Environmentalists dispute Rio Tinto’s bid to win strategic status for Jadar lithium project
Serbia-based Marš sa Drine Green Legal Impact from Germany have urged the European Commission not to award a strategic status to the Jadar project
Slovenia adopts updated Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan
Slovenia targets 400 MW in BESS, 100 MW in electrolyzers and more pumped storage in the updated Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan
Energy Community’s EU integration pace steady but CBAM looms
Energy Community contracting parties showed a tendency this year toward steady transposition and implementation of European law
Romania calls agricultural, food firms to apply for solar, wind power grants
The Agency for Financing Rural Investments (AFIR) has EUR 150 million in grants for photovoltaic and wind power in Romania
IPTO completes Attica-Crete subsea interconnection Ariadne
Greece's IPTO started partial tests of the Ariadne interconnector between the mainland grid and Crete. The link has 1 GW in capacity.
Romanian Minister of Energy Sebastian Burduja reappointed
Minister of Energy Sebastian Burduja remained in his seat following the recent general elections in Romania. He promised continuity and an acceleration in investment.
Wrecked pumped storage hydropower plant Chaira gets one unit back online
One of four units in the Chaira pumped storage facility is back on the grid, the first repaired after the entire system crashed in 2022
DRI, OMV Petrom sign Romania’s largest physical PPA so far
The new physical solar power purchase agreement between DRI and OMV Petrom is the largest ever in Romania
