Belgium Solar Power Market Outlook to 2028

The Belgium solar power market is driven primarily by the supportive solar policies, environmental and energy mix targets, increasing residential, commercial, and industrial electricity prices, increasing demand for rooftop solar solutions to avoid power outages from the natural disasters, and rising gas crisis is rising the demand for Belgium solar power market.

Belgium is a country in north-western Europe. It is one of the smallest countries in Europe, bordered by France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Germany. Belgium is divided into three communities based on language: In the south are the Walloons, who speak French; in the north are the Flemings, who talk to Flemish (Dutch); and in the city of Liège, there is a small German-speaking population.

In 2021, most of the population lived in the Dutch-speaking Flemish Region, home to nearly half of Belgium's population. The Walloon Region, broadly in line with the French-speaking part of Belgium, numbered roughly 3.65 million inhabitants, and another 1.22 million lived in Brussels and the surrounding areas (which are bilingual). 

A solar power system is an electrical installation system with electricity generated by solar panels. The energy generated is supplied to the grid, used for self-consumption, or stored in a battery for lateral use. Solar power systems are mainly installed by residential, commercial, and industries and utilities due to their low-cost source of power generation.

Key Supportive Policies, Grants for the development of solar power in Belgium: 

● The National Energy and Climate Plan have set a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector, i.e., 35%, by 2030; this, in turn, leads to the growth of solar energy deployments in the country.

● Re-directing and reforming the usage of nuclear plants.

● Promoting energy efficiency standards for buildings, appliances and equipment, and vehicles.

● Establishing infrastructural capacity needed to contain renewable energy (RE) technology while liaising with developed countries for renewable energy resources. 

● Recognizing the most encouraging native environmentally friendly power assets and executing policies that would aid ecological sustainability.

● Intentional and rapid execution of clean, affordable, and sustainable energy across several country regions.

National Target for Solar PV in Belgium by Region:

Belgium Solar Power Market Opportunities:

• Increasing natural gas prices had increased the demand for alternative energy resources
• Growing rooftop market in Residential due to increasing electricity prices.

Belgium Solar Power Market Challenges:

• Belgium extended the operation of nuclear power plants by 10 years had decreases the price for solar power.
• Increasing cost of solar photovoltaic system components
• Belgium has a higher average cost per megawatt hour of solar PV capacity than compared to other European countries.

Belgium Solar Power Market Restraints:

• Only households, commercials with more than 40KW or a rather larger capacity can claim for subsidy in Flemish region. 

According to Blackridge Research, the outlook for Belgium Solar Power Market remains strong in the medium term, and the market is expected to expand during the forecast period due to increasing energy prices, compelling economics, policies and decarbonization commitments by various stakeholders.

Blackridge Research’s Belgium Solar Power Market Outlook report consolidates the developments and builds a perspective on growth from the point of view of the solar sector, in its current and future role.

The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the historical development, the current state of solar power installation scenario, and its outlook.

The majority of data in the report have been derived from multiple bottom-up and top-down analyses, as well as proprietary models, databases, and offerings - Solar Intelligence Hub and Global Project Tracker Service built from public and exclusive sources over the years.

The insights include but are not limited to the market data, solar PV installation data and capacity additions data and forecast, government policies and regulations, project data (upcoming solar power projects, under-construction projects, and operating/commissioned solar power plants), company profiles of major players, and competitive landscape analysis.

The market research report covers market dynamics, growth potential of the solar rooftop market, economic trends, and investment & financing scenario in Belgium.

Further, the report looks at the current state and assesses the potential of residential, and non-residential solar rooftop deployment.