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What does 100% green really mean?
Presentation
- Lampiris. We guarantee that energy supplied by us is 100% green.
- Wind turbines. These convert wind power into electricity, which is passed directly onto the grid, without intermediate transmission.
- Biomass. These are renewable raw materials of plant (timber, etc) or animal origins, used to generate energy.
- Bio-methane. This is the natural decomposition of organic material (vegetable waste and animal fæces) to produce biogas. This procedure has now been fully mastered and puts waste material to good use.
- High-quality cogeneration. Heat given off by rape combustion or from animal fats (in our case) is recovered instead of being dissipated.
- Hydraulic (hydro-electric) energy. This is electricity that is generated by turbines installed at waterfalls (dams, streams or rivers). 100% green, 100% renewable as well.
History
- 2003. Founding of Lampiris. In 2004, Lampiris obtained its licences to supply green electricity throughout Belgium.
- 2005. Lampiris expands its electricity and gas operations.
- 2007. Year of the liberalisation of Belgium's gas and electricity markets. Lampiris offers its products and services to all Belgian consumers.
Key facts and figures
- At July 1st, 2009; Lampiris counted more than 165.000 customers and employed 60 poeple.
- Volume of CO2 for a family of four: 1.6 Tonnes.
- Estimated number of years of petrol reserves: there is a debate between those who see the peak of petrol (moment when daily production will start to decrease for geological reasons) as being now and those who see that it will happen after 2030.
- According to the Kyoto Protocol, Belgium is committed (for the period 2008-2012) to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 7.5% compared to emissions in 1990. In spite of the global evolution which is on the decrease, Belgium’s emissions in 2005 were actually 3.6% higher than the year used for comparison (1990) for reaching the Kyoto objective.
