Von der Leyen: EU considering natural gas price cap to curb electricity prices
These measures have gained renewed urgency as natural gas prices have skyrocketed due to the conflict between US and Israel on one side and Iran on the other
There is no power price crisis in Europe – analysis
Intervening in wholesale electricity markets would increase costs for consumers, while undermining investor confidence, according to a paper that Eurelectric commissioned
Europe adds 19.1 GW of wind power in 2025 – EU lags behind targets
Germany accounted for 30% of European growth of 19.1 GW last year, according to WindEurope. Turkey remains dominant in the southeast.
Serbia rolls out taxes on greenhouse gas emissions, imported carbon-intensive products
The new laws on taxes on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon-intensive product imports, both at EUR 4 per ton of CO2 equivalent, are coming into effect on January 1
Croatia drafts EUR 1.68 billion Social Climate Plan
The funds would be obtained from the auctions of emission allowances in the European Union and Croatia under the EU ETS 2
Maćić: Exempting Serbia from CBAM for electricity would mean disastrously fast decarbonization; carbon tax will also block market coupling with EU
The European Commission has acknowledged that problems with applying CBAM to electricity exist, but has not yet offered solutions, says Ljubo Maćić, special advisor at Serbia’s Economics Institute
EU waters down its 2040 climate target in runup to COP30 in Brazil
The EU upheld its proposed 90% emissions cut target for 2040 ahead of COP30 in Brazil, but with substantial workaround possibilities
Renewable electricity should not be subject to EU’s CO2 import tax
The European Commission may solve CBAM's unintended effects on renewables in the Western Balkans, Director of the Energy Community Secretariat Artur Lorkowski said in an interview with Balkan Green Energy News