Region/EU
Urban mobility will be in the spotlight in Europe this fall
19 August 2020 - Urban Mobility Days 2020, the European Commission’s first large-scale urban mobility conference, will take place...
Hitachi ABB Power Grids to operate in seven Balkan countries
11 August 2020 - The newly-formed joint venture Hitachi ABB Power Grids has said it will operate in the...
EU mulls higher 2030 targets to ensure achieving climate neutrality by 2050
11 August 2020 - The European Commission has launched a process to assess setting more ambitious 2030 targets on...
Strong political will and access to European electricity market – key enablers of RES integration challenges in Western Balkans
08 August 2020 - Authors: REPCONS project team of key experts Experts from the Western Balkans see energy transition...
Clim@ finalist Whole Surplus doesn’t let food go to waste
07 August 2020 - While hundreds of millions of people in the world face hunger, an incredible amount of...
EU to introduce plastic waste tax
07 August 2020 - The European Union is introducing a tax on non-recycled plastic packaging from 1 January 2021....
GIZ ORF-EE working together with associations of municipalities towards sustainable urban mobility
07 August 2020 - Through cooperation with associations of municipalities and cities, numerous local authorities from the Western Balkans...
Most read in July: Energy democracy coming to Southeastern Europe
04 August 2020 - The wave of energy democracy in the region is slowly strengthening. The story on citizens...
Southeast Electricity Network Coordination Center opens in Thessaloniki
03 August 2020 - Four transmission system operators founded a regional security coordinator for security analysis in operational planning,...
EU preparing CO2 tax for products from other countries
29 July 2020 - The European Commission launched public consultations on taxation rules that would help its climate agenda....
Energy Community, EBRD publish policy guidelines on financing mechanisms for energy efficiency
27 July 2020 - The Energy Community Secretariat and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have prepared...
TENDERING: Energy Community preparing study on hydrogen potential
24 July 2020 - The Energy Community Secretariat is seeking consultants to conduct a study on the potential of...
Western Balkans could attract EUR 2.5 billion in investments to boost energy efficiency
23 July 2020 - The Western Balkan countries are slow in using their potential in energy efficiency improvement, despite...
Norway sets aside EUR 2.1 billion to develop carbon capture, storage
22 July 2020 - Equinor is working with Shell and Total on transferring liquefied CO2 through a pipeline to...
Renewables share in WB6 is still only at around 6% of installed electricity generation capacity
22 July 2020 - Western Balkans contracting parties failed to utilize the decline in the price of renewable energy...
EU cuts Just Transition Fund to EUR 10 billion in COVID-19 recovery deal
21 July 2020 - The European Council reached an agreement on the seven-year budget through 2027 including a mechanism...