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The European Union loosened the purse-strings in 2020 to mitigate the economic and social consequences of the coronavirus crisis in the Member States. This recovery fund, known as NextGenerationEU, forms the basis for the Flemish Resilience recovery plan, along with our ownlees meer >

Strenuous efforts are needed to halt the warming of the planet. And in doing so, all segments of the economy and society must join in the bath. That includes the world of finance, because it can ensure that the financing of cleantechlees meer >

Hydrogen is like a Swiss army knife: it can be used for a hundred and one applications. But there is a catch, because emission-free ‘green’ hydrogen will become a scarce commodity in the coming decades. Therefore, the transition to a sustainable, climate-friendlylees meer >

Extreme drought and flooding are different sides of the same coin, namely an unbalance between supply and demand of water, intensified by  global warming. With the Blue Deal, Flanders is aiming to thoroughly revamp its water system and transform itself from alees meer >

The transition to a sustainable energy system based on renewable sources is making the demand for rechargeable batteries explode. And therefore also the need for raw materials such as lithium, nickel and cobalt. Deep-sea mining of “metal nodules” may offer a solutionlees meer >

With its strong collection and processing industry, Flanders is leading the world as regards ‘end-of-life batteries’. In order to consolidate and extend our region’s role in this, we need to look closely at the developments in both the supply of these batterieslees meer >

In the EU’s ambition to become climate-neutral by 2050, the electrification of transport and mobility plays a crucial role. In this transition, internal combustion engines need to make way for electric vehicles powered by batteries. With so many actors active throughout thelees meer >

While home batteries have become almost commonplace, and therefore largely standardised, there is still plenty of room for innovation in the market segment for battery systems with a larger storage capacity. Flemish companies know this and are coming up with new productslees meer >