Region/EU
New wind installations up in Europe in H1 but Germany drives onshore down
25 July 2019 - The combined installations of new onshore and offshore wind capacity in Europe in the first...
ESO, IPTO, Transelectrica sign MoU on establishing Regional Coordination Center
22 July 2019 - Power transmission system operators (TSOs) ESO (Bulgaria), IPTO (Greece), and Transelectrica (Romania) have signed a...
Run-of-river hydropower: Two years on, the struggle continues
18 July 2019 - More than two years on, the public and citizens across the Balkans fighting for the...
Cypriot, Greek, Romanian, Serbian, Turkish airports commit to net-zero emissions by 2050
10 July 2019 - Cypriot, Greek, Romanian, Serbian and Turkish airports are among 194, operated by 40 airport operators...
Submarine power cable promotes Montenegro as energy hub for Balkans – Ferraris
05 July 2019 - The Montenegro-Italy submarine power cable has been deployed under an investment that will enable Montenegro...
Oil company OMV to build Austria’s largest PV plant
03 July 2019 - Vienna-based oil and gas company OMV and Austria’s power producer Verbund have signed memoranda of...
Protests against hydropower planned across Balkans from July 6-16
02 July 2019 - Environmental activists and civil society organizations (CSOs) from across the Balkans are organizing protests under...
ENTSO-E gets new leadership team
02 July 2019 - A newly elected team of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E)...
Regional project Renewable Energy Policy Consensus – REPCONS kicks off
25 June 2019 - The regional project Renewable Energy Policy Consensus REPCONS has been officially launched in a meeting...
Energy Community, GIZ ORF-EE cooperation produces guidance on consolidation of climate and energy planning
25 June 2019 - The Energy Community Secretariat has published the paper “Consolidation of climate planning processes in the...
EU NECPs: Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Cyprus, others need to step up renewables ambition
21 June 2019 - The European Commission has released an assessment of the EU member states’ first-ever draft integrated...
BiH, Kosovo*, Serbia pay EUR 444 million in coal subsidies, EUR 147 million for renewables – report
21 June 2019 - The three most coal-intensive Energy Community (EnC) Contracting Parties – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, and...
Germany’s DBU offering environmental protection, nature conservation fellowships
20 June 2019 - The German Federal Environmental Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, DBU) is offering fellowships for university graduates...
IRENA: SEE region yet to realise full potential of energy transition
17 June 2019 - Energy transition in South-East Europe is slowly but steadily gaining momentum as costs of investment...
GIZ ORF-EE helps create regional expert pool to support development of SUMPs
11 June 2019 - A SUMP Boot Camp was organized in Podgorica, Montenegro in late May to create a...
Countries with Europe’s best quality bathing water revealed
06 June 2019 - Just ahead of summer vacations, the European Commission has released a report on the quality...