Carbon prices jump in EU, taking industrial pollution costs to 14-year high
Expenses for greenhouse gas emissions at factories and energy producers briefly surged to a level unseen since 2016. As the EU tightens environmental regulations and polluters are suffering from rising carbon costs, green technologies are becoming more profitable. Uncertainty and the lockdown measures throughout the world to curb the spread of the coronavirus devastated the […]
Energy Community urges BiH to scrap feed-in tariffs for hydropower
Renewable energy installations of a maximum of 500 kW and demonstration projects are the only ones eligible for feed-in tariffs as state aid, the Energy Community Secretariat told officials in BiH, pointing to continued government support for larger hydropower projects. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina proposed the reduction of feed-in tariffs for renewables, which […]
Slovenia adopts national zoning plan for Rogatec wind farm
The Government of Slovenia has adopted a decision on the implementation of a national zoning plan for the Rogatec wind farm. The decision on the implementation of a national zoning plan for the Rogatec wind farm has been prepared on the initiative of the Ministry of Infrastructure. In October last 2019, the Ministry of the […]
Montenegrin government to grant EPCG concession for HPP Komarnica
The Government of Montenegro has adopted the concession plan for the use of watercourses for the construction of hydropower plants for 2020, which envisages granting only one concession – for the construction of the Komarnica hydropower plant. The power plant should have an installed capacity of 170 MW while the investment is estimated at EUR […]
Eighty Croatian organizations demand green recovery from newly elected lawmakers
Renewable energy sources and investments in knowledge, innovations and people and domestic resources must be the foundation of the Croatian green recovery from the health and economic crisis, according to an initiative that 80 organizations and companies and 550 scientists sent to the country’s authorities. No less than eighty civil society organizations, energy and regional […]
ERS risks failure of Bistrica hydropower plants project on lack of funding
ERS claims it would extend deadlines for the three hydropower plants on the Bistrica, citing force majeure due to the COVID-19 pandemic issues. Contractor AVIC-ENG from China is said to have the option to terminate the contract if funding isn’t found in less than two months and to keep the advance payment. Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske, […]
Will the EU’s hydrogen strategy undermine the 2050 climate neutrality goal?
The European Commission has unveiled a strategy to scale up hydrogen production as part of efforts to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors, but environmental organizations have warned the hydrogen strategy could be a “double-edged sword” that will extend the use of fossil fuels in the European Union (EU) and undermine its 2050 climate neutrality target. The hydrogen […]
EU lawmakers call for massive renovation of buildings including rooftop solar
A draft report called Maximizing Energy Efficiency in Buildings is scheduled to be put for a vote in September in the European Parliament. Its authors from the competent committee urged for measures against energy poverty and backed the idea for an EU-wide rooftop solar support program. The European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy […]
