Plan 5-Fold Increase In Offshore Wind Power
Germany, Denmark, and Belgium have entered into an agreement that will increase the amount of offshore wind power in the world 5-fold, from 13.8 gigawatts today to more than 60 gigawatts within 10 years. The governments of the 3 nations…
IAEA Concludes Safety Review at Doel Nuclear Power Plant in Belgium
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of nuclear safety experts today completed an assessment of long-term operational safety at the Doel Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Unit 1 and 2 in Belgium. The Safety Aspects of Long Term Operation (SALTO)…
There’s a Bold New Plan to Make Ocean Trash a Thing of the Past
The way things are going now, our oceans will contain more plastic than fish by 2050. An ambitious United Nations campaign aims to stop this from happening. On Wednesday, UN Environment announced its #CleanSeas initiative at the Economist World Ocean…
Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2016
Analysis on coal often tends to be one-sided. But to truly understand the important role that coal plays, for better or worse, in the global energy system, it is critical that we examine both sides of the coin. This means…
Invest in EU: EUR 438 Million to Support Renewable Energy in Belgium
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will support the construction of the Norther wind farm off the Belgian coast with a loan of EUR 438 million. Half of this amount will be guaranteed under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI),…
EU – Funded Project Demonstrates Powerful Onshore Wind Turbines
An EU-funded project, 7MW-WEC-BY-11, has demonstrated super powerful 7.5 MW onshore wind turbines at a wind farm in Estinnes, Belgium. Per given wind park area these 198 metre turbines are 131% more powerful than the standard 2 MW onshore turbines…