Belgium

KDE has been operating in Belgium since 2008. The company KDE Energy Belgium was incorporated in 2009 and registered in January 2010. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of KDE Energy Europe of Groningen, the Netherlands. The independent local organisation has its headquarters in Brussels. Support for the Flemish region is provided from the Netherlands, and for Wallonia from Lille, France. Besides its head office in Brussels, KDE Energy Belgium has branch offices in Mechelen and Namur. This is to enable projects to be developed at regional level in close liaison with the various stakeholders, from landowners to local residents and the authorities.

In searching for locations, KDE Energy Belgium uses self-employed developers, consultants and partners. An important partner in Belgium is Royal Haskoning, which has excellent contacts in the Belgian industry and can offer a wide range of consultancy services. They also do this in the wind energy sector. KDE Energy Belgium also collaborates with SPE on a number of projects in Wallonia.

With this approach, organised by the local Belgian team with support from the experienced KDE organisation, including Belgian partners, we can guarantee professional and efficient project development. On the strength of our know-how and experience, we can not only offer the best solution for the technical design and the legal and financial setup of the project, but also for the operation of the windfarm. There is ample experience in development in agricultural areas, as well as in industrial environments. KDE is a specialist in project development in ports and complicated industrial sites as well as refineries.

Wind energy forms an important component of renewable energy sources in Flanders and Wallonia. The main advantage is that the energy source is inexhaustible. Furthermore, the energy generation does not release any greenhouse gases or waste.

Data for Belgium:

Flanders

* Target is 1500 MW onshore and 2300 SW offshore in 2020

Wallonia

* Target is 2000 SW onshore in 2020

In both markets a total of only 414 MW was installed by January 2010.

EDORA was set up to promote the development of wind power in Belgium, and APERE and VWEA are active sector associations in Wallonia and Flanders respectively. KDE Energy Belgium is a member of both associations.

If you have a location that you would like to have developed by us, or together with us, please let us know, or ask for our capability statement without commitment, which will give you many of our European references.

The team of KDE Energy Belgium :


Michel Suzan Country Manager Wallonia		Fred Aalbers Country Manager Flanders		Nathalie Oosterlinck Business Dev. Engineer Flanders		Mathieu van Gehuchten Business Dev. Engineer Walloon		Eva Hordijk Public Relations