Brussels photovoltaics: “The energy crisis has shattered the green certificate system”

The Brussels Region regulator is proposing to eliminate the green certificate market, which threatens to turn into a “bubble”. The individual who invests with his own funds would receive a bonus upon installation. The file will be on the table of the next government.


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Bernard Padoan


Journalist at the Planet pole

By Bernard Padoan

Published on 06/16/2024 at 4:57 p.m.
Reading time: 7 min

HAS In mid-May, the Brussels energy market regulator (Brugel) published a proposal to reform the system of support for the development of photovoltaic installations in the Brussels-Capital Region. The current system of green certificates (CV) – which is now only used in Brussels – could (partly) fall by the wayside due to its complexity and the imbalance between supply and demand on the energy market. resale. But there is no question of completely eliminating aid in the capital, where solar power is, more or less, the only renewable energy accessible to produce electricity. Régis Lambert, director of Brugel, outlines the changes that could occur if the future new government agrees with the regulator’s opinion.

Why is it necessary to make this reform now?



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