CCS
EU approves REPowerEU green energy projects submitted by Greece, Romania
23 November 2023 - Through the revision of their resilience plans, Greece and Romania got EUR 795 million and EUR 2 billion, respectively, in REPowerEU funds
European Parliament seeks subsidies for nuclear energy within industry decarbonization package
22 November 2023 - EU lawmakers proposed a joint list of industry decarbonization technologies to be supported instead of sidelining nuclear energy
EU adds Greece-Egypt power interconnection project to PCI/PMI list proposal
26 October 2023 - Copelouzos Group's subsea electric cable project GREGY for linking Greece and Egypt made it to the EU's proposed PMI list
IEA’s Birol: Climate change is indifferent to geopolitical rivalries
27 September 2023 - IEA's head Fatih Birol warned that governments need to separate climate issues from geopolitics on the pathway toward net zero emissions
Italy to store its captured CO2 in Greece from 2030
07 September 2023 - Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a new technology that may allow industries to reduce their CO2 footprint
Grants approved for world’s largest carbon removal projects
15 August 2023 - The US gave a green light for up to USD 1.2 billion in grants for two carbon DAC and storage hubs planned in Louisiana and Texas
Three carbon capture projects in Balkans get grants from EU’s Innovation Fund
14 July 2023 - The EU selected Motor Oil Hellas, Titan Cement and Holcim's subsidiary in Croatia among 41 firms for grants from the Innovation Fund
Wabio from Germany to build 20 biogas plants in Serbia
27 April 2023 - German company Wabio is building a biogas facility in Nova Crnja in northeast Serbia as part of a new EUR 400 million investment cycle
EU to abolish free CO2 emission allowances for companies in 2034
25 April 2023 - The EU has passed the reform of the CO2 Emissions Trading System including a carbon border tax and passed a law on the Social Climate Fund
Greek industries can save EUR 6 billion through CO2 capture, storage
25 April 2023 - CO2 capture and storage has the potential to generate up to EUR 6 billion for the Greek economy, according to a new study
Energean to store CO2 in depleted oil wells off Greek coast
30 March 2023 - Energean’s CCS project for depleted wells in the Prinos area in the Aegean Sea has entered the phase of final preparations
NIS to produce green, blue hydrogen near its refinery in northeast Serbia
23 March 2023 - NIS has extended the public call for the design and technical documentation development for a hydrogen production plant