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Russia claims Ukraine attacked TurkStream gas compressor
13 January 2025 - Amid a looming gas shortage in Europe, Russia said it prevented an attack on TurkStream infrastructure by downing nine Ukrainian drones
Greece starts EUR 223 million program to support solar heaters and heat pumps
13 January 2025 - A new support program has been launched in Greece to help households install new solar...
Burduja: Romania to prolong coal phaseout by three years
10 January 2025 - The Government of Romania intends to extend the operation of coal power plants by three years, according to Sebastian Burduja
EU proposes four carbon pricing options to members of Energy Community
10 January 2025 - The EU outlined its Impact Assessment for the Establishment of a Regional Emission Trading System in the Contracting Parties of the Energy Community Treaty
EUSEW2025: Focus on fair, competitive green transition
10 January 2025 - European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) is taking place from June 10 to 12 in Brussels with online streaming available
WindEurope: EU building less than half capacity needed for 2030 goal
10 January 2025 - Europe gets 20% of its electricity from wind, but not enough new wind farms are being built, WindEurope said
All permits issued in Romania for Europe’s biggest solar power plant
10 January 2025 - Rezolv Energy and Monsson received all approvals for the construction of the Dama Solar facility of 1.04 GW, with batteries
Waste molecule batteries could one day store renewable energy
09 January 2025 - Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a process to produce batteries using organic industrial waste
Several energy storage investments underway in North Macedonia
09 January 2025 - North Macedonia, which has been attracting investments in battery factories, is in talks on a project worth up to EUR 360 million
Germany’s PV capacity tops 100 GW, but home solar growth slows
09 January 2025 - Demand for solar panels for private home roofs slowed last year, leading to layoffs and bankruptcies in the industry
Coal plant ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 restarted to preserve energy security in Bulgaria
09 January 2025 - ContourGlobal is returning half of Maritsa East 3 in Bulgaria to the grid, to operate at least until the end of March
Toshiba, Voith, ABB to repair Bulgaria’s Chaira pumped storage hydropower plant
08 January 2025 - Bulgaria's NEK signed contracts for units 1 and 3 of the Chaira system with Toshiba and the consortium Voith-ABB, respectively
Renalfa IPP buys 258 MW solar project in Romania, plans to install 1 GWh BESS
08 January 2025 - The project’s commercial operation is scheduled to start in 2027, Renalfa IPP said
US allows incentives for nuclear-powered hydrogen ahead of Trump’s return
08 January 2025 - The US expanded hydrogen production tax credits to electrolyzers powered by uncompetitive nuclear power plants and to waste methane
Faria Renewables acquires 780 MW project portfolio in Greece
08 January 2025 - Faria Renewables is buying solar and battery storage projects in various stages of maturity from Germany-based ib vogt
Romanian 1,700 MW Mintia gas power plant obtains construction permit
06 January 2025 - The cogeneration facility will be located on the site of a former coal power plant in Hunedoara county