Region/EU
WindEurope urges for grid buildout acceleration to meet renewables goals
15 March 2024 - At WindEurope's Annual Event, the industry will mostly focus on ways to accelerate the buildout of grids, CPO Pierre Tardieu said
Grids in Europe may fail to handle renewables surge – report
15 March 2024 - Lack of ambition on the development of European grids could seriously hamper the energy transition, think-tank Ember warns
Germany’s industry to get billions in subsidies to decarbonize
14 March 2024 - Carbon contracts for difference should help companies stay competitive as they transition to more expensive production processes
Energy Community issues policy guidelines for energy communities
14 March 2024 - The Energy Community Secretariat published policy guidelines on the concepts of energy communities for national authorities
Dutch prosumers must pay fees to feed surplus electricity to grid
14 March 2024 - Many utilities have already introduced such charges as they struggle to handle the surplus electricity from prosumers
Hungary to join Slovenian-Serbian power exchange ADEX in few weeks
13 March 2024 - Serbia’s Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović Handanović spoke with Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó
EU adopts first-ever EU network code on cybersecurity for the electricity sector
13 March 2024 - The grid code will support a high, common level of cybersecurity for cross-border electricity flows in Europe
Unlocking efficiency in power scheduling: register for free webinar
12 March 2024 - Join this free webinar on power scheduling and learn how to automate your scheduling processes and integrate new markets more efficiently
Romania gets EU’s green light for EUR 3 billion of subsidies for wind, solar
08 March 2024 - The support scheme will foster the transition towards a net zero economy, in line with the Green Deal Industrial Plan
Finance in Motion gets innovation award for Blue 1 solar park in Albania
08 March 2024 - Finance in Motion has won the Market Pioneer Award Europe for financing the Blue 1 solar power project in Albania
Montenegro, Serbia, Republic of Srpska to boost cooperation in energy security
08 March 2024 - At a meeting in Belgrade, the ministers of energy and mining also discussed the Buk Bijela hydropower project and the Bileća lake issue in BiH
Solar Startup Award 2024 goes to Solar Materials for recycling tech
07 March 2024 - The startup has developed a recycling technology that allows the recovery of raw materials from solar panels at a 98% rate
EU remains divided over nuclear energy expansion initiative
07 March 2024 - France leads a group of countries that have a symbolic majority within the EU for the initiative to boost support for nuclear energy
Application open for grants to SMEs to increase energy efficiency
06 March 2024 - The EENergy project is funded by the EU’s Single Market Program (SMP) for support to small and medium-sized enterprises
Energy Community touches upon gender issues with Women Entrepreneurs in Energy webinar
06 March 2024 - A webinar titled Women Entrepreneurs in Energy gathered 80 participants to tackle the underrepresentation of women in the clean energy sector
Bridging the climate financing gap – seizing the opportunity
06 March 2024 - Despite climate finance having grown consistently over the last decade, we are far behind what is needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement