Velenje coal mine could become large underground thermal energy storage facility
Slovenia’s Velenje coal mine is one of the sites within international project GeoSolar for exploring the possibility of converting coal mines into underground thermal energy storage facilities
Winners of 2026 Just Transition Young Voices Awards announced
Anna Shvets, Francesca Ceban, and Alexandru Fedaș won the 2026 Just Transition Young Voices Awards for videos showing what a just energy transition means to them and their communities.
Albania proposes rules for renewable energy communities
Albania’s energy regulator has published draft rules for renewable energy communities, covering registration, membership, monitoring and reporting.
Slovenia’s largest solar power plant enters trial operation
Slovenia's largest solar power plant, Prapretno, with a capacity of 9.8 MW, has entered trial operation along with a battery system that has a capacity of 14 MWh.
Illegally dumped waste from Croatia to be incinerated at Holcim, Nexe cement plants
Holcim Hrvatska and Nexe will remove and incinerate 650 tons of non-hazardous waste from Gospić in central Croatia, the government said
UNEP: 1.5°C global warming threshold to be exceeded within next few years
Scientists predict that the 1.5-degree limit will be exceeded in the next few years
Two sabotage attacks jolt Germany’s power grid
Two attacks on Germany’s power grid occurred on September 1
Mining exploration on Serbia’s Rogozna mountain triggers environmental criminal complaint
Organization for Political Ecology Polekol filed complaints against Zlatna Reka Resources and unidentified executives over suspected environmental harm on Rogozna mountain in Serbia.