European Green Deal
EU’s Clean Transition Dialogue on hydrogen: 67 GW of electrolyzers in pipeline
11 October 2023 - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič have kicked off the first of a series of Clean Transition Dialogues
Hoekstra: EU will push for global tax on fossil fuels
04 October 2023 - The nominee for the new EU Commissioner for Climate Action also pledged to phase out the bloc's fossil fuel subsidies
Europe’s largest steel plant gets up to EUR 2 billion to transition to green hydrogen
26 July 2023 - Germany earmarked grants of up to EUR 2 billion for ThyssenKrupp to decarbonize its steel production processes using hydrogen
Oil major TotalEnergies buys five solar projects in Romania
05 July 2023 - PNE will remain responsible for further project development until a ready-to-build stage is achieved, the firm said
ArcelorMittal Belgium to get EUR 280 million in state aid to decarbonize steelmaking
28 June 2023 - ArcelorMittal will substitute one of the two existing blast furnaces with a direct reduction iron plant and phase in green hydrogen
Germany preparing scheme to lower electricity prices for firms
09 March 2023 - Germany wants to reduce tariffs for businesses to make them competitive with the US and China, which have lower electricity prices
E.ON to invest EUR 2.2 billion in electricity, gas grids in Romania
09 March 2023 - The investment is aimed at modernizing, expanding, automating and digitalizing the electricity and natural gas networks
ENTSO-E, DSO Entity are developing Digital Twin of European electricity grid
22 December 2022 - The two associations intend to use the Digital Twin of the EU grid to coordinate the investments for the digitalization of the energy system
EU approves state aid to Greece for 900 MW in energy storage
13 September 2022 - Projects will be selected through a transparent and non-discriminatory bidding process, the European Commission said
EPS looking for consultant on strategic investment, development
26 August 2022 - The consultant should help define a development strategy for EPS’ production portfolio and offer recommendations for investment in new and existing power plants
North Macedonia first in Western Balkans adopts National Energy and Climate Plan
02 June 2022 - The NECP covers the period from 2021 to 2030 and prescribes the path to achieve the goals set for 2030, the government said
European Commission approves restructuring aid for CE Oltenia up to EUR 2.66 billion
28 January 2022 - Restructuring aid has been approved for CE Oltenia, Romania's third-largest producer of electricity, to replace coal with gas and renewables
Conference Serbian Companies on Changing Power Market to be held in Belgrade on February 22
21 January 2022 - In Belgrade on February 22, Balkan Green Energy News is organizing a conference on the outlook for Serbia’s electricity market for the next few years and new roles of market players.
Turkey set to ratify Paris Agreement before COP26 climate summit
06 October 2021 - Turkey's parliament is expected to approve a bill ratifying the Paris Agreement by the end of this month.
EU expects Western Balkan countries to offer quality projects for financing under EUR 9 billion plan
30 September 2021 - The EU hopes the overall package that goes into Green Deal projects, digitalization, and resilience in the Western Balkans could reach nearly EUR 30 billion.
Timmermans: energy price hikes should speed up green transition, not slow it down
17 September 2021 - Only about a fifth of the energy price increase can be attributed to the rising costs of CO2 emissions, while the rest is simply due to a market shortage, says the European Commission’s vice president in charge of climate issues.