Quartier Chomé

The path to carbon neutrality by 2050currently looks rather bumpyworldwide and Belgium, with itspersisting reliance on imported fossilfuels, is not an exception. This isespecially significant as Belgium,like much of Europe, is facing energychallenges amidst the war in Ukraine.Belgium’s electricitygeneration has been dominated bynuclear power and natural gas fordecades, while renewable sourcesstill account for a relatively smallshare. In a time when global energyconcerns dominate the headlines,could initiatives like the Local EnergyCommunity Quartier Chomé inSchaerbeek emerge as an island ofhope from the deep waters oftraditional energy supply?