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The government is working on a contingency plan to ensure there will be enough energy to supply all households and companies in Belgium with power this winter.
Minister Johan Vande Lanotte (SP.A) is calling for the Flemish government to come up with an alternative means to finance the subsidies for solar energy.
Electricity grid manager Elia said it is concerned that Belgium will face a significant risk of blackouts this winter, and more particularly in the winter of 2015-2016.
The reactors of Doel 3 and Tihange 2 nuclear plants will not start up again before this autumn at the earliest, announced Electrabel, the operator of the two plants.
Consumers have been advised to compare the prices offered by various electricity suppliers, following allegations that the largest of them, Electrabel, is trying to circumvent government measures
The price of electricity went down in Belgium in 2013, while it increased in the rest of Europe, according to figures from Eurostat, the European Agency for Statistics.
Between December 2012 and December 2013, the average price of electricity fell 24%, while household electricity bills rose steeply, according to the latest report by the energy regulator Creg eval
More than seven out of ten Belgians say they are in favour of renewable energy as the way forward after the closure of the last Belgian nuclear power plants in 2025, according to a survey conducte
Starting in April Belgian households can expect not only spring weather but cheaper electricity bills as well.
