Journalist
Igor Todorović
Coal plants in Western Balkans increase pollution, legal breaches in 2022
28 June 2023 - Emissions of SO2, NOx and dust all rose last year, Bankwatch said in a report on thermal power plants using coal in the Western Balkans
Belgian company to build EUR 1.4 billion car battery factory in east Romania
27 June 2023 - Belgian firm ABEE agreed to invest EUR 1.4 billion in the construction of an electric car battery factory called Romvolt in Galaţi
Second unit of Slovenia’s Krško nuclear power plant to cost up to EUR 11 billion
27 June 2023 - Slovenia is speeding up the JEK2 nuclear project in Krško, aiming to complete it by 2037, Prime Minister Robert Golob said
Enery inks solar PPA with Bulgarian metals producer KCM
26 June 2023 - Austria-based Enery will supply electricity to lead and zinc producer KCM in Bulgaria from its photovoltaic project
EEX exchange introduces Croatian power futures
26 June 2023 - The European Energy Exchange rolled out Croatian power futures today in cooperation with CROPEX, the country's electricity bourse
IRENA: World’s green power capacity must triple by 2030 to tackle climate change
23 June 2023 - The energy transition is off track and each fraction of a degree in global warming can have far-reaching consequences, IRENA's outlook shows
Bulgarian municipalities demand legal framework for energy communities
23 June 2023 - A group of municipalities urged the Bulgarian authorities to enable the creation of energy communities and support self-consumption
EY gives Greece top score in its renewables market index
21 June 2023 - If the advantages of large economies for green energy investments are excluded, Greece is the world's top market, RECAI update showed
Southeastern Europe dominates EUSEW Awards again in 2023
20 June 2023 - KLIK from Križevci in Croatia and innovator Anastasia-Maria Moschovi from Greece are among this year's winners of EUSEW Awards
HELLENiQ Energy to build solar park with batteries for its Thessaloniki refinery
19 June 2023 - Within its decarbonization efforts, HELLENiQ Energy is planning a solar power project with batteries to supply a refinery with green energy
Montenegro’s EPCG signs financing deal for Gvozd wind power project
19 June 2023 - Montenegro's state-owned coal and power producer EPCG obtained a EUR 82 million loan from the EBRD for its first wind power project
Nuclearelectrica inks deal on SMR nuclear plant deployment in Romania, region
19 June 2023 - The memorandum envisages installing US-developed SMR plants at a former coal power plant in Romania and elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe
Ørsted issues blue bonds, vows to recycle solar panels, wind turbines
09 June 2023 - Danish renewable energy giant Ørsted said it would invest EUR 64 billion to achieve 50 GW in installed capacity by 2030
Romania pledges financial support for nuclear power projects Cernavodă 3, 4
09 June 2023 - The Romanian Government is backing state-owned Nuclearelectrica in the project for units 3 and 4 in the Cernavodă nuclear power plant
Lorkowski: Carbon pricing is condition for electricity sector to avoid EU’s carbon border tax
09 June 2023 - Market coupling and emissions trading systems are the prerequisites for an exemption from CBAM for electricity
Hydrogen investor becomes Bulgaria’s new energy minister
08 June 2023 - Bulgaria's new Minister of Energy Rumen Radev is a director of Holding Zagora, which participates in the Stara Zagora hydrogen valley project