Ensuring robust final NECP updates is vital to EED implementation
29 April 2024 - The update of the National Energy and Climate Plans (NECP) is essential to ensure the implementation of the Energy Efficiency Directive starts on the right foot
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
European Parliament passes electricity, gas market reform
12 April 2024 - European lawmakers adopted the energy market design reform proposal to facilitate decarbonization and ease the impact of sharp price swings
Romania to get EUR 6 billion for energy poverty from EU Social Climate Fund
01 April 2024 - Romania will be one of the biggest beneficiaries of SCF, creating an opportunity to reduce its energy poverty rate
Energy Community urges Kosovo* to commit in its NECP to phasing out coal by 2050
05 January 2024 - The Energy Community Secretariat doesn’t have any major objections to Kosovo's draft National Energy and Climate Plan
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
Slovenia adopts action plan to halve energy poverty
01 December 2023 - According to Eurostat, more than 41 million people in Europe were unable to adequately heat their homes in 2021.
EU energy ministers achieve breakthrough in electricity market design reform
19 October 2023 - The Council of the EU adopted its so-called general approach to the electricity market design reform, breaking the Franco-German deadlock
Municipalities in Greece to install 1 GW of solar power to supply poor households
11 September 2023 - Subsidies for photovoltaics are envisaged as the main tool to tackle energy poverty in Greece. A program for municipalities is in the works.
Bulgaria’s energy bill to liberalize wholesale power market, introduce energy communities
08 September 2023 - The proposed changes to the Law of Energy are heading to Bulgaria's parliament amid strong criticism over possible power price instability
Domac: Croatia’s energy independence is wishful thinking
22 June 2023 - Croatia lacks solar power plants, which it hasn't built "for lack of wisdom, political vision, and common sense," according to Domac
EU to abolish free CO2 emission allowances for companies in 2034
25 April 2023 - The EU has passed the reform of the CO2 Emissions Trading System including a carbon border tax and passed a law on the Social Climate Fund