Preparation

Consortium

For the realisation of this project, a consortium was formed with the city of Halle, the Flemish Energy Company, Cleantech Flanders, Fluvius, and VVSG.

Lembeek

Lembeek borough was retained as the scope area for the pilot plant.

State-of-the-art

Cleantech Flanders prepared a state-of-the-art, containing the best available practices around smart lighting and renewable energy opportunities, from which city of Halle shortlisted technologies to further investigate for feasibility.

Working groups

Given the diversity of the project, working groups on communication, public lighting, renewable energy, citizen participation and procurement were set up to flesh out the project.

Two wings

Gradually, the project acquired two hatches:

• the 'light' component: the aim is to achieve smart, controllable public lighting according to circular principles, including a test environment. This part is done in collaboration with Fluvius.
• The 'energy' part: the aim is to feed public lighting 'indirectly' with renewable energy whereby citizens will be able to participate in energy generation. This part is done in collaboration with the Flemish Energy Company.

'Light' section

In the course of 2019, Fluvius, in collaboration with Halle, prepared the tender for the smart lighting of Lembeek.

Hatch 'energy'

In order to have the various options for renewable energy in Halle (wind, hydro, solar, or a combination) mapped and quantified, PIO, together with VEB, commissioned a feasibility study during 2019. The study was conducted by ZES and delivered in spring 2020.

The presentation and pdf of the feasibility study can be found at documents.