Belgium’s Negotiations with Engie for Nuclear Reactor Extension and Waste Disposal

Belgium’s Negotiations with Engie for Nuclear Reactor Extension and Waste Disposal

BREAKTHROUGH IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH ENGIE ON KEEPING NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS OPEN © BELGIUM This afternoon, the top ministers of the federal government will meet for a briefing on the negotiations with Engie. A final agreement is expected in the course of next week. This afternoon, top ministers of the federal government will meet for a … Read more

There was supposed to be an agreement on nuclear power plants before New Year’s, but it failed: “More time is needed to reach an agreement that fully satisfies both parties”

© Jimmy Kets There is still no agreement on the extension of the last two nuclear power plants between the federal government and the operator Engie Electrabel. However, the official deadline expired on December 31st. But the government said on Saturday evening that “the talks will continue” because “more time is needed to reach an … Read more

De Croo collects information on the deal with Engie

At ten o’clock on Saturday morning, the government summit will examine the talks with Engie. The Prime Minister will provide an update on the negotiations in a digital meeting. No agreement has been reached with Engie at the moment. Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (Open VLD) said just before the Christmas break that he still … Read more

The restart of Doel 2 is scheduled for Saturday

The restart of the Doel 2 nuclear reactor, which stopped on Thursday morning, will normally take place on Saturday morning. It used to be Friday morning. Manager Engie Electrabel confirms this. It is the second nuclear reactor to be shut down in a short period of time. According to spokeswoman Hellen Smeets, this morning at … Read more

The agreement with Engie also features the ask for for “enough aid”

In accordance to Electricity Minister Van der Straeten, a final settlement on Doel 4 and Tihange 3 may possibly have been arrived at by the finish of the calendar year. – The get the job done isn’t really carried out, but we are on the proper observe. Now there is a framework in which we … Read more

Van der Straeten: ‘Negotiations with Engie must be concluded before September’

The negotiations with the French energy company Engie, which operates the nuclear power stations in our country through Electrabel, must be concluded before September. That is what Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten (Groen) made clear on Saturday in The morning on radio 1. – Negotiations with Engie on the conditions for the extension of … Read more

Bart De Wever (N-VA) (re)opens attack on Groen over nuclear power plants: ‘Van der Straeten negotiates to fail’

N-VA chairman Bart De Wever believes that Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten (Green) should be removed from the file on the extension of nuclear power plants. “She negotiates with Engie to fail.” As chairman of the largest opposition party, he even offered a change majority in The news from VTM. – In recent days, … Read more

Majority in clinch with N-VA about letter Engie: “You suffer from amnesia”

– © BELGA – In the plenary meeting of the House on Thursday afternoon, the negotiations between nuclear operator Engie and the federal government on the extension of the nuclear reactors of Doel 4 and Tihange 3 were discussed. The majority parties Vooruit and Ecolo clashed with the N-VA faction. , and Prime Minister Alexander … Read more

Engie warns again for two winters without nuclear energy

In exchange for the lifetime extension of the Doel 4 and Tihange 3 nuclear power stations, the French company Engie wants a predictable, stable and viable investment regime and clarity about the future decommissioning of the nuclear power stations and the management of nuclear waste. – Engie, the parent company of Electrabel, today reprinted its … Read more

While many Belgians can barely pay an energy bill, Electrabel transfers 1.2 billion profit to France

– Minister of Energy Tinne Van der Straeten. – Now that Electrabel is doing well again, partly due to high energy prices, the energy producer is transferring part of the profit – 1.2 billion euros – to parent company Engie in Paris. Remarkable, because the federal government intended to skim off the exceptionally high profits … Read more