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European energy crisis and how history repeats itself: Losses are borne by consumers while profits are retained by utilities
15 February 2022 - Exposure of end consumers to high energy prices or increased price volatility has to be mitigated by proper national transposition of EU directives
Rio Tinto says it’s halting work in Serbia, but what’s really happening?
10 January 2022 - Many landowners and others wondered what ‘on hold’ meant, when all we need is to see Rio Tinto stopped and gone.
Hydrogen in Austria: Waiting for a strategy
16 November 2021 - In Austria, initial plans of a strategy for the use of hydrogen were announced more than three years ago but little has happened since then
Single-use plastic products banned in Slovakia
26 October 2021 - Packaging and non-packaging made of OXO-biodegradable plastic arriving after 3.7.2021. may no longer be placed or distributed on the Slovak market.
There is no “safe level” of air pollution
15 October 2021 - The World Health Organization (WHO) recently published its long-awaited new guidelines for air quality, which have been updated for the first time since 2005.
‘Subsidised’ is cheaper. Now what?
06 October 2021 - With the current surge, the market price of electricity surpassed the highest levels from power purchase agreements in Montenegro. Here's what is next.
Sustainability at CWP Global – why should even renewable energy companies adopt ESG practices
13 September 2021 - Strong attention to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) concerns safeguards the investments and ensures long-term value protection for both the business and society.
Democratization of energy on rise in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
31 August 2021 - At this year's Fifth Split International Energy Forum one of the panels was dedicated to energy democracy, a new concept that connects the energy transition with democracy and citizen's participation.
Recent developments in Turkey’s hydrogen energy strategies
27 August 2021 - By increasing the use of hydrogen, Turkey aims to take a step towards using cleaner resources and thus becoming less dependent on imported energy. This is of great importance as Turkey’s energy strategy focuses on local sources of energy.
High interest in renewables in Serbia – new regulation in a nutshell
30 June 2021 - The new Law on Use of Renewable Energy Sources is mostly aimed at stimulating new investments in RES and increasing the share of renewable sources in the total energy produced by creating a modern, investment-friendly legal framework, which will enable energy transition and further development of the Serbian RES sector.
Greater health engagement and commitment needed to clean up the air in Serbia
12 May 2021 - The launch of the first ever national Air protection Program in the Republic of Serbia with an Action Plan is a unique opportunity to bring down high rates of disease
Location, location, location: How spatial planning can accelerate the renewable energy transition in Southeast Europe
09 April 2021 - Governments and renewable energy developers in Southeast Europe should work with environmental NGOs and local communities from the get-go, Željka Frištek and Dragana Mileusnić wrote