North Macedonia plans 50% renewables share in electricity production by 2024
North Macedonia will increase its efforts to speed up energy transition in order to increase the share of renewables in installed electricity production capacity to 50% by 2024. The goal is part of the agenda of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev’s recently elected cabinet for the next four years. Environmental protection and green development are among […]
Protest announced against small hydropower plants in North Macedonia
Environmentalist groups and nature enthusiasts in North Macedonia are joining villagers in the Shar mountain range this weekend at a protest to stop works on a small hydropower plant in Leshnica. Eleven such facilities are already operational in the area and 15 more are planned. The people of the Balkans are sharing the same fight […]
Greece approves first 30 applications for renewables under simplified rules
The Regulatory Authority for Energy issued 30 production certificates for investors in renewable sources. It is the first batch of applications for which Greece implemented its new regulations as it scrapped the production license and merged stages in the procedure. The future solar and wind power plants are planned to have a capacity of 307 […]
ArcelorMittal Zenica completes projects to reduce pollution from steel plant
Steel producer ArcelorMittal Zenica has completed two major investments, worth EUR 7.7 million, to reduce dust emissions. The projects will ensure the increase the environmental protection in the city of Zenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Investments will help reduce the pollution created by the steel plant, which made Zenica one of the cities with the […]
Airbus showcases concepts of hydrogen-fueled hybrid airplanes
Airbus said it is leaning on hydrogen propulsion in efforts to develop the world’s first zero-emission commercial aircraft by 2035. It unveiled concepts for three airplanes that use the technology as a primary source. The ZEROe concept enables exploring configurations and hydrogen technologies, Airbus said and expressed optimism it would lead to the development of […]
Enerjisa Uretim secures EUR 650 million to invest in wind farms
Turkey-based power utility Enerjisa Uretim has secured a EUR 650 million loan for renewable energy investments and reducing debt. The loan has been provided by seven banks: Akbank, Garanti BBVA, Türkiye İş Bankası, HSBC, ING, TEB and İşbank AG. The company has won an opportunity to install wind farms on the YEKA tender İhsan Erbil […]
Leonardo DiCaprio backs campaign to protect Bosnian rivers
Conservationist groups from the region and the world urged the Federation of BiH to pass a law that would forbid the construction of new small hydropower plants, and Leonardo DiCaprio backed the initiative to protect the country’s rivers. They called for the implementation of an initiative that the entity’s parliament adopted three months ago. If […]
China pledges carbon neutrality by 2060
China, the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gasses, has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2060. The pledge was given by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his speech at the general debate of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Jinping spoke via video link. The pledge was given by Chinese President Xi […]
