- Powering Belgian pensioner Bernadette Vandercammen’s art deco mansion in the northern town of Eeklo is a challenge at the best of times, let alone when soaring energy prices have left millions of Europeans struggling to pay their bills.
- Vandercammen’s provider, a cooperative called Ecopower, supplies households at production cost – fixed for the life-span of the energy source – topped up by grid fees and taxes, as well as the cost of running itself.
- A household using 2,000 kWh per year now faces a bill of about €570 per year at Ecopower, half of the cheapest commercial provider.
Energy crunch in Belgium drives spike in demand for renewable energy cooperatives
