energy transition
EU preparing CO2 tax for products from other countries
29 July 2020 - The European Commission launched public consultations on taxation rules that would help its climate agenda....
Western Balkans could attract EUR 2.5 billion in investments to boost energy efficiency
23 July 2020 - The Western Balkan countries are slow in using their potential in energy efficiency improvement, despite...
Norway sets aside EUR 2.1 billion to develop carbon capture, storage
22 July 2020 - Equinor is working with Shell and Total on transferring liquefied CO2 through a pipeline to...
GGF provides EUR 25 million in green finance to DenizBank in Turkey
22 July 2020 - A senior loan of EUR 25 million to the new partner in Turkey will increase...
Renewables share in WB6 is still only at around 6% of installed electricity generation capacity
22 July 2020 - Western Balkans contracting parties failed to utilize the decline in the price of renewable energy...
EU cuts Just Transition Fund to EUR 10 billion in COVID-19 recovery deal
21 July 2020 - The European Council reached an agreement on the seven-year budget through 2027 including a mechanism...
Ten units of Western Balkan thermal power plants must be shut down by 2023
21 July 2020 - Ten units of coal-fired power plants in total will be shut down by the end of 2023 in BiH, Montenegro and Serbia, according to the Energy Transition Tracker
Galascope completes solar power plants of 7.5 MW in Cyprus
17 July 2020 - RCB Bank financed the construction of two solar power plants in Cyprus with the help...
Energy Community Secretariat launches Energy Transition Tracker for Western Balkans
16 July 2020 - The Energy Community Secretariat has launched today the Energy Transition Tracker in a move which...
EUR 400 million loan for Attica-Crete interconnection secured
10 July 2020 - The financing framework for the undersea electricity link between the Greek mainland and its largest...
Greece asks EU to approve state aid for 680 MW pumped storage project
07 July 2020 - GEK Terna is building two pumped storage hydropower plants and artificial lakes in Amfilochia in...
Silba island may use solar power to turn seawater into drinking water
01 July 2020 - A desalinization system powered by photovoltaics was proposed for Silba in a preinvestment study produced...
EU launches Just Transition Platform for coal regions
30 June 2020 - The European Commission has launched the Just Transition Platform to help member states draw up...
Coal power plants in EU shuttering amid jump in expenses from end-June
25 June 2020 - Exemptions in air pollution limits in the EU are about to be abolished, so owners...
Climate targets warrant closure of all gas, coal power plants soon, study shows
11 June 2020 - If solutions to turn emissions negative aren’t scaled up substantially in the mid-term to cap...
PPC begins voluntary layoffs at coal mines with program for 890 workers
09 June 2020 - The state-owned company PPC managing lignite open pits and thermal power plants in Greece launched...