Flanders raises REN power generation to 10% in 2012 - report

Sep 19, 2013 - Renewable sources accounted for 10% of the total power generation in the Belgian region of Flanders in 2012, up from 7% a year earlier, according to a media report.

Renewable power generation itself surged by 40% year-on-year, De Morgen daily reported citing a note of the region's energy minister Freya Van den Bossche.

At present, biomass accounts for the largest percentage of the generated renewable electricity in Flanders -- 43%. Solar power generation follows with a 28% share.

Since the start of the current legislature, the production of renewable power in Flanders has doubled, the minister said. Solar panels account for the biggest jump here -- 71%, biogas is second with an increase of 39% and biomass and wind follow with 31% and 21%, respectively.

According to Van den Bossche, Flanders is well on track to achieve its future environmental goals.

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