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World Environment Day 2022: We only have one Earth
05 June 2022 - In the universe are billions of galaxies, in our galaxy are billions of planets, but...
BMW building world’s first carbon-free car plant in Hungary
03 June 2022 - The new BMW factory in Hungary will produce electric automobiles entirely without the the use of fossil fuels.
Government of Serbia keeps electricity prices at EUR 75 per MWh until end of August
03 June 2022 - Serbia has decided to keep electricity tariffs frozen to ease the burden of the price spike on consumers amid the energy crisis
Bulgarian system operator plans to connect 4.5 GW of new capacities by 2024
03 June 2022 - Bulgaria’s transmission system operator will finish necessary investments 18 months earlier then planned
Tracking SDGs: For the second year in row, world is no longer making progress on SDGs
03 June 2022 - Crises in health, climate, biodiversity, and geopolitical turmoil pose major challenges for sustainable development at the global level
Romania to accelerate coal phaseout deadline to 2030
03 June 2022 - Romania became more ambitious with its coal phaseout planning. It is pushing the deadline forward by two years, to 2030.
Romanian energy suppliers warn compensation for price caps is drying up their liquidity
02 June 2022 - The Romanian association of energy suppliers says some of its members may cease operations amid a lack of compensation for energy price caps
North Macedonia first in Western Balkans adopts National Energy and Climate Plan
02 June 2022 - The NECP covers the period from 2021 to 2030 and prescribes the path to achieve the goals set for 2030, the government said
Green power purchase agreements are key for total decarbonization in Western Balkans
02 June 2022 - Instruments like power purchase agreements are becoming more important as the energy market in the Western Balkans is opening up
Energy crisis is not emergency but new reality – Trhulj
01 June 2022 - Power companies imported electricity at a price three to five times higher than their retail price
Small modular reactors create far more nuclear waste than conventional units – study
01 June 2022 - Small modular reactors would create two to 30 times more nuclear waste per unit of energy than conventional nuclear plants, scientists found
Albania bans single-use plastic bags
01 June 2022 - It is forbidden to produce, import and sell disposable plastic bags in Albania including those that are defined as oxo-degradable or oxo-biodegradable
Croatian supercar maker Rimac gets EUR 500 million from investors
01 June 2022 - Croatian electric vehicle producer Rimac Group's estimated valuation increased to more than EUR 2 billion
HEP to expand Korlat wind park with solar power, make it Croatia’s first hybrid power plant
31 May 2022 - The 99 MW Korlat solar power plant will be built next to the eponymous wind farm to establish the first hybrid power plant in Croatia
NIS piloting solar power project at petrol stations across Serbia
31 May 2022 - By opening a 25 kW solar power plant at its Gazprom-branded filing station Stari Banovci, NIS became the third commercial prosumer in Serbia
WB-6 countries struggling to secure electricity production in their old coal power plants
31 May 2022 - It's going to be a long winter in several Western Balkan countries as old coal-fired power plants are unreliable and lignite is scarce