PFAS have been found in Flemish drinking water. This is evident from a report by the Flemish Environment Agency (VMM) from the end of January, which the newspaper De Tijd reported on yesterday. This concerns the results of a monitoring campaign in 2022. PFAS are man-made chemicals. Due to their grease and water-repellent properties, they … Read more
© BELGIUM The introduction of a deposit system will be a matter before the end of 2025. Flemish Environment Minister Zuhal Demir (N-VA) said this in parliament on Tuesday after questions from Mieke Schauvliege (Green) and Steve Vandeberghe (Vooruit). Source: BELGA Today at 3:01 PM Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states agreed … Read more
Both the municipality of Kampenhout and Flemish minister Zuhal Demir (N-VA) oppose the arrival of a container village for asylum seekers. Continuing would be a crime, according to the Minister of the Environment. Two mails for State Secretary Nicole de Moor (CD&V) today. And twice in opposition to the plans to build a temporary reception … Read more
The Flemish government has prepared the decree to end the over-subsidization of large solar parks. The Council of State must now help to ensure that the arrangement remains in place before the Constitutional Court. With the approach, Energy Minister Zuhal Demir wants to remove 1.2 billion euros in costs for green energy certificates from the … Read more
Flemish Energy Minister Zuhal Demir (N-VA) will ease the electricity bill by another 225 million euros over the next three years. But in the short term you will hardly see that on your bill. – Green certificates are awarded to companies and households as compensation for their investments in renewable energy. But those certificates end … Read more
– Minister Zuhal Demir (N-VA). — © BELGA – Flemish Energy Minister Zuhal Demir (N-VA) asks the Flemish Parliament to put pressure on the energy watchdog VREG to adjust the capacity tariff or not to introduce it at all. “The system is full of injustices. I don’t support it,” Demir said on Wednesday in the … Read more
– Minister Tinne Van der Straeten and Prime Minister Alexander De Croo explained the new federal energy agreement on Friday evening – Brussels – While N-VA toppers tighten the federal energy agreement, energy experts bounce the ball back. “When will something constructive happen at Flemish level?” denounces Ronnie Belmans. “Where is the Flemish energy renovation … Read more
– – Flemish Energy Minister Zuhal Demir (N-VA) will tackle the generous subsidies that companies receive for large solar panel installations. This concerns, among other things, the generous support that entrepreneur Fernand Huts receives because he filled his warehouses with solar panels before 2013. In ten years’ time, Demir wants to eliminate 1.2 billion euros … Read more
– “We are going to get the money where it can be found,” says Flemish energy minister Zuhal Demir (N-VA). “At the over-subsidised large solar parks.” — © BELGIAN – Brussels – Over the next 10 years, the Flemish government will try to remove 1.2 billion euros worth of old green power certificates for large … Read more
– © BELGIAN – In an effort to reduce energy bills, the Flemish government is investigating whether it can cut back the very generous green subsidies for companies that were awarded until 2012. This includes the generous green energy certificates that Fernand Huts will receive Katoen Natie until the end of this decade. The problem … Read more