Environmentalists oppose Greece’s plan to accelerate fossil gas exploration, extraction
Greece is speeding up exploration activities with the aim to exploit potential oil and gas reserves and build infrastructure
IRENA: World’s renewable electricity capacity surpassed 3 TW in 2021
Renewables accounted for 38.3% of global electricity generation capacity at the end of last year, IRENA said
Turkey becomes 6th country in Europe to reach 100 GW in electricity capacity
Turkey became the 14th country in the world to cross the 100 GW level in combined power plant capacity – most additions are from renewables.
Westinghouse partners with Slovenian firms to build nuclear power plants in CEE
Several countries in Central and Eastern Europe said they would install nuclear power plants or that they are considering the idea
Energy transition in Western Balkans – how to move forward
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.
EU greenlights Bulgaria’s recovery, resilience plan
The EU is about to formally adopt a EUR 6.3 billion grant package for Bulgaria as the European Commission finally endorsed its recovery and resilience plan
North Macedonia completes first solar park on abandoned coal pit
Prime Minister Dimitar Kovačevski inaugurated state-owned ESM's 10 MW solar power plant at the aging Oslomej coal complex
Hellenic Petroleum inaugurates Europe’s biggest solar park with two-sided panels
Oil refiner Hellenic Petroleum put the largest solar park in Greece into operation while PM Mitsotakis said coal output must jump 50%