Region/EU
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
Apply for Western Balkans Youth Climate Forum 2024 by September 20
04 September 2024 - Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe opened a call for applications for the Western Balkans Youth Climate Forum 2024
Denmark shuts its penultimate coal plant as UK is set to complete its exit
04 September 2024 - Denmark has only one coal power plant left now as Ørsted closed its last one. The only coal plant in the United Kingdom is ending operations.
Unicorn is easing digitalization, electricity market entry for new players
03 September 2024 - TSOs need tools to exchange data with lower-level market segments down to individual devices. Unicorn Systems' software helps integrate all market players, CCO Jan Konrád says.
One of Europe’s largest green hydrogen industrial clusters to be built in Sweden
28 August 2024 - The industrial cluster would tap on wind power to produce green hydrogen and then use it to make carbon-neutral fertilizer
EU’s mining waste rules not fit for new critical raw materials mines
27 August 2024 - The European NGO Transport & Environment commissioned a legal analysis of the 2006 EU Extractive Waste Directive (EWD)
German carmakers call for more ambitious targets to boost renewable fuels
26 August 2024 - With renewable fuels, the existing stock of vehicles with combustion engines can be operated in a largely climate-neutral manner, says VDA
Schletter Group expanding in SEE region, strengthened by takeover from Enstall
14 August 2024 - Enstall is acquiring Germany-based solar mounting systems provider Schletter Group, which is spreading its operations in South East Europe
Question isn’t whether lithium in Serbia will be mined or not, but who will do it – Brantner
13 August 2024 - In an interview, Franziska Brantner said lithium is among raw materials necessary for climate action
Turkey promoting its alternative to Greece-Cyprus power cable
12 August 2024 - Last month Turkish warships chased away a vessel scanning the route for the Greece-Cyprus section of the Great Sea Interconnector
Negative electricity prices lower bills for households in Europe
09 August 2024 - Data for the first six months of 2024 showed that consumers with dynamic tariffs paid up to 34% less for electricity than the average price on the EEX