energy poverty
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
Serbia issues decree to expand list of energy consumers eligible for aid
09 December 2022 - Serbia will subsidize electricity, gas and heating bills for vulnerable households with EUR 34.1 million
No giving up on the Green Agenda
09 July 2022 - Zorana Mihajlović: The developments in the past year and a half have made a well-known maxim relevant again: energy is the most expensive when you lack it
Energy transition in Western Balkans – how to move forward
08 April 2022 - In an op-ed for Balkan Green Energy News, energy experts Mirza Kušljugić and Damir Miljević write about the ongoing energy crisis and the energy transition in the Western Balkans.
HEAL: Biomass is one of main sources of air pollution in Western Balkans
27 January 2022 - Health experts from HEAL demand more attention and action on the public health threat of biomass burning in the Western Balkans
Solutions for energy poverty in Energy Community – study
08 December 2021 - Efforts to address energy poverty in the region are part of the Energy Community Just Transition Initiative
Greece to build solar power plants for free electricity for poor households
15 June 2021 - Greece earmarked EUR 100 million in subsidies for the construction of photovoltaic facilities to supply electricity to the people in need
Mayor promises activists Sofia would install renewables to cut air pollution
23 December 2020 - Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova told Greenpeace Bulgaria the city would step up measures to reduce air pollution
SMARTER Finance for Families: Green mortgages for green homes
16 May 2019 - Throughout Europe, many homes have not been built to high energy efficiency standards. This keeps...
Croatia planning energy efficiency measures for households, transport
20 February 2019 - The energy efficiency action plan recently adopted by the Croatian government envisages measures to reduce...
Evaluation of energy performance of buildings in Albania from the perspective of energy poverty
07 September 2018 - Author: Lira Hakani, EDEN Center, Tirana, Albania In an op-ed for Balkan Green Energy News,...
Measures to tackle air pollution inefficient, financing inadequate – analysis
18 July 2018 - An analysis of the National Audit Office (NAO) identifies the inefficiency of measures and the...