Tag: #Energy & Environment

In its New Year Letter, Itinera presents its ten wishes for 2016. With contributions of Leo Neels, Ivan Van de Cloot, Marc De Vos, Bilal Benyaich, Johan Albrecht, Jean Hindriks, Alexandre Simons en Simon Ghiotto

The outlook of the Belgian electricity system is increasingly unpredictable and challenging. Belgium is confronted with a nuclear phase out in a liberalized European electricity market which is strongly impacted by climate and renewable energy policies. The investment climate for controllable, non-intermittent assets is very problematic. We present the evolution of the estimated reserve margin …

Actua TV and Itinera are organizing a series of political debates that are composed in a thematic way in the build-up to the elections of 25 May. This week the energy theme was broached. What are the challenges for the next couple of years? Is Belgium ready for the nuclear phase-out? And what with renewable energy? Itineras energy specialist Johan Albrecht presents his vision and Kristof Calvo …

From next year, Belgium will put out its nuclear power plants, until 2025. Will we have sufficient production to fill that gap? Johan Albrecht presents his lines of policy on the Kanaal Z  program Z-Expert for the following federal and regional governments.

The nuclear phase-out in our country is not too far away anymore. By 2015, the two oldest nuclear power plants of Doel will be closed after 40 years of use. Will the remaining available production capacity suffice to deal with exceptional peaks – for example in wintertime? Are we preparing for the closure of the remaining nuclear power plants of Tihange by 2025? And how does the expected …

Belgium needs up to 13 000 MW new capacity for the production of electricity by 2025. Itinera calls for a roadmap by 2025 with new capacity, better use of existing capacity and with the support of renewable energy as full market party.

What are the policy priorities that should be addressed during the election campaign and be added to the negotiators' lists after the elections? This is the approach of our election series which starts on 18 March. In this way, Itinera wants to make a positive contribution to the election debate.  Over the course of 9 weeks, Itinera will present specific “must-dos” f…

Belgium has rather low environmental taxes. A radical fiscal greening could yield between € 3 and 5 billion per year, which allows a reduction of personal income taxes by 7 up to 11%. A fiscal greening will however increase income inequality because only the economically active will benefit from lower labor taxes. We estimate that an ambitious fiscal greening will cost up to € 690 per…

Belgium has rather low environmental taxes. A radical fiscal greening could yield between € 3 and 5 billion per year, which allows a reduction of personal income taxes by 7 up to 11%. A fiscal greening will however increase income inequality because only the economically active will benefit from lower labor taxes. We estimate that an ambitious fiscal greening will cost up to € 690 per…

La Belgique paie plus cher son électricité que les pays voisins. Le ministre wallon de l’énergie propose la gratuité en dessous de 500Kwh. C’est une mesure cosmétique sans réel effet reel ni pour les pauvres, ni pour l’environnement. En tous les cas elle ne doit pas occulter le vrai pr…