Selected highlights from the energy landscape.
On April 30, 2026, the Belgian government has announced that it is considering the potential transfer of Engie’s nuclear operations to a new Belgian nuclear company. This “Belfius of the Nuclear” will have a similar role as NEO NL, the holding company established by the Dutch government to coordinate the construction and operation of future…
With its own professional simulation model, SimelSP3, 100TWh has analysed the Belgian electricity system. The objective was to assess the impact of the shutdown of 4 GW nuclear capacities (on 6 GW) in 2025 on the cost of electricity, and the need for the replacement of the nuclear dispatchable capacity by gas or from imports.
Of course, the 5 reactors in dismantling phase were already stopped for a while.
But on 10/04/2026, the 2 remaining reactors, Tihange2 and Doel4, were stopped for their 10-year revisions.
It’s a win-win situation for electricity operators and HT transporters.
Not for Belgian citizens and industries.
Discover the last months' highlighting key events related to energy and the activities of the 100TWh association.
The final report by the European Network of Transmission System Operators (ENTSO-E) on the nationwide blackout that paralysed Spain (and Portugal) on 28 April 2025 has been published.
Politically cautious, it avoids controversial language, but the data speaks for itself. Wind and solar power triggered the collapse. (read more)
World Average Electricity Prices (end 2025 in USD / kWh)
In 2025 in Europe, the average electricity price reached 0.26 $/kWh for residential electricity and 0.22 $/kWh for business.
The best strategy for EU should be to bring those electricity prices down to the world average : 0.17 $/kWh for residential electricity and 0.16 $/kWh for business. (read more)
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in a speech during the 2d Nuclear Energy Summit in Paris, said reducing Europe’s nuclear energy was a “strategic mistake”. (read more)
With its European Grids Package, the European Commission wants to steal 20% of the revenues of the countries’ interconnection to impose its Green Deal to all Member States !
Stop this désindustrialisation’s policy ! (read more)
Professor Kunsch has calculated that for an optimal energymix in Bellgium, you need a baseload of 6 GW nuclear, and intermittent renewables to provide 30% of the peak of consumption. (read more)
100TWh has stopped the demolition of the Tihange 1 and 2 cooling towers.
100TWh and 5 other parties, including the municipality of Huy and We Planet, have issued a complaint against the demolition permit for the Tihange 1 and 2 cooling towers. (read more)
At the Antwerp economic summit on 11/2/26 and on 12/2/26 in Walden Bielsen, European economic actors expressed their desire to break down the EU Green Deal and its ETS mechanism.
And in Belgium, the government talks about giving companies the opportunity to buy nuclear electricity directly! (read more)
At the beginning of 2026, there were 3 « joint early reviews » of SMR concepts led by European nuclear safety agencies :
> the Belgian AMR Eagles-300 ;
> the Finnish SMR LDR-50 (Steady Energy) ;
> and the French Nuward. (read more)
Germany recognises the failure of its energy transition, called energiewende.
The country orders the construction of 12 GW gas-fired power plants. (read more)