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Solar manufacturing industry issues ‘plea for survival’ in Europe
22 January 2024 - The European Solar Manufacturing Council urged the EU to launch immediate support as Meyer Burger is shutting a major plant in Germany
EU agrees to eliminate almost all emissions from trucks, buses by 2040
22 January 2024 - The Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached a deal on CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles
GGF secures EUR 82.8 million in investments for green lending
18 January 2024 - GGF closed 2023 securing EUR 32.8 million from Germany’s KfW and EUR 50 million from FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank
United Kingdom, Slovakia to bid farewell to coal this year
16 January 2024 - Britain and Slovakia are set to close their last coal power plants this year while Austria gave up on restarting its Mellach facility
EU adds record 17 GW of wind power in 2023 but must double pace
12 January 2024 - The EU saw 14 GW of onshore wind and 3 GW of offshore capacity coming online in 2023. WindEurope warned that the goal is 30 GW per year.
France boosts its nuclear energy plan with eight more large reactors
10 January 2024 - The French government is preparing a bill intended to facilitate the replacement of its aging nuclear power plants
Germany adds record 14 GW of solar in 2023 – half is on households
09 January 2024 - The share of renewables in Germany's grid load surpassed 50% for the first time last year, advancing 6.6 points from 2022 to hit 55%
Europe will catch up with US in supporting nuclear energy revival
05 January 2024 - Director General of WNA Sama Bilbao y León is urging decision makers to convince investors that nuclear assets are investable
Wind turbine manufacturers in EU are beginning to return to profit
04 January 2024 - The year 2024 will remain challenging for the EU wind industry but the tide seems to be turning, according to WindEurope's CEO Giles Dickson
Most read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in 2023
29 December 2023 - The more the energy transition progresses, the more questions and challenges arise. Here are the most important topics, according to the readers of Balkan Green Energy News.
Negative electricity prices halt Western Balkans coal power plants
28 December 2023 - RiTE Gacko in Bosnia and Herzegovina suspended the operation of its coal plant, citing a crash in prices on the power market
Air France–KLM tops world chart of sustainable aviation fuel usage
28 December 2023 - Air France–KLM group is the world’s largest sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) user for the second consecutive year
Spain to start shutting down nuclear reactors in 2027
28 December 2023 - Spain changed the nuclear waste management plan, raising costs and making the extension of the phaseout even less likely
Future of wind energy – turbines without blades
28 December 2023 - Wind Panel turbines aren't tall towers with blades but hexagonal, honeycomb-shaped devices with tunnels containing aerofoils
Italy to subsidize centralized energy storage system projects with EUR 17.7 billion
27 December 2023 - Italy is launching a state aid package of EUR 17.7 billion for the establishment of a centralized electricity storage system
Installation of Crete-Cyprus cable starts as part of Great Sea Interconnector
25 December 2023 - Greece's IPTO said construction works are beginning for the first leg of the Great Sea Interconnector, to link Crete and Cyprus