Belgium has informed the European Commission about a €682 million support scheme under the Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework (TCTF) aimed at boosting offshore wind energy. This initiative will fund the construction and operation of the project which has a capacity of 700 MW and an expected annual generation of 2.6 TWh of renewable electricity.
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TotalEnergies has announced the building of a new battery storage facility in Belgium. The project operations are slated to begin by the end of 2025. The project will be situated at the TotalEnergies depot in Feluy, Belgium, and will have a 75 MWh capacity with a 25 MW power rating. The project announcement comes just a year after we the Antwerp storage project began, which is estimated to be operational by the end of the year.
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The Hydrogen Offshore Production for Europe (HOPE) project consortium has signed a €20 million grant agreement with the European Commission, selected for funding under the Clean Hydrogen Partnership call for proposals co-financed by the European Union. The facility is expected to come on stream in mid-2026. The HOPE involves developing, building and operating the first 10 MW offshore hydrogen production unit in the North Sea, off the coast of Belgium, by 2026.
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Eneco is planning to build a new 50 MW/200 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) to be installed in Ville-sur-Haine in the Wallonia region of Belgium. Eneco will fully own the project. The company has secured the permit, placed orders for the battery and is conducting preparatory studies to begin operations by the end of 2024. The BESS will include 53 megapack energy storage units supplied by Tesla, which can store and supply power to the grid for four hours.
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In September 2022, Belgium and the other seven countries of the North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC) including Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands jointly announced that they had set an OSW capacity target of at least 76 GW by 2030, 193 GW by 2040 and 260 GW by 2050. As part of the joint statement, Belgium has agreed to a non-binding target of 6 GW of OSW capacity by 2030 and 8 GW by 2040.
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Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Denmark inked an agreement in Esbjerg to produce 65 GW of offshore wind energy and 150 GW of green hydrogen by 2030 and 2050, respectively. Declaring their intention to become Europe’s Green Power Plant, the joint accord intends to tenfold the region’s offshore wind power capacity, with total private sector investments expected to reach €135 billion.
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Belgium has made notable progress on deploying offshore wind and increasing the share of electric vehicles. However, fossil fuels still dominate the country’s energy mix, a dependence that is expected to increase. All sectors have considerable work ahead of them to meet Belgium’s targets for increasing the share of renewables, lowering energy demand and reducing emissions.
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The Belgian Hydrogen Vision and Strategy (the “Belgian Strategy”) was approved by the Council of Ministers on 29 October 2021 in the broader context of government-focused ambitions to promote the development of a hydrogen market in Belgium, as well as its 2030/2050 energy and climate objectives. The Belgian Strategy assumes that the current demand in Belgium for both hydrogen and its derivatives will reach between 125 and 175 TWh/year by 2050.
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Road freight transportation accounts for around 8% of global CO2 emissions per year — 2.9 Gt CO2. Countries are increasing their efforts to decarbonise this sector. Among the options being considered, fleets of electric trucks are attracting more attention due to the availability of clean and low-cost renewable electricity.
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