decarbonization
Uncompetitiveness holding EU far behind green hydrogen targets
05 December 2025 - Several high-profile renewable hydrogen projects have been canceled and major companies reduced their decarbonization ambitions, ACER said
Serbia rolls out taxes on greenhouse gas emissions, imported carbon-intensive products
03 December 2025 - The new laws on taxes on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon-intensive product imports, both at EUR 4 per ton of CO2 equivalent, are coming into effect on January 1
Greece’s first municipal energy community to be launched in its coal capital Kozani
03 December 2025 - The coal city of Kozani in northern Greece is seeking a contractor for seven photovoltaic systems of 7 MW overall
Energy Community calls for nominations of PECI energy infrastructure projects
01 December 2025 - Cross-border energy infrastructure investments in the Energy Community can be nominated by January 19 within the 2026 PECI selection process
GGF ushers in new wave of energy transition investments in Western Balkans with eight deals
01 December 2025 - The Green for Growth Fund has signed a series of agreements on green lending and energy projects throughout the Western Balkans
Just Transition Forum unites regional leaders to tackle energy poverty, shape fair energy future
27 November 2025 - Governments, partners, civil society and community leaders from across Europe gathered in Tbilisi at the Energy Community’s Just Transition Forum
Brazil’s COP of Truth leaves out fossil fuels, deforestation from final deal
24 November 2025 - The world's climate ambitions didn't change much at COP30 while fossil fuels and deforestation were left out of the final document
3rd Conference on Advancing Renewable Investments – guarantees of origin could drive Europe’s green energy integration
21 November 2025 - As CBAM nears implementation, the Ljubljana conference highlighted the tools to accelerate integration with the EU, the Energy Community Secretariat said
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