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A sunny future for Umicore in Bruges thanks to ENGIE's new solar panel installation

At the end of 2019, the Umicore site in Bruges was fitted with 1943 solar panels, to produce an output of 660 kWp. This prevents 274 tons of CO2 per year. The solar panels were financed by ENGIE Sun4Business and installed by Eoluz.
Brugge
25/02/2020

Success of the third-party investor solution

ENGIE Sun4Business aims to stimulate the installation of solar panels on roofs and to simplify the process. Françoise Sotiau, Project leader at ENGIE Sun4Business: ‘With the third-party financing solution, ENGIE takes care of everything. We are responsible for the design, financing, follow-up of the installation and its maintenance for the first 10 years. Thereafter, the customer becomes the owner of the installation. This system means that we can realise our ambition to make solar energy more accessible in Belgium. And, so far, it’s been a success: our objective of 60 MW of solar panels in 2020 will be achieved and possibly surpassed. This is thanks to the many different projects, such as the one for Umicore.’

The collaboration on renewable energy in Bruges was nothing new for ENGIE and Umicore. In October 2019, ENGIE and Umicore announced the first industrial ‘second life’ battery system at the Umicore site in Olen. Further evidence, if any were needed, that sustainability is high on the agenda for both partners. Read more about the project here.

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ENGIE’s battery storage project in Vilvoorde fully commissioned

Just a few weeks after starting commercial operation of the first half of its battery park in Vilvoorde, ENGIE has now also connected the second 100 MW/400 MWh to the high-voltage grid.
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ENGIE to build a new battery park in Drogenbos, expanding its battery storage capacity in Belgium to almost 400 MW

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ENGIE commissions first half of the Vilvoorde battery park

ENGIE has officially started commercial operation of the first 100 MW/400 MWh of its battery park in Vilvoorde. Once the second half is completed by the end of the year, the entire 200 MW/800 MWh installation will be one of the largest battery energy storage systems (‘BESS’) in Europe. This landmark project enhances the integration of renewable energy sources into Belgium's energy system, and reinforces its resilience.
26/09/2025
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Borealis Transforms Company Parking Lots into Solar Farms in Collaboration with ENGIE

Vienna, Austria / Beringen and Kallo, Belgium – Starting this month, Borealis deploys solar canopies with a total capacity of 3.3 MWp on the parking lots of its Belgian manufacturing sites in Kallo and Beringen. Equipped with nearly 4,800 bifacial solar panels, the canopies are expected to generate 3,250 MWh of renewable energy per year, saving 550 tons of CO2 emissions per year. The solar canopies were installed by ENGIE Sun4Business, the subsidiary of energy utility ENGIE that offers solar power as a service to businesses in Belgium and the Netherlands.
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