Energy in Belgium
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ALBANIA, 2017/08/27
The European gas market is becoming additional and additional competitive and US exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are part of this landscape, Francis Perrin, energy expert, chairman of Energy Strategies and Policies (France) told Trend.
“Energy is always a strategic business. Economic aspects are very significant of course, particularly the price of LNG, but nations as well take into account strategic issues. For some Central and Eastern European nations one of the key priorities of their energy policies is the diversification of their supplies, in particular gas imports, in order to reduce their dependence on Russia,” said the expert.
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BELGIUM, 2012/03/03
Around 58% of Belgians are in favor of keeping nuclear power in the generation mix, a survey commissioned by nuclear sector group Forum Nucleaire shows.
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BELGIUM, 2011/12/17
Belgium will likely extend a 550-million-euro ($712 million) levy on the nuclear power industry into 2013, its energy minister said in a newspaper interview published on Thursday.
"I think (for 2013) that it will be in total the same amount of 550 million euros," energy minister Melchior Wathelet told L'Echo newspaper.
