Featured in Lean machines – 09-2011

Small but beautiful

Belgium: Now it’s official. As of July 1, the government in Flanders made severe cuts in the subsidies for photovoltaic installations with outputs of more than one megawatt. Nevertheless, market participants continue to regard the small but impressive PV market in Belgium as attractive.

When it comes to matters involving photovoltaic technology, Flanders continues to be the frontrunner in Belgium because the subsidies there for solar electricity are definitely better than in Wallonia or Brussels. At the end of the year 2010, three-quarters of photovoltaic capacity installed in Belgium as a whole were to be found in Flanders. Thus …

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