One of Europe’s largest green hydrogen industrial clusters to be built in Sweden
28 August 2024 - The industrial cluster would tap on wind power to produce green hydrogen and then use it to make carbon-neutral fertilizer
Largest solar grazing agreement: 6,000 sheep to mow grass at eight solar plants
19 August 2024 - The business of using sheep to maintain vegetation is growing quickly. Solar grazing is at the forefront of a booming agrisolar industry
EU has enough land for sustainable renewable energy projects – study
26 July 2024 - EEB found Europe has enough land for renewable energy projects without compromising food production or nature protection efforts
Hybrid energy-agriculture cooperatives: Passe-partout key to unlock a community-led net-zero future
15 April 2024 - Unleashing the untapped potential of bioenergy in communities is of uttermost importance to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors, such as heating, cooling and heavy transport, but, most of all, it opens the door to the development of hybrid energy-agriculture cooperative
Turkey’s first floating solar power plant installed on irrigation reservoir
27 March 2024 - DSI placed a 1 MW floating photovoltaic plant on a dam reservoir in Elazığ in Eastern Anatolia to power the irrigation system
Solar Harvest: Serbia’s first agrisolar power plant
14 February 2024 - Organic farm Organela in the village of Gornja Bukovica has become home to Serbia's first agrisolar power plant
Mitsotakis unveils solar buildup to lower Greek farmers’ energy costs
02 February 2024 - The Greek government was forced under public pressure to roll out measures to reduce farmers' energy costs
Mitsotakis: Just green transition starts with obvious win-win efforts
19 January 2024 - Huge funds are necessary for a just green transition, but so is public support, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in Davos
Serbia adopts first Programme for Adaptation to Changed Climatic Conditions with Action Plan
29 December 2023 - The action plan for the period 2024-2026 defines 25 measures and the financial and institutional frame and timeline
EU approves Italy’s EUR 1.7 billion agrivoltaic state aid scheme
17 November 2023 - The European Commission has approved Italy's EUR 1.7 billion state aid mechanism for supporting agrivoltaic installations
North Macedonian NGO warns new law is set to allow power plants on fertile land
09 November 2023 - Eko-svest opposes changing the Law on Agricultural Land in North Macedonia to allow power plants on fertile land
Arrests in Bulgaria for enabling solar power projects on fertile land
26 October 2023 - Two officials in Bulgaria are charged with illegally lowering the quality grades of agricultural land to allow solar power plant projects