decarbonization
Greece’s coal region turns to PV, heat pumps for district heating
05 February 2024 - Closing lignite power plants in the coal regions of Western Macedonia and Megalopolis in Greece implies a big change in their economic model
Photovoltaic, wind power capacity in China surpassing coal amid solar boom
02 February 2024 - Wind and solar power in China are set to overtake coal plants this year after PV additions in 2023 were bigger than in the rest of the world combined
Supporting affordable and social housing in taking on the challenge of renovation
02 February 2024 - Necessary technologies for a fast transition are here, but the affordable housing sector might need some more support.
Holcim selects Miljan Gutović as its next CEO
01 February 2024 - Holcim said its Head of the Region Europe and Operational Excellence Miljan Gutović would replace CEO Jan Jenisch on May 1
EU adding arms industry to priorities alongside climate, digitalization
31 January 2024 - Top European Union officials have acknowledged that defense spending is making its way to the group of key investment priorities
EU allows importers to delay first CBAM report by one month
31 January 2024 - CBAM declarants can request a delay of up to 30 days to submit their first quarterly report, as a technical glitch affected the system
North Macedonia posts 160% growth in 2023 in new renewables capacity
29 January 2024 - Renewable electricity capacity in North Macedonia increased by 551.2 MW over the last two years, of which 399 MW in 2023
Scottish Aggreko takes over Slovenia-based Resalta
29 January 2024 - Energy solutions provider Aggreko, with headquarters in Glasgow, Scotland, has acquired Slovenia’s energy service firm Resalta
Financing completed for EPS’s wind park Kostolac
29 January 2024 - The EU approved a EUR 30 million grant to Serbia's state-owned power utility EPS for its first wind park project – Kostolac
EU grants EUR 480 million to carbon transportation, storage projects
26 January 2024 - The EU aims to store at least 400 million tons of CO2 per year by mid-century, but not everything would be put away underground permanently
Greece breaks records in renewables, energy efficiency in 2023
24 January 2024 - Renewables including large hydropower plants covered more than half of demand in Greece for the first time last year, alongside other records
DTEK puts wind farm, solar park into operation in Romania
24 January 2024 - Wind power plant Ruginoasa and photovoltaic park Glodeni have started delivering electricity to the transmission grid in Romania, DTEK said
Renewables had 99.5% share in new capacity in 2023 in Turkey
23 January 2024 - Minister Alparslan Bayraktar called 2023 "the year of renewables" in Turkey as they accounted for 99.5% of added power capacity
NGOs: Lack of political will, intricate procedures hinder renewables in North Macedonia, Serbia
23 January 2024 - By analyzing the political, economic and regulatory frameworks, the study offers an overview of the challenges and opportunities in the two countries
PPC targets renewables share of 65% by 2026 in new three-year plan
23 January 2024 - PPC is preparing projects and products and an expansion to other markets to lift its annual EBITDA to EUR 3 billion by 2030
Romania’s Ministry of Energy is putting EUR 17.6 billion of EU funds to work
22 January 2024 - Romanian firms can apply renewable electricity projects of 2 GW in total for EUR 815 million in grants from the EU's Modernisation Fund