Bilfinger Berger to Convert Coal Plant to Biomass
BELGIUM - At the 180MW Rodenhuize power plant, near the Belgian town of Gent, a unique conversion from coal to biomass will take place, for the first time, on a conventional power plant of its...

Metso Supplies Biomass Plant to Belgium
BELGIUM - Metso will supply 4HamCogen S.A., a subsidiary of 4Energy Invest S.A., with a biomass power plant for combined heat and power production (CHP) in the municipality of Ham in the Belgian...

Metso to Supply Biomass Power Plant to Belgium
BELGIUM - Metso will supply 4HamCogen S.A., a subsidiary of 4Energy Invest S.A., with a biomass power plant for combined heat and power production (CHP) in the municipality of Ham in the Belgian...

Commissioner Inaugurates Wind Farm in Belgium
BELGIUM - Energy commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, together with Belgian authorities, this week inaugurated the world's first wind park with giant 7MW wind turbines, a state-of-the art European...

Rodenhuize Plant Fueled Totally by Biomass
BELGIUM - Electrabel, Group GDF SUEZ, and Ackermans & van Haaren are joining forces in converting the Rodenhuize 4 coal fired unit into a 100 per cent biomass fired unit with a capacity of 1...

NFU Attends Biofuels Conference in Brussels
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - NFU combinable crops board chairman Ian Backhouse is in Brussels this week to deliver a speech on the impact of ethanol production on the European grain market. He will be...

Offshore Wind Power Forum
BELGIUM - Green Power Conferences' Offshore Wind and Transmission Forum will bring the whole value chain together in Brussels, offering delegates the opportunity to question the experts.

Sustainable Biofuels Award Winners Announced
BELGIUM - SEKAB, Argent Energy and PetroAlgae picked up the prizes at the the first Sustainable Biofuels Awards at the World Biofuels Markets conference and exhibition in Brussels amid fierce...

Electrabel Invests in Wind Energy in Modave
BELGIUM - Belgian energy company Electrabel is planning to build a wind farm in the municipality of Modave, in the district of the city of Liège on the site of Les Trinitaires.

Biomass Joint Venture in Belgium
BELGIUM - Intrinergy from the US and the European Shanks Group have joined forces on a €34 million biomass project in Belgium.

Conversion of Biodiesel Waste into Ethanol
BELGIUM - Researchers have discovered that under the correct conditions, glycerol, a major by-product of biodiesel production, can be turned into ethanol by harmless strains of the bacterium...

HSH Nordbank Finances Wind Farm in Belgium
BELGIUM – The world’s most powerful wind farm is currently being built on a nine square kilometre site in the Belgian community of Estinnes.

Report: Creating a Future for Biofuels
BELGIUM - This is a special report by By Jeffrey M. Seisler, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Fuels Consulting, on the impact that biofuels have on the economy.

Solvay Gains Support for Biomass Plant In France
BRUSSELS - Solvay has announced that the project for a biomass thermal power plant which will supply energy to its Tavaux (France) site from 2010 has received approval from the French authorities....

Tussle between Brussels and US over Biofuel
BRUSSELS - Peter Mandelson, the European commissioner, has fired the first salvo in a potential transatlantic trade war by agreeing to challenge the US over its biofuel subsidies, which are chasing...

IFAT 2008: Production of Gas from Waste
BELGIUM - Fermenting waste to create biogas is becoming an ever more important way of dealing with waste than combustion, composting or landfill.

Jatropha Fuelled Plant in Belgium
BELGIUM - According to Finnish engineering company, Wartsila, the world's first ever heat and power plant fuelled by jatropha oil will be in operation in Belgium by early 2009.