Region/EU
SEE CAO appoints new executive director
15 April 2024 - Until January 2024 the executive director of SEE CAO was Ivan Bulatović from Montenegro
ACER urges TSOs to make 70% of cross-border power transmission capacity available by end-2025
15 April 2024 - ACER said most EU member states are far below the minimum 70% capacity margin available for cross-zonal electricity trading
Hybrid energy-agriculture cooperatives: Passe-partout key to unlock a community-led net-zero future
15 April 2024 - Unleashing the untapped potential of bioenergy in communities is of uttermost importance to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors, such as heating, cooling and heavy transport, but, most of all, it opens the door to the development of hybrid energy-agriculture cooperative
Vienna, Budapest inaugurate green hydrogen plants
12 April 2024 - Within just a few days, two green hydrogen plants were inaugurated in Central and Eastern Europe - in Austria and Hungary
European Parliament passes electricity, gas market reform
12 April 2024 - European lawmakers adopted the energy market design reform proposal to facilitate decarbonization and ease the impact of sharp price swings
Heating without burning: how cities can accelerate the heat transition away from fossil fuels
12 April 2024 - Cities have the power to reduce heating emissions on a large scale, through proactive planning and by adopting collective solutions like decarbonized district heating.
Historic ruling of European Court of Human Rights: Climate protection is human right
11 April 2024 - The Swiss Senior Women for Climate Protection association has achieved a historic victory at the European Court of Human Rights
Europe’s largest solar farm Witznitz commissioned in eastern Germany
11 April 2024 - Hansainvest and developer Move On inaugurated the Witznitz solar park of 605 MW in peak capacity on coal land near Leipzig in Germany
EU investigating China’s wind turbine subsidies
10 April 2024 - The European Commission is expanding its efforts to protect the domestic high-tech market with a crackdown on China's wind turbine subsidies
Serbia, Hungary, Slovenia sign deal to merge their power exchanges
09 April 2024 - Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia signed an agreement to integrate their electricity exchanges under Adex Group
Cannibalization in SEE to make solar power prices 40% to 50% lower than wind, wholesale prices
09 April 2024 - The trends for wholesale baseload prices and renewables capture prices for 2025-2060 are similar, according to Aurora Energy Research
EU probes two Chinese solar suppliers amid dumping concerns
08 April 2024 - The news comes amid calls for the European Commission’s reaction to Chinese solar manufacturers’ “unfair trade practices” in the EU market
Wind and solar drive record emissions cut under EU ETS
05 April 2024 - Electricity generation from wind and solar has helped achieve the biggest annual emissions reduction under the EU ETS
EU readies criteria for recognizing Energy Community’s guarantees of origin
04 April 2024 - A roadmap is being finalized to allow guarantees of origin from the Energy Community contracting parties to be recognized in the EU
Wired for Success: Electrifying Europe’s Climate Race
02 April 2024 - How can Europe maintain its businesses' competitive edge on the global stage while championing environmental sustainability? The answer lies in a powerful combination: advanced manufacturing and electrification.
Localising EU ambition: Empowering municipalities to drive the implementation of the EU Green Deal
28 March 2024 - In the past 5 years, the European Union set up the legislative framework to become climate-neutral by 2050 and deliver the EU Green Deal. Municipalities can ensure the achievement of the EU’s ambitious objectives.