decarbonization
North Macedonia launches decarbonization guide for small businesses
22 October 2025 - The Economic Chamber of North Macedonia, with the EU's support, has developed the country’s first decarbonization guide for small businesses
Romania’s coal town Turceni starts EUR 380 million green energy transformation
20 October 2025 - Turceni is dependent on the local coal power plant, so the municipal authority is turning to agrivoltaics, energy storage and green hydrogen
Energy Community’s CBAM Readiness Tracker: Western Balkans still far from exemption as full implementation nears
20 October 2025 - The Energy Community’s 2025 CBAM Readiness Tracker suggests efforts to meet the exemption criteria for electricity are gaining momentum
Montenegro’s EPCG to develop floating solar, thermal batteries, high-altitude wind turbines
16 October 2025 - Memoranda of understanding (MoUs) were signed within the framework of the European Union – Montenegro Investment Conference
Apple signs PPAs in Greece, Romania as part of drive to green its devices’ consumption
14 October 2025 - Apple is facilitating 650 MW of renewable energy projects in Spain, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Poland, and Romania
EU, Serbia to support ElevenEs in battery cell manufacturing expansion
14 October 2025 - ElevenEs signed a declaration of support with the European Commission and the Development Agency of Serbia for its expansion of battery cell manufacturing
Kosovo’s* just energy transition: greening the Kingdom of Coal
06 October 2025 - Balkan Green Energy News, the media partner of the 2025 Just Transition Young Voices Awards, is publishing the three winning articles
Slovenia allocates EUR 375 million for sustainable mobility
03 October 2025 - Slovenia has allocated EUR 835 million from the Climate Fund for climate change mitigation and adaptation
Voice from beyond the centre
03 October 2025 - Balkan Green Energy News, the media partner of the 2025 Just Transition Young Voices Awards,...
Serbia proposes taxes on greenhouse gas emissions, imported carbon-intensive products
03 October 2025 - The draft Law on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tax and draft Law on Carbon-Intensive Product Imports Tax in Serbia both envisage EUR 4 per ton of CO2 equivalent
Corinth Pipeworks commissions Greece’s biggest industrial rooftop PV system
30 September 2025 - Steel pipe manufacturer Corinth Pipeworks has put into operation a 7.1 MW photovoltaic facility on its factory northwest of Athens
Zagreb kicks off decarbonization of public transport
30 September 2025 - Public transport utility ZET has received EUR 21 million from the Government of Croatia to install chargers for electric buses
Croatia to get EUR 44 million in green transition grants
25 September 2025 - EEA and Norway Grants earmarked EUR 21.6 million for Croatia's green transition and EUR 22 million for green and blue business innovation
EPBiH receives EUR 2 million from KfW for green, market-oriented transformation
24 September 2025 - Germany's KfW Development Bank is donating EUR 2 million to Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine (EPBiH) in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Turkey starts building solar parks on former coal land
23 September 2025 - After the first two units of 5 MW each, state-owned Turkish Coal Enterprises (TKI) is planning two solar power plants of 14 MW in total
Half of EU auction-backed hydrogen projects pull out
23 September 2025 - Seven projects for 1.88 GW of total electrolyzer capacity are unfeasible even with grants won at the second European Hydrogen Bank auction