decarbonization
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
Mitsotakis: Just green transition starts with obvious win-win efforts
19 January 2024 - Huge funds are necessary for a just green transition, but so is public support, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in Davos
Energy-intensive firms in Slovenia to invest EUR 450 million in decarbonization by 2030
18 January 2024 - The Strategic Council for Energy Transition has revealed the results of a study on the energy transition of the country's industry
ContourGlobal urges Bulgaria to help coal plants for sake of energy security
17 January 2024 - CEO of ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 Vassil Shtonov said Bulgaria needs to keep coal plants afloat until large gas power plants are built
NextE signs largest onsite corporate solar PPA in Romania
17 January 2024 - Renewables developer nextE signed a long-term corporate PPA for an 51.5 MW onsite project with an unidentified consumer
United Kingdom, Slovakia to bid farewell to coal this year
16 January 2024 - Britain and Slovakia are set to close their last coal power plants this year while Austria gave up on restarting its Mellach facility
Montenegro’s EPCG vows to put solar panels on every roof in country
16 January 2024 - EPCG solar is preparing to start the works within the Solari 5000+ subsidy program in Montenegro for rooftop photovoltaic systems
Global players bid to replace coal with 455 MW of solar power in Romania
15 January 2024 - Tenders for 455 MW of PV capacity replacing CE Oltenia's coal plants drew investors from China, Turkey, the US, Germany and Ukraine
Kosovo* adopts first Law on Climate Change
12 January 2024 - Kosovo* failed to include all the 2030 Energy Community climate and energy targets and the 2050 climate neutrality objective in its new law
North Macedonia looking for strategic investor for two gas-hydrogen-fuelled power plants
11 January 2024 - The government has decided to initiate the process of transforming electricity production to gas-hydrogen power plants
Slovenia mulls separating coal assets from electricity utility HSE
08 January 2024 - State-owned Holding Slovenske elektrarne is preparing for the possibility of spinning off its coal assets: thermal power plant TEŠ and a mine
BiH’s NECP lacks clear set of policies, measures, investment needs – Energy Community
04 January 2024 - The Energy Community Secretariat has issued recommendations on Bosnia and Herzegovina's draft National Energy and Climate Plan
Federation of BiH launches five-year strategic Green Transition programme
02 January 2024 - The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the UNDP signed a financial agreement for the Green Transition programme
Most read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in 2023
29 December 2023 - The more the energy transition progresses, the more questions and challenges arise. Here are the most important topics, according to the readers of Balkan Green Energy News.
Air France–KLM tops world chart of sustainable aviation fuel usage
28 December 2023 - Air France–KLM group is the world’s largest sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) user for the second consecutive year