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Erdoğan hints at cooperation with Greece in nuclear energy
14 December 2023 - President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan suggested that the nuclear and gas projects in Turkey are a potential source of energy for Greece
COP28 adopts UAE Consensus to transition away from fossil fuels in energy
13 December 2023 - Delegates at COP28 voted to call for transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems to drive emissions to net zero by 2050
Coal municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina selling land for solar park
12 December 2023 - The Municipality of Stanari in the Republic of Srpska is preparing to auction six land lots for the construction of a solar park
Carbon border and Western Balkans – barrier or bridge to EU?
11 December 2023 - The EU will start charging a carbon tax to importers in 2026 similar to the one for domestic companies and their emissions
Two more electricity corridors planned to connect Balkans with Italy
11 December 2023 - Bulgaria and Albania are planning green power corridors to connect with Italy, through Montenegro and via a subsea line, respectively
World’s largest concentrated solar power plant completed in Dubai
08 December 2023 - A 950 MW solar energy complex, including the biggest concentrated solar power plant, was inaugurated in Dubai during COP28
Vice Oršulić is new CEO of Croatia’s HEP Group
08 December 2023 - Vice Oršulić is assuming the position of acting CEO of Croatia's state-owned power utility Hrvatska elektroprivreda (HEP Group)
Just transition roadmap sought for coal town in Kosovo*
08 December 2023 - A contractor will produce a socio-economic analysis and just transition roadmap for Obiliq (Obilić) in Kosovo*
Europe’s first ammonia-fuelled power plant to be built in Ireland
07 December 2023 - The use of low-carbon ammonia as a fuel can contribute to the security of power supply and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
Bulgaria earmarks EUR 8.2 million for Stara Zagora hydrogen valley
07 December 2023 - Minister of Innovation and Growth Milena Stoycheva said the Stara Zagora hydrogen valley project would get EUR 8.2 million in EU funds
Italy to rely on SMRs in its nuclear power revival
07 December 2023 - Italy has earmarked EUR 135 million for nuclear energy research, aiming to focus on SMRs instead of conventional reactors
Montenegro’s EPCG appoints Zoran Šljukić as acting CEO
05 December 2023 - Chief Technical Officer of Montenegro's state-owned power utility EPCG Zoran Šljukić became acting CEO, replacing Nikola Rovčanin
How can energy transition be just to people in coal regions
05 December 2023 - The authorities must act before people leave, according to the speakers at the annual meeting of the Initiative for coal regions in transition in the Western Balkans and Ukraine
Croatia’s power utility HEP Group to get new board president
05 December 2023 - The Government of Croatia accepted the resignation of Frane Barbarić, who stepped down after it announced it would dismiss him
North Macedonia presents just energy transition platform worth EUR 3 billion
05 December 2023 - North Macedonia is preparing an investment plan for a coal phaseout by 2030, grid strengthening, new capacities and the just transition
22 countries commit at COP28 to tripling nuclear capacity by 2050
04 December 2023 - At COP28, heads of state and other top officials from 22 countries signed the Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy by 2050