energy transition
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
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