Electricity
United Group enters renewables market with investment in Bulgaria
23 January 2025 - Telecommunications and media company United Group has announced a EUR 120 million investment in renewables.
Golob: Slovenia must define its own vision for electricity supply by 2040
23 January 2025 - The Government of Slovenia organized the first meeting as part of expert consultations titled Vision 2040 - Supplying Slovenia with electricity
Solar overtakes coal in EU power sector in 2024
23 January 2025 - The record year of solar growth contributed most to fossil decline, lifting solar above coal for the first time, Ember found.
Ivovik, BiH’s largest wind farm, starts trial operation
22 January 2025 - The Ivovik wind farm, the fourth and largest in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has started trial operation
Burduja: Romanian coal power plants could be upgraded
22 January 2025 - In his view, US President Donald Trump has demonstrated to the world that democracies are only strong when their economies are strong
European People’s Party proposes two-year delay for CBAM
22 January 2025 - EPP said the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), EU taxonomy and corporate sustainability directives should be paused for two years
Trump scraps US climate policy, blocks offshore wind, exits Paris Agreement
21 January 2025 - President Donald Trump substantially reversed the US energy and climate policy. He is withdrawing the country from the Paris Agreement again.
Hungary suffers highest cross-border electricity price volatility spillovers in EU
21 January 2025 - IMF has examined wholesale electricity price volatility and its spillover effects across 24 countries in the European Union
Trump declaring energy emergency to ‘Drill, baby, drill’
20 January 2025 - In his inauguration address, United States President Donald Trump vowed to bring energy prices down, with an emphasis on raising oil and gas production
Serbia to sign gas power plant memorandum with Azerbaijan
20 January 2025 - Dubravka Đedović Handanović spoke about a gas power plant project in Serbia with Deputy Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan Anar Akhundov
Kontrolmatik commissions floating solar power plant near Ankara
20 January 2025 - Kontrolmatik launched production at a floating solar power plant of 1 MW in peak capacity on the Bayındır lake in Ankara province
Chevron enters Greece for natural gas exploration west of Crete
20 January 2025 - Chevron, the second largest-listed oil company in the world, has entered Greece to explore natural gas reserves
The green transition at a crossroads: how equity can take it forward
20 January 2025 - The EU's Green and Social Deal must ensure a fair and equitable green transition, balancing climate action with social protections for vulnerable groups.
IEA: Nuclear power set to reach record in 2025 but investments should double
20 January 2025 - Nuclear power is set to reach a new record in 2025, but costs, project overruns and financing must be addressed, IEA's new report shows
Norinco, Arctech sign equipment deal for solar power plant in BiH
17 January 2025 - The media reported in June that Norinco planned to buy an 80% stake in Aurora Solar, a firm with a concession to build a PV plant of 125 MW
Faria Renewables, Huawei setting up battery partnership in Greece
17 January 2025 - Huawei and Faria Renewables agreed to establish a strategic partnership for projects and operation of battery energy storage systems