energy transition
Balkan Solar Summit to be held on February 8-9 in Banja Luka
28 January 2024 - Balkan Solar Summit will bring together leading experts, investors, decision-makers, and representatives of the business community from across the region.
EU grants EUR 480 million to carbon transportation, storage projects
26 January 2024 - The EU aims to store at least 400 million tons of CO2 per year by mid-century, but not everything would be put away underground permanently
Andritz to supply turbines for pumped storage hydropower plant Amfilochia in Greece
25 January 2024 - Greece-based Terna selected Andritz to supply the six units for its Amfilochia pumped storage hydropower project
Greece breaks records in renewables, energy efficiency in 2023
24 January 2024 - Renewables including large hydropower plants covered more than half of demand in Greece for the first time last year, alongside other records
Applications open for eighth Energy Community Summer School
24 January 2024 - The Energy Community Secretariat is accepting applications for its Summer School, which will take place from July 20 to 27 in Chișinău
DTEK puts wind farm, solar park into operation in Romania
24 January 2024 - Wind power plant Ruginoasa and photovoltaic park Glodeni have started delivering electricity to the transmission grid in Romania, DTEK said
Danske Commodities to optimize flexible assets of Borås Energi och Miljö
24 January 2024 - Danske Commodities will optimize a diverse portfolio of energy assets owned by Swedish company Borås Energi och Miljö
Renewables had 99.5% share in new capacity in 2023 in Turkey
23 January 2024 - Minister Alparslan Bayraktar called 2023 "the year of renewables" in Turkey as they accounted for 99.5% of added power capacity
NGOs: Lack of political will, intricate procedures hinder renewables in North Macedonia, Serbia
23 January 2024 - By analyzing the political, economic and regulatory frameworks, the study offers an overview of the challenges and opportunities in the two countries
Romania’s Ministry of Energy is putting EUR 17.6 billion of EU funds to work
22 January 2024 - Romanian firms can apply renewable electricity projects of 2 GW in total for EUR 815 million in grants from the EU's Modernisation Fund
Mitsotakis: Just green transition starts with obvious win-win efforts
19 January 2024 - Huge funds are necessary for a just green transition, but so is public support, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in Davos
Romania, Serbia to advance cooperation in gas, hydropower sectors
18 January 2024 - Minister of Mining and Energy of Serbia Dubravka Đedović Handanović spoke with her Romanian counterpart Sebastian Burduja
Energy-intensive firms in Slovenia to invest EUR 450 million in decarbonization by 2030
18 January 2024 - The Strategic Council for Energy Transition has revealed the results of a study on the energy transition of the country's industry
ContourGlobal urges Bulgaria to help coal plants for sake of energy security
17 January 2024 - CEO of ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 Vassil Shtonov said Bulgaria needs to keep coal plants afloat until large gas power plants are built
NextE signs largest onsite corporate solar PPA in Romania
17 January 2024 - Renewables developer nextE signed a long-term corporate PPA for an 51.5 MW onsite project with an unidentified consumer
United Kingdom, Slovakia to bid farewell to coal this year
16 January 2024 - Britain and Slovakia are set to close their last coal power plants this year while Austria gave up on restarting its Mellach facility