Danske Commodities signs its first UK battery storage deal
Danske Commodities has signed a three-year agreement for the 25 MW battery storage asset, called Blandford Road
EU allocates EUR 2.1 billion for energy, transport, environment projects in Western Balkans
This is the fifth investment package under the EU's Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans, announced in October 2020
Introducing emissions trading requires EU’s financial support
To take a position on carbon pricing, Serbia and other Western Balkan countries need financial support, primarily from the EU, says Minister Đedović
Belgium set to extend operating life of two nuclear reactors
Engie and the Belgian government have agreed terms of extending the operating life of the Doel 4 and Tihange 3 nuclear reactors
ENTSO-E appoints new governance team
The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) elected the governance team, led by President Zbyněk Boldiš.
ArcelorMittal Belgium to get EUR 280 million in state aid to decarbonize steelmaking
ArcelorMittal will substitute one of the two existing blast furnaces with a direct reduction iron plant and phase in green hydrogen
Coal plants in Western Balkans increase pollution, legal breaches in 2022
Emissions of SO2, NOx and dust all rose last year, Bankwatch said in a report on thermal power plants using coal in the Western Balkans
Large-scale heat pumps can replace 75% of Germany’s gas demand
To achieve this, Germany would need to install 4 GW of new capacities a year by 2045, a study by Agora Energiewende finds