Energy Community Secretariat, Balkan Green Energy News sign MoU to advance clean energy awareness across Balkans
The MoU outlines the framework for collaboration, ensuring accurate, timely, and balanced reporting while upholding the media's independence
Countries with Europe’s best quality bathing water revealed
Just ahead of summer vacations, the European Commission has released a report on the quality of bathing water in EU member states plus Albania and Switzerland. The latest annual European bathing water quality report is based on the 2018 data, but the results give a good indication of where the best quality bathing waters are […]
Innovative renewable energy storage project, possible solution for Med islands
Cyprus is going to be a testing ground for an innovative pilot-project for community energy storage system (ESS) which aims to increase grid-connected renewable energy storage on the island and possibly become a solution for Mediterranean islands to increase their energy independence. German Electric utility company, Autarsys GmbH, which delivered and commissioned the first ESS […]
Cyprus, Greece and Jordan agreed on renewable energy cooperation
At their first-ever trilateral meeting, leaders of Cyprus, the host of the summit, Greece and Jordan agreed on strengthening regional cooperation in energy sector, particularly in renewable energy. Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, and Jordan’s King Abdullah II discussed all political and economic issues of importance for all three respective countries and signed several agreements for cooperation […]
With photovoltaic panels hundreds of schools in Cyprus will go green
Hundreds of schools in Cyprus will get photovoltaic system installed in the foreseeable future. The national Council of ministers has just approved a proposal that is seen as a big step forward into energy saving efforts of the country. The proposal was a joint motion of two ministries – the Ministry of Education and Culture […]
EU dependency on fossil fuel imports on rise despite energy consumption decrease
In 2015 gross inland energy consumption in the European Union (EU) is below its 1990 level but EU dependency on fossil fuel imports is on the rise. Gross inland energy consumption which reflects the energy quantities necessary to satisfy all inland consumption amounted in the European Union (EU) to 1,626 million tonnes of oil equivalent […]
EU on track to meet 2020 climate and energy targets
The second report on the State of the Energy Union shows that the energy transition in the European Union (EU) is well underway. According to a press release published on the European Commission website, in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency and renewable energy, EU is on track to reach its 2020 targets. The […]
North Cyprus needs cable from Turkey, minister says
North Cypriot minister for environment and natural resources Hakan Dinçyürek pointed to the lack of variety in energy sources in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a self-declared state officially recognized only by Turkey. Addressing the Intercontinental Wind Power Congress organized by the Turkish Wind Energy Association and the European Wind Energy Association in Istanbul, […]
