Region/EU
Greece and Bulgaria agree to boost energy ties
17 February 2023 - The two countries have signed memoranda of understanding on natural gas storage and the construction of a new oil pipeline
EU opens door for putting low-carbon label on hydrogen produced from nuclear power
16 February 2023 - The European Commission has unveiled a set of rules that could allow for hydrogen produced from nuclear energy to be considered green
Who will win the race to install first small modular nuclear reactor
12 February 2023 - Judging by recent announcements, small modular nuclear reactors (SMR) are pushing ahead strongly on both sides of the Atlantic
Enel’s 3Sun to become biggest solar panel factory in Europe
09 February 2023 - 3Sun in Catania in Sicily, already one of the biggest solar panel manufacturing facilities in Europe, is set to increase output by 15 times
France to extend operating life of its nuclear power plants
08 February 2023 - Breakdowns in nuclear power plants and extreme weather conditions turned France into a net power importer last year
Ørsted building seabird nesting structures within project for world’s largest wind farm
08 February 2023 - The Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm project in the North Sea includes environmental compensation measures for the black-legged kittiwake
Szijjártó: Hungary, Serbia to double power transmission capacities by 2028
07 February 2023 - Péter Szijjártó met with Dubravka Đedović in Belgrade to discuss energy security in the region and the improvement of energy cooperation
Scholz: Germany to install four to five onshore wind turbines every day
07 February 2023 - Germany will use the current momentum to make real progress in the deployment of wind and solar power, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said
SolarPower Europe report – 2022, year when solar age truly began
07 February 2023 - Last year the European Union connected 41.4 GW of photovoltaic capacity to the grid, an all-time record 47% increase
Azerbaijan on track to double gas exports to EU, start green energy supply
06 February 2023 - The 9th ministerial meeting of the Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council in Baku brought together representatives from 16 states and the EU
Europe’s largest solar power project is underway in Portugal
06 February 2023 - "I greeted the sun by raising my right hand." Europe's largest solar power plant will be named after Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa.
Wind turbine orders in EU drop by almost half in 2022
03 February 2023 - It is the continuation of the downward trend as orders have been declining since the first quarter of 2021
EU launches subsidy plan to protect its green industry
02 February 2023 - The European Commission unveiled its Green Deal Industrial Plan to maintain competitiveness amid a rise net zero subsidies on a global scale
Ember: Wind and solar generate more electricity than gas in EU
02 February 2023 - The share of wind and solar electricity production reached 20% in the European Union last year, surpassing fossil gas for the first time
Germany to build two green hydrogen pipelines with other EU countries
26 January 2023 - Germany joined the H2Med project and is also working on a green hydrogen pipeline project with Belgium in the North Sea
Waste is a resource: EU to impose stricter rules, ban plastic waste export
24 January 2023 - The EU is looking to ban the export of all waste intended for disposal, as well as plastic waste shipments to non-OECD countries