VISE & LUMINUS GO GREEN
[BIZ/INFRA: Visé, July 16] Visé made energy grants to private homes for insulation (walls, roofs and windows). They want higher standards of thermal insulation than the Walloon norms. Solar panels and green energy are to be purchased. The Office for Spatial Planning, Mobility and Care is also conducting an awareness campaign. Residents can visit sites, such as the sewage treatment plant in Oupeye , the landfill center and the Uvelia center for energy recovery, both owned by the INTRADEL. The objective is to show the general public how everyone can contribute to sustainable development. As part of its policy of sustainable development there was a public tender for the supply of 100% green energy for public buildings, administrative sites and schools in Visé. TSPE-Luminus won. Since January 1, 2010, SPE-Luminus has a 3 year contract to provides energy to municipality’s buildings and public lighting for Visé SPE-Luminus has invested in green energy for more than 50 years. Renewable energy remains a cornerstone in company policy. With hydropower from the river Meuse, the biofuel plant at Harelbeke and numerous wind farms in Belgium, together accounting for 12% renewable energy in its production capacity, SPE Luminus is the greenest of the major energy producers in Belgium. The company is also currently number one in wind energy in Belgium. It has 150 MW of wind projects in the pipeline. SPE is the second largest player in the Belgian energy and is both a manufacturer and supplier. With an installed capacity of 1960 MW, the company has 13% of the electricity market. In addition, the company owns some shares in nuclear and biomass plants. Under the brand name Luminus SPE sells electricity and gas to over 1.6 million residential and business customers. The commercial market is less than 20%. SPE is also active in national and international energy markets as a buyer and seller of gas and electricity.
Visé has had a sustainable development policy for some years and contributes actively to combat the effects of global warming. On discovering that40% of the CO2 footprint came from private housing
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