French company Engie has beaten off competition from several other firms to build the 100 MW Kristal Solar Park , near the Belgian town of Lommel . The banding factor, introduced by the Flemish government in 2013, is a system used to differentiate the support to the different renewable energy technologies and to prevent clean energies from being oversubsidized. The bidding process enabled initial costs to be reduced by 34 % , while work is set to begin in 2018 . When completed , the solar park can sell electricity at € 78 ( $ 1 ) per MWh on a 15-year tariff , with local zinc and lead manufacturer as the plant 's initial customer . The Kristal Solar Park is the first large - scale Belgian solar park to be built since 2013 and is set to be the country 's biggest .
French company Engie has beaten off competition from several other firms to build the 100 MW Kristal Solar Park , near the Belgian town of Lommel . The bidding process enabled initial costs to be reduced by 34 % , while work is set to begin in 2018 . When completed , the solar park can sell electricity at € 78 ( $ 1 ) per MWh on a 15-year tariff , with local zinc and lead manufacturer as the plant 's initial customer . The Kristal Solar Park is the first large - scale Belgian solar park to be built since 2013 and is set to be the country 's biggest .