EU reaches agreement on binding 32% target for renewables
A binding EU target of 32% of final energy consumption from renewables by 2030 with an upwards revision clause by 2023 was reached between negotiators from the Parliament, Commission, and Council. New targets and rules were also agreed for self-consumption, biofuels, and the heating and cooling sector. The European Commission had proposed a target of […]
EU issues two guides to considering environment in renewable energy projects
The European Commission has issued two guidance documents on how energy transmission infrastructure and hydropower can be made to operate in accordance with the requirements of the Habitats and Birds Directives. Two guidance documents have been published as part of the EU Action plan for nature, people and the economy. “Guidance documents offer practical recommendations […]
Public vote for EUSEW 2018 Citizens’ Award kicks off
12 finalists across 4 categories are in the competition for the EU Sustainable Energy Awards. The Awards are a major feature of the EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW), organized annually by the European Commission (Directorate General for Energy and EASME). A high-level jury decides the winner in each of the categories – Consumers, Public Sector, […]
EUSEW18 Policy Conference registrations are now open
Registration is now open for this year’s Policy Conference at the EU Sustainable Energy Week 2018 (EUSEW). Organised every year by the European Commission, EUSEW is Europe’s largest event dedicated to renewables and efficient energy use. The Policy Conference takes place in Brussels between June 5 and 7, 2018. Under the tagline “Lead the clean […]
EU report: Southern Europe’s fossil fuel power plants contradict European markets’ pattern
In the fourth quarter of 2017 low water levels in the Balkans negatively affected wholesale electricity prices in Hungary and Slovenia, but also in Romania and Serbia, while fossil fuel based electricity generation in the Southern Europe secured profitability contrary to the case in the European markets, the European Commission’s latest Quarterly report on European […]
Bulgaria and Greece will soon be connected by new transmission line
A new overhead electric line will soon connect Greece and Bulgaria. This new single circuit 400kV interconnection line between the substations Maritsa East in Bulgaria and Nea Santa in Greece will be of approximately 150 km in length. According to the Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, Valentin Yovev a detailed development […]
Croatia fails to protect citizens from industrial waste, EU sends it to Court
The European Commission has decided to send Croatia to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to ensure an adequate level of protection of human health and the environment at Crno brdo site in Biljane Donje, near the town of Benkovac, less than 50 meters from houses. The Commision said that for almost […]
Network of fast charging stations for electric vehicles in Romania and Croatia
The Romanian renewable energy company Renovatio and Croatia’s telecommunications services provider Hrvatski Telekom said that they will install the first 23 fast charging stations for electric vehicles in Romania by the end of 2018 marking the start of a project to set up a network of 69 fast charging stations and 4 ultra-fast charging stations in the […]
