energy communities
State-owned DEM to operate Slovenia’s fourth wind turbine
10 May 2024 - Dravske elektrarne Maribor hired Ljubljana-based Hmezad TMT for the construction of a single-turbine wind power plant in southern Slovenia
Slovenia amends Energy Act to bolster efficiency, decarbonization
25 April 2024 - The changes to Slovenia's Energy Act introduced incentives for renewables, decarbonization of coal regions and energy efficiency measures
Municipality in Athens to launch solar energy community with citizens
22 April 2024 - The local authority in Chalandri called on citizens to join its energy community by investing EUR 2,000 to EUR 3,500 in a solar power unit
Hybrid energy-agriculture cooperatives: Passe-partout key to unlock a community-led net-zero future
15 April 2024 - Unleashing the untapped potential of bioenergy in communities is of uttermost importance to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors, such as heating, cooling and heavy transport, but, most of all, it opens the door to the development of hybrid energy-agriculture cooperative
Kosovo* adopts Law on the Promotion of the Use of Renewable Energy Sources
09 April 2024 - Only after the first auction was held, lawmakers in Prishtina passed the Law on the Promotion of the Use of Renewable Energy Sources, which introduces CfDs
Greece ranks first in Europe in number of citizen energy communities
29 March 2024 - Greece holds the first place in the number of citizen energy communities, according to a new report by CEER
EU Energy Communities legislation 2.0: an upwards trend
18 March 2024 - REScoop.eu is the European federation of citizen energy cooperatives and he plays a vital role in the introduction of two definitions for energy communities in the context of the Clean Energy Package
Energy Community issues policy guidelines for energy communities
14 March 2024 - The Energy Community Secretariat published policy guidelines on the concepts of energy communities for national authorities
Government of North Macedonia sends two energy bills to parliament
13 March 2024 - North Macedonia is about to regulate renewables with a separate law, which the government passed alongside the changes to the Law on Energy
GEN-I completes community PV plants in Slovenia’s Ajdovščina
11 March 2024 - In cooperation with the Municipality of Ajdovščina, Slovenian company GEN-I installed rooftop photovoltaic units on five public buildings
Energy Community touches upon gender issues with Women Entrepreneurs in Energy webinar
06 March 2024 - A webinar titled Women Entrepreneurs in Energy gathered 80 participants to tackle the underrepresentation of women in the clean energy sector
Greece’s coal region turns to PV, heat pumps for district heating
05 February 2024 - Closing lignite power plants in the coal regions of Western Macedonia and Megalopolis in Greece implies a big change in their economic model