CAN Europe: BiH, Kosovo* and Serbia’s NECPs lack climate ambition, coal phaseout dates
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, and Serbia sent draft NECPs to the Energy Community Secretariat for review in late June and July
Pokrovac: Croatian rules make it easier to build 10 MW fossil fuel plant than 1 MW of solar
Building fossil fuel facilities of up to 10 MW in Croatia's industrial zones is possible without an environmental impact assessment
OMV Petrom’s Verchere: Energy security implies diversifying sources, supply
The pandemic, energy crisis and war in Ukraine have all actually accelerated the energy transition, OMV Petrom's CEO Christina Verchere said
Hungary, Slovenia, Serbia to roll out electricity trade platform
Minister of Mining and Energy of Serbia Dubravka Đedović Handanović spoke to her Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó in Belgrade
EU: Up to Bulgaria to decide how to use income from gas transit tax
Bulgaria can decide on its own what to do with income from the transit tax for Russian gas, the European Commission said
Greece, Serbia, North Macedonia interested in supply from new reactors in Kozloduy
Greece, Serbia and North Macedonia would prefer supply contracts than to invest in two new reactors in Kozloduy, Bulgarian Prime Minister Denkov said
EU energy ministers achieve breakthrough in electricity market design reform
The Council of the EU adopted its so-called general approach to the electricity market design reform, breaking the Franco-German deadlock
Hoekstra: EU will push for global tax on fossil fuels
The nominee for the new EU Commissioner for Climate Action also pledged to phase out the bloc's fossil fuel subsidies