Skip to content

Brought to you by

Dentons logo

Global Energy Blog

A blog on the latest developments in global energy law and policy.

open menu close menu

Global Energy Blog

  • Home
  • About Us

The way towards a competitive bidding process for new offshore wind farms in Belgium

By Nora Wouters
September 30, 2019
  • Efficiency
  • Electricity Market Reform
  • Europe
  • Renewables
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via email Share on LinkedIn

To meet the challenge of the nuclear phase-out scheduled for 2025 as well as ambitious climate change goals, the Belgian federal government has established a new legislative framework aimed at achieving an additional offshore wind energy capacity of at least 1.75 GW.

The amended “Electricity Law” introduced a competitive tender procedure for the construction and operation of offshore renewable sources. The current support mechanism, under which the installation benefits from a subsidy per MWh produced, remains applicable.

Several calls for tenders will be launched in Belgium in the next few years, providing opportunities for new investors.

Read the full article

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via email Share on LinkedIn
Subscribe and stay updated
Receive our latest blog posts by email.
Stay in Touch
Nora Wouters

About Nora Wouters

Nora Wouters developed a state of the art practice and advises on regulatory financial services, banking and insurance laws. She has extensive experience in commodities, clearing and settlement systems, payment institutions (including Fintech), derivatives (including weather derivatives), securities lending, public listing, debt and fund listings, securitization structures, and collective investment, hedge and pension funds.

All posts Full bio

RELATED POSTS

  • Europe
  • Oil and Gas

Natural Gas Public Company of Cyprus (DEFA) issues request for proposals for €500m LNG import facility

By David Tennant and Humphrey Douglas
  • Electricity Market Reform
  • Power Networks
  • Renewables
  • United Kingdom

Ofgem on storage as generation (On the way to a smart, flexible energy system? Part 2)

By Adam Brown
  • Efficiency
  • Environment, Health and Safety

Reform of energy efficiency taxes – have your say

By Helen Bowdren

About Dentons

Dentons is designed to be different. As the world’s largest law firm with 20,000 professionals in over 200 locations in more than 80 countries, we can help you grow, protect, operate and finance your business. Our polycentric and purpose-driven approach, together with our commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity and ESG, ensures we challenge the status quo to stay focused on what matters most to you. www.dentons.com

Dentons boilerplate image

Twitter

Categories

  • Africa
  • Canada
  • Consumers and Communities
  • Efficiency
  • Electricity Market Reform
  • Energy Bill 2022
  • Environment, Health and Safety
  • Europe
  • Fossil Fuel Generation
  • General
  • Heat and Transport
  • Hydrogen
  • Italy
  • Latin America
  • Middle East
  • Nigeria
  • Nuclear
  • Oil and Gas
  • Poland
  • Power Networks
  • Renewables
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

Subscribe and stay updated

Receive our latest blog posts by email.

Stay in Touch

Dentons logo

© 2023 Dentons

  • Legal notices
  • Privacy policy
  • Terms of use
  • Cookies on this site