energy transition
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
Romania’s Burduja reveals ceiling prices for wind, solar auctions
12 March 2024 - Romania will publish a call for its first solar and wind power auctions within weeks, according to Minister of Energy Sebastian Burduja
North Macedonia picks Turkey-based Fides for photovoltaic plants in industrial zones
11 March 2024 - Turkish company Fides Elektrik Enerjisi was selected for a solar power public-private partnership in North Macedonia
GEN-I completes community PV plants in Slovenia’s Ajdovščina
11 March 2024 - In cooperation with the Municipality of Ajdovščina, Slovenian company GEN-I installed rooftop photovoltaic units on five public buildings
Montenegro, Serbia, Republic of Srpska to boost cooperation in energy security
08 March 2024 - At a meeting in Belgrade, the ministers of energy and mining also discussed the Buk Bijela hydropower project and the Bileća lake issue in BiH
EU remains divided over nuclear energy expansion initiative
07 March 2024 - France leads a group of countries that have a symbolic majority within the EU for the initiative to boost support for nuclear energy
Energy Community touches upon gender issues with Women Entrepreneurs in Energy webinar
06 March 2024 - A webinar titled Women Entrepreneurs in Energy gathered 80 participants to tackle the underrepresentation of women in the clean energy sector
Bridging the climate financing gap – seizing the opportunity
06 March 2024 - Despite climate finance having grown consistently over the last decade, we are far behind what is needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement
Green Aegean, North-South Balkan Corridor to be completed by mid 2030s
05 March 2024 - A few months after the Greek government started pushing for the Green Aegean Interconnector, ENTSO-E, published the route of the project
Giant floating hybrid power project planned offshore southern Italy
05 March 2024 - Floating wind turbines and solar panels are set to be combined in the Gulf of Taranto into a giant hybrid power plant
Global energy sector emissions hit record high in 2023
04 March 2024 - Droughts limited hydropower production last year, so emissions in the energy sector reached a third consecutive record high, IEA said
European heat pump sales drop in 2023, resulting in layoffs
29 February 2024 - Heat pump sales tumbled 4.7% last year in 14 countries tracked by the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA)
OMV Petrom obtains EU funding for two green hydrogen plants
29 February 2024 - OMV Petrom is stepping up its decarbonization efforts with projects for two green hydrogen production units at its Petrobrazi refinery
Kacır: Turkey is No. 1 producer of solar panels in Europe
29 February 2024 - Turkey will continue incentives for renewables and roll out an emissions trading system, Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır said
SEEPEX: Right time for businesses to enter electricity market
28 February 2024 - The need for the government to regulate power prices is slowly diminishing, experts from Serbian power exchange SEEPEX said, advising firms to turn to the market