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Putting people first: renovate to future-proof Europe’s schools
07 May 2024 - Imagine a future where Europe's schools and educational institutions are transformed into models of energy efficiency, providing our children and teachers with healthier, more comfortable, and more sustainable learning environments
Slovenia’s coal plant TEŠ could close already within three years
06 May 2024 - Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob said coal plant TEŠ and its accompanying mine may end operations before the expected closure in 2033
Microsoft signs biggest-ever corporate PPA for green energy
06 May 2024 - The deal between Microsoft and Brookfield is almost eight times as big as the largest single corporate power purchase agreement ever signed
Greece schedules first auction for guarantees of origin
06 May 2024 - The Greek renewable market operator, DAPEEP, said the country's first auction for guarantees of origin would take place on June 26
Croatia’s HEP preparing to build pumped storage hydropower plant Blaca
06 May 2024 - HEP Group's pumped storage hydropower plant Blaca would have a capacity of 498 MW in turbine mode and 489 MW in pumping mode
RheEnergise building waterless hydropower storage facility in UK
06 May 2024 - RheEnergise has developed a technology to use a dense fluid rather than water to store surplus energy from wind and solar power plants
Flexibility needs to be met by demand response, batteries, hydrogen, but also thermal, hydropower plants – IEA
03 May 2024 - The report Managing the Seasonal Variability of Electricity Demand and Supply analyzes the situation in Europe, India, and Indonesia
Artificial intelligence can detect toxicity of chemicals
03 May 2024 - Swedish scientists have developed a method using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify toxic chemicals based solely on knowledge of their molecular structure
Greece suspends electricity imports until May 7 to protect system
03 May 2024 - The Greek Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) has announced the suspension of all electricity imports during the hours around noon
Court annuls environmental permit for Drina hydropower project
02 May 2024 - The construction of large hydropower plants on the Drina is facing new delays, after a court ruling to scrap the environmental permit for HPP Foča
Two agrisolar projects launched in northern Serbia
02 May 2024 - In the vicinity of Kikinda in Serbia, two new agrisolar projects are underway: Solar Power Plant Delta and Brankov solar
North Macedonia: ‘Solar El Dorado’ cuts electricity imports to 2.75%
02 May 2024 - In 2023, North Macedonia's new solar capacity increased by as much as 251% compared to 2022
EU to back seven green hydrogen projects with EUR 720 million
01 May 2024 - The green hydrogen projects were selected in the first auction held under the European Hydrogen Bank initiative
EU completing Green Deal Industrial Plan as Net Zero Industry Act awaits go-ahead
01 May 2024 - The European Union's Net Zero Industry Act is about to come into force, completing legislative work within the Green Deal Industrial Plan
Dubravka Đedović Handanović reappointed as Serbia’s minister of energy, mining
30 April 2024 - Minister of Energy and Mining Dubravka Đedović Handanović is keeping her seat in the new cabinet while Minister of Environmental Protection Irena Vujović is also becoming deputy prime minister
Renewable energy curtailments already surpassed 2023 levels in Greece
30 April 2024 - An unusually hot spring has weakened electricity demand and prices in Greece, while also increasing curtailments