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Floating solar power plants on small water bodies add to greenhouse gas emissions
05 February 2025 - A new study shows that placing solar panels on small bodies of water increases greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 27 percent
Match schedules for the 2026 World Cup could expose footballers to extreme heat stress
31 January 2025 - Footballers playing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup could face dangerous levels of heat stress, scientists warn
Energy industry in arms race against complex cyberattack threats
27 January 2025 - The energy industry needs to keep adapting to a growing number of increasingly sophisticated cyberattack threats, DNV Cyber said in a report
Trump scraps US climate policy, blocks offshore wind, exits Paris Agreement
21 January 2025 - President Donald Trump substantially reversed the US energy and climate policy. He is withdrawing the country from the Paris Agreement again.
Trump declaring energy emergency to ‘Drill, baby, drill’
20 January 2025 - In his inauguration address, United States President Donald Trump vowed to bring energy prices down, with an emphasis on raising oil and gas production
IEA: Nuclear power set to reach record in 2025 but investments should double
20 January 2025 - Nuclear power is set to reach a new record in 2025, but costs, project overruns and financing must be addressed, IEA's new report shows
Masdar reveals first solar, battery project for renewable baseload power
15 January 2025 - UAE-based renewable energy company Masdar announced a solar and energy storage project for the production of baseload electricity
Russia claims Ukraine attacked TurkStream gas compressor
13 January 2025 - Amid a looming gas shortage in Europe, Russia said it prevented an attack on TurkStream infrastructure by downing nine Ukrainian drones
Waste molecule batteries could one day store renewable energy
09 January 2025 - Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a process to produce batteries using organic industrial waste
US allows incentives for nuclear-powered hydrogen ahead of Trump’s return
08 January 2025 - The US expanded hydrogen production tax credits to electrolyzers powered by uncompetitive nuclear power plants and to waste methane
State Grid Corp. of China commissions world’s largest pumped storage hydropower plant
06 January 2025 - After testing the last units in its Fengning pumped storage system, State Grid now operates the largest such facility on the planet
European gas market strained as Ukraine quits transit from Russia
03 January 2025 - The price of pipeline gas in Europe surged 5% on a weekly basis after Ukraine shut down the pipeline system carrying Russian gas to Slovakia
Most read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in 2024
31 December 2024 - In 2024, the readers of Balkan Green Energy News were mostly interested in investments in the region's energy transition as well as the EU's CBAM carbon dioxide border tax
Global pledge signed to boost energy storage six times to 1.5 TW
11 December 2024 - The COP29 Global Energy Storage and Grids Pledge calls for increasing capability by six times to 1.5 TW by 2030
Norway shelves deep sea mining call amid international pressure
02 December 2024 - Amid protests, Norwegian government postponed the first licensing round for deep sea mining in an area the size of Iceland
COP29 decisions ambitious but insufficient to curb global warming
25 November 2024 - The COP29 summit resulted in a global pledge of USD 300 billion per year for poorer and most vulnerable countries and a global carbon market deal