decarbonization
GGF’s new partnership powering sustainability of SMEs in Turkey
20 November 2025 - The Green for Growth Fund (GGF) has partnered with ING Leasing Türkiye through a EUR 20 million financing agreement for SMEs
Romania’s Iași has municipal PV, hydrogen projects for former coal plant
19 November 2025 - Romania's third-largest city is about to build a photovoltaic system on the location of a dormant coal power plant
Serbia plans to stop using coal, fuel oil in district heating by 2040
19 November 2025 - Serbia is also preparing a strategic plan for the district heating decarbonization policy, the Ministry of Mining and Energy noted
Germany’s energy and climate cooperation with Serbia improves people’s lives
18 November 2025 - Balkan Green Energy News spoke with German Ambassador to Serbia Anke Konrad as the German Development Cooperation marks its 25th anniversary in the country
Guarantees of origin: turning renewable ambition into action
12 November 2025 - Naida Hausmann from the Energy Community Secretariat outlined the efforts in the region to establish a GO system and achieve mutual recognition with the EU
Subsidies for green heating approved for 100,000 Greek homes
12 November 2025 - Greece published the first list of households that will benefit from the national program for modernizing heating systems
Maćić: Exempting Serbia from CBAM for electricity would mean disastrously fast decarbonization; carbon tax will also block market coupling with EU
11 November 2025 - The European Commission has acknowledged that problems with applying CBAM to electricity exist, but has not yet offered solutions, says Ljubo Maćić, special advisor at Serbia’s Economics Institute
Project pipeline in Greece for CO2 capture, storage nearing EUR 4 billion
11 November 2025 - Carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects worth as much as EUR 3.6 billion are under development in Greece
OMV, Masdar to build 140 MW green hydrogen plant in Austria
07 November 2025 - OMV and Masdar agreed to jointly develop and operate Europe's fifth-largest electrolyzer plant, in Bruck an der Leitha, Austria
Serbia’s power utility EPS adopts Decarbonization Action Plan
06 November 2025 - For EPS, the energy transition is not only a challenge but also a great opportunity to improve the company, Aleksandar Jakovljević said
Cement maker Holcim gets EU grant for carbon capture project in Romania
06 November 2025 - Holcim's carbon capture project is among 61 that will receive financing from the EU's Innovation Fund to support decarbonization
EU waters down its 2040 climate target in runup to COP30 in Brazil
05 November 2025 - The EU upheld its proposed 90% emissions cut target for 2040 ahead of COP30 in Brazil, but with substantial workaround possibilities
RE-Source Platform: Number of PPAs in Europe drops by 60%
05 November 2025 - The power purchase agreement market is facing headwinds in grid development, permitting and electrification and from negative electricity prices, RE-Source Platform warned
ESM secures EUR 1.5 million grant to accelerate North Macedonia’s energy transition
04 November 2025 - North Macedonia’s power utility has secured a EUR 1.5 million grant to strengthen its capacity and accelerate the energy transition
PPC building three battery storage facilities in Greece
30 October 2025 - PPC Group has launched the construction of a battery energy storage system in the area of its Amyntaio coal plant
Bulgaria’s coal regions to get further EUR 808 million for just transition
29 October 2025 - Total investments in the just transition of the Stara Zagora, Kyustendil, and Pernik coal regions and ten municipalities will reach EUR 1.38 billion