European Parliament hosts event about energy poverty
Sixty participants from institutions and organizations dealing with energy and social issues gathered at the European Parliament in Bruxelles for conference ‘Energy Poverty in South East Europe’. European lawmakers, scientists, energy poverty experts and representatives of civil society at the panel debate focused on proposed policy recommendations, according to a press release published by the […]
WE-Qualify enters final round for awards in Brussels
One of nine finalists in the European Union Sustainable Energy Awards this year is from Cyprus. Project WE-Qualify, coordinated by Cyprus Energy Agency, passed the procedure in which almost 200 applicants were involved in the selection of the greatest success in sustainable energy. The island country needs to educate and equip at least 4,500 workers […]
EU Sustainable Energy Week 2016 – Power to the consumer
The energy transition is going local. Citizens and stakeholders are organising European Union Energy Days throughout the month of June to activate the transition to secure, clean and efficient energy. The events are held in Europe and beyond as part of European Commission’s initiative EU Sustainable Energy Week (Eusew), which first took place in 2006. […]
SINN Power testing wave energy conversion in Heraklion
A wave energy converter module was installed at the Port of Heraklion to measure generated electricity and evaluate long-term functionality of components. The project by SINN Power was launched by shattering a bottle of champagne. The first tests were performed in November and the port authority aims to use wave energy to power its facilities. […]
Greece only EU member from Balkans that cuts emissions in 2015
While carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion increased by 0.7% last year in the European Union, results in countries followed by Balkan Green Energy News are mixed. Bulgaria fared the worst, fifth in the group registering an increase, according to data released by Eurostat. Slovakia led the jump with 9.5%, followed by Portugal, Hungary […]
ELES joins Japanese–Slovenian smart grids project
Within the framework of the partnership between Japan and Slovenia, ELES hosted Masaaki Nomoto, senior representative of Japanese company Hitachi. Chief executive Aleksander Mervar and the management team spoke about the project on smart grids and smart communities with the guests. They established that the project has a very important role in the development of […]
