What lifestyle changes are people ready to make to help fight climate change?
Americans, Chinese, and Europeans say it would be easier to give up flying to fight climate change than to stop eating meat, buying new clothes, owning a car, or using video streaming services. However, for Europeans and Americans giving up their car would be the hardest option, and for the Chinese, to stop eating meat. […]
Sofia launches tendering for CHP plant as part of waste management system
The facility will burn refuse derived fuel to produce heat for the district heating system and electricity which will be delivered to the grid.
Albanian parliament approves climate change bill
The Albanian parliament has approved a climate change bill, which, among other things, provides a legal basis for adopting a National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) for 2021-2030 and the foundation for transposing and implementing the EU’s Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) Directive. The law, which passed the Albanian parliament in December, envisages integrating climate change […]
North Macedonia to launch auction for solar power plants in Q1 2021
The country will offer the construction of solar power plants with installed capacity totaling 60 MW, which will be backed with premiums.
Croatia grants renewables incentives for 25.5 MW in first ever auction
The public call for premiums and for feed-in tariffs referred to a total of 88 MW of installed renewable energy capacity.
New initiative to support sustainable hydropower in the Western Balkans
The initiative is led by the International Hydropower Association (IHA), the Albanian power utility KESH, and the Swiss SECO.
Petrol completes takeover of electricity supplier E3
Slovenian energy group Petrol has completed the takeover of electricity supplier E3, a subsidiary of state-run power distribution company Elektro Primorska, nearly a year after signing an acquisition agreement. Petrol signed the deal to buy 100% of E3 for about EUR 15 million in February 2020, after outbidding Slovenian energy group GEN-I and state-owned electricity […]
Serbia’s TSO EMS acquires 5% of shares of Montenegrin TSO CGES
Elektromreža Srbije bought shares from small shareholders at the stock exchange for about EUR 7 million.
