Robert Golob’s movement wins Slovenia elections with green economy pledge
Robert Golob and his Freedom Movement based the economic program on decarbonization and digitalization with renewables and nuclear power as energy pillars
Two Greek municipalities launch pumped storage hydropower projects
The local authorities in Kozani and Voio plan to build and operate matching small pumped storage hydropower plants
EU mulls higher renewables target for 2030 to speed up shift from Russian fossil fuels
Last year the European Commission proposed lifting the existing 32% target for renewables in the overall energy mix to 40%, and is now considering raising it to 45%.
Balkan countries count on offshore platforms, LNG to replace Russian gas
Southeastern European countries are cutting red tape for offshore gas, offering incentives and looking at LNG as an alternative to Russian gas
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
