Region/EU
Europe is facing energy crisis in winter because of Ukraine
04 October 2024 - About half of Ukraine’s power generation capacity is out of operation, so it has turned from a net exporter of electricity to an importer
Balkan River Summit 2024 held in Podgorica
04 October 2024 - The Balkan River Summit held in Podgorica brought together more than a hundred river protection experts, scientists, and activists
Europe’s green job growth is faltering, solar workforce to increase 0.4% in 2024
03 October 2024 - The EU Solar Jobs Report 2024 has revised last year’s projection that the European Union would reach 1 million solar jobs by 2025
EU preparing to include manufactured goods into CBAM import tax on CO2
03 October 2024 - The European Commission opened a stakeholder survey on a potential CBAM scope extension to downstream products
Carbon capture, storage is crucial for limiting global warming
01 October 2024 - Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies play an important role in many climate change mitigation strategies
Alexandroupolis LNG Terminal begins commercial operations
01 October 2024 - The port city of Alexandroupolis in Greece is becoming an energy gateway for Central and Southeast Europe as the LNG terminal came online
EU adjusts rules before second European Hydrogen Bank auction
30 September 2024 - The second auction for renewable hydrogen under the European Hydrogen Bank mechanism has a budget of EUR 1.2 billion
Sky-high turbines for wind park above another wind park in Germany’s coal region
27 September 2024 - Gicon is building the first of its sky-high turbines, with the tallest pylons in the world, at a hybrid power plant on a former mine
Coal plants in Western Balkans increase SO2 pollution in 2023
19 September 2024 - Coal plants in the Western Balkans emitted more sulfur dioxide last year than in 2022, according to the Comply or Close report
Third of Von der Leyen’s next European Commission to handle green transition, environment
18 September 2024 - Spain's Teresa Ribera and Demark's Dan Jørgensen are Ursula von der Leyen's picks for the top energy jobs in the next European Commission
Slovenia, France sign two agreements on cooperation in nuclear energy
17 September 2024 - EDF and France's I2EN institute signed MoUs with Slovenian scientific institutions on cooperation in civil nuclear energy use
Balkan countries warn of region-wide electricity price crisis
16 September 2024 - Greece, Romania, Bulgaria and North Macedonia are warning of a regional electricity price crisis and urging for measures to tackle it
2024 State of the Energy Union report reveals progress, gap in efforts to meet climate targets
12 September 2024 - The 2024 State of the Energy Union report is out. It is an update on how the EU acted on unprecedented developments and challenges in 2023.
Ancala acquires Akuo’s biomass CHP plant in Croatia
10 September 2024 - Infrastructure management company Ancala has acquired a 5 MW biomass facility in Croatia from renewable energy firm Akuo
Nuclear energy sector expanding to supply data centers, high-tech industries
10 September 2024 - Nuclear technologies will have a broader role than traditional grid electricity supply, the World Nuclear Association's Director General Sama Bilbao y León said
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Hungary, Romania establish firm for Black Sea interconnector
05 September 2024 - The four parties have signed a shareholders' agreement for the Green Energy Corridor Power Company in Bucharest