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Australia backs CWP Renewables in world’s biggest power plant project
26 October 2020 - The Three Gorges Dam is the biggest individual producer of electricity on the planet. CWP Renewables is set to surpass it.
Croatia’s ZEZ calls citizens to jointly build solar power plants
26 October 2020 - Green Energy Cooperative (ZEZ) has launched the On the Sunny Side campaign for installing rooftop PV
Activist sue city of Zrenjanin over Linglong tyre plant planned investment
23 October 2020 - Građanski preokret asked the court to nullify the City of Zrenjanin's green light for the Linglong tyre plant
ČEZ agrees to sell Romanian assets to Australia’s MIRA
23 October 2020 - ČEZ Group has signed an agreement to sell its seven businesses in Romania to Australian fund manager Macquarie
Western Balkans suffocating from air pollution as heating season starts
23 October 2020 - The beginning of the heating season in the Western Balkans brought a rise in air pollution once again
Terna hires Tesla, Schneider Electric for its green energy island project
23 October 2020 - Terna Energy wins at bidding for a 1 MW hybrid energy system at Ai Stratis and Tesla is apparently supplying the batteries
Slovenian Parliament unanimously adopts Energy Efficiency Act
22 October 2020 - Energy efficiency legislation was separated from Slovenia's energy law. Lawmakers supported ambitious national targets.
Slovenia’s NECP: Local communities, protected areas limit renewables growth
22 October 2020 - Obstruction by local communities and environmental restrictions are the main obstacles for renewables in Slovenia
Bulgaria asks help from European Commission to phase out coal
21 October 2020 - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov asked the European Commission to help countries in the CEE region to phase out coal
Microsoft joins Norway’s pioneering CO2 capture, storage project
21 October 2020 - Various plants will be able to implement the CO2 capture and storage solutions that Microsoft is developing for Northern Lights
Romania’s NECP: 6 GW of solar, wind to be installed by 2030
21 October 2020 - Romania intends to install 6 GW in wind and solar power plants by 2030
Four major companies eye Greek offshore wind projects
21 October 2020 - Equinor, COP, Innogy and Principle Power are getting ready for a Greek law on offshore wind power plants
North Macedonia to shut REK Bitola coal plant unit, turn to gas
20 October 2020 - Power producer ESM intends to turn off the first unit of coal-fired REK Bitola within five years and convert it to natural gas
EU adopts methane emission cuts strategy within European Green Deal
20 October 2020 - The EU plans international action throughout the supply chain to prevent methane from escaping into the atmosphere
Fashion giants Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein take lead in rooftop solar
20 October 2020 - Fashion company PVH Europe installed the world’s biggest solar roof at its distribution hub in the Netherlands
Greece NECP: Renewables share in electricity consumption to reach 61% by 2030
20 October 2020 - Greece's 2030 target for renewables is set at 35%, compared to 18% in 2018