Energy Community Secretariat launches Energy Transition Tracker for Western Balkans
The Energy Community Secretariat has launched today the Energy Transition Tracker in a move which marks the start of monitoring the energy transition process in the Western Balkans. The first report presents the current situation in Albania, BiH, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia regarding emissions, energy market, renewables, energy efficiency and national energy and […]
Energetika Ljubljana adds waste heat from Lek to district heating network
Slovenian pharmaceutical company Lek, part of Novartis, supplies the local utility with excess heat from its production to use it for district heating. Energetika Ljubljana said the project reduces CO2 emissions by 1,000 tons per year on saved fuel. The capital city of Slovenia is benefiting from a new circular economy project. Energetika Ljubljana is […]
Hoti: 105 MW wind park Bajgora in Kosovo* to come online by April
Enlight’s wind park Bajgora is scheduled to be finished in April, Kosovo’s* Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti said at the construction site during his visit with Ambassador of Germany Christian Heldt. The 105 MW project consists of 27 turbines. Prime Minister of Kosovo* Avdullah Hoti has visited the future site of a wind farm in Selac […]
Greece’s PPC Renewables inks first deal for solar power plants at coal pits
The future 230 MW photovoltaic complex in Greece’s northern lignite mining area is divided into three parts and PPC Renewables is yet to select a contractor for the largest unit – 200 MW. Metka EGN just signed its deal for a 15 MW solar park and Terna Energy is selected to build and operate the […]
First auctions for premiums in Croatia to be held by year-end
Croatia plans to hold auctions for premiums for the production of renewable energy from biomass and biogas by the end of the year while tenders for wind and solar power plants are planned for next year, according to Minister of Environmental Protection and Energy Tomislav Ćorić. He said Croatia would push the production of energy […]
Fool’s Gold: Financial institutions waste billions on coal, undermining climate action
European financial institutions and international investors and banks including BlackRock and Japanese megabanks are keeping Europe’s terminally declining coal industry on life support, handing companies EUR 12 billion in investment, and EUR 9.8 billion in loans and underwriting in less than 1.5 years, according to a new report by Europe Beyond Coal and partners. Such […]
Cyclists ask European Parliament to add bicycle infrastructure, incentives
EU lawmakers and cycling organizations pressed European Parliament President David Sassoli and Secretary-General Klaus Welle to make more room for pedestrians and cyclists and encourage MEPs and employees to avoid using cars for commuting. European capitals and countries are continuing to support bicycle traffic and infrastructure, one of the activities that may also limit the […]
Limit for electric vehicle incentives in Croatia reached in just two minutes
In just two minutes, the Fund for Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency received 546 applications from citizens for co-financing of the purchase of energy-efficient vehicles, of which 470 refer to electric vehicles. Croatia’s state fund started receiving applications yesterday at 9 o’clock, and only after two minutes it had to close registration because the requested […]