energy transition
Localising EU ambition: Empowering municipalities to drive the implementation of the EU Green Deal
28 March 2024 - In the past 5 years, the European Union set up the legislative framework to become climate-neutral by 2050 and deliver the EU Green Deal. Municipalities can ensure the achievement of the EU’s ambitious objectives.
IRENA: Global solar power capacity surpasses hydropower in 2023
28 March 2024 - The world's renewable electricity capacity additions in 2023 hit a record 473 GW, dominated by China. Solar power became the largest segment in total.
Turkey’s first floating solar power plant installed on irrigation reservoir
27 March 2024 - DSI placed a 1 MW floating photovoltaic plant on a dam reservoir in Elazığ in Eastern Anatolia to power the irrigation system
Slovenia’s HSE to install 140 MW floating PV system next to TEŠ coal plant
26 March 2024 - Slovenian state-owned HSE plans to cover a part of the Družmirje lake, next to the Šoštanj coal plant, with floating solar panels
Renewable sources surpass fossil fuels in Croatia’s electricity mix
25 March 2024 - Renewable sources excluding hydropower accounted for more electricity output in Croatia in February than fossil fuels
Kosovo* receives financing for 120 MW solar power plant on coal ash dump
24 March 2024 - The EIB is providing a EUR 33 million loan for KEK's solar power project of 120 MW in peak capacity on its former coal ash dump
Balkan leaders endorse nuclear energy expansion at Brussels global summit
22 March 2024 - Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey participated at the Nuclear Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels
Iva Đinđić Ćosić: energy transition opens door for greater role of women
22 March 2024 - Iva Đinđić Ćosić is lead contract specialist at Elektromreža Srbije. With a master’s degree in law, she has been working in the energy sector for 18 years
EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act adopted with looser social, environmental rules
19 March 2024 - Pursuing strategic autonomy, the European Union put together the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) after a major delay in the last phase
Finland-based Korkia sets up local partnership for solar power investments in Romania
19 March 2024 - Korkia, headquartered in Finland, and Greek-Romanian firm Econous Green Energy teamed up for solar power projects of 600 MW in total
Slovenia launches low-carbon hydrogen consortium
18 March 2024 - Slovenia supported the establishment of a low-carbon hydrogen consortium of 18 companies, organizations and municipalities
Bulgaria opens calls for battery storage subsidies within renewable energy projects
18 March 2024 - Bulgaria earmarked EUR 273 million in subsidies for battery systems required to be installed together with renewable electricity plants
Serbia to invest EUR 400 million in reconstruction of hydropower plants
18 March 2024 - Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović Handanović said EUR 400 million would be invested in the revitalization of EPS's four hydropower plants
WindEurope urges for grid buildout acceleration to meet renewables goals
15 March 2024 - At WindEurope's Annual Event, the industry will mostly focus on ways to accelerate the buildout of grids, CPO Pierre Tardieu said
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