Wallonia sells surplus renewable energy to neighbouring countries

According to the EU quota system, each member state has a certain amount of renewable energy to produce based on the country's size and population. The combined effort is expected to have a positive impact on the environment. The situation in Belgium, however, is not optimal, writes De Morgen.

While the renewable energy supply in Wallonia surpasses the demand, the region does not send its surplus energy to Flanders in order to help reach a common goal for Belgium, which has not yet met the European target. The surplus Walloon energy instead goes to neighbouring countries, which pay for the energy.

According to Walloon energy minister Paul Furlan (pictured), Flanders is not willing to pay for the surplus energy, so he went looking for customers.

The Walloon renewable energy therefore regularly goes to neighbouring countries, especially the Netherlands and Luxembourg, in transfers that provide the Walloon region with as much as €30 million.