This is not without reason: many challenges will have to be taken up in this field in the decades to come, such as:

• security of energy and electricity supply;
• European integration of the electricity and gas markets;
• evolution of the energy mix in the context of the fight against climate change.

For a better understanding of the implications of these challenges for Belgium, the Federal Planning Bureau (FPB) suggests two angles of analysis:

• the regular development of energy outlooks;
• the analysis of specific issues.