fossil fuels
North Macedonia looking for strategic investor for two gas-hydrogen-fuelled power plants
11 January 2024 - The government has decided to initiate the process of transforming electricity production to gas-hydrogen power plants
Renewables 2023 report: solar, China drive record renewable capacity additions
11 January 2024 - Solar power accounted for three quarters of renewables capacity additions, of which PV in China alone topped the entire 2022 global figure
Most read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in 2023
29 December 2023 - The more the energy transition progresses, the more questions and challenges arise. Here are the most important topics, according to the readers of Balkan Green Energy News.
COP28 conclusion: End for fossil fuels, but they will still be used
15 December 2023 - Representatives from almost every country reached an agreement on the final text of a new...
COP28 adopts UAE Consensus to transition away from fossil fuels in energy
13 December 2023 - Delegates at COP28 voted to call for transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems to drive emissions to net zero by 2050
Bulgaria to suspend transit tax for Russian gas
12 December 2023 - Bulgaria is shelving its controversial transit tax for Russian gas to avoid another delay in entering the Schengen Area
Poland plans 24 small nuclear reactors to cut down on fossil fuels
11 December 2023 - Poland intends to deploy the small modular rectors by 2030, while it also plans to build three nuclear power plants by 2040
EU seeks to phase out fossil fuel boilers in buildings by 2040
11 December 2023 - A revision of the EU's Energy Performance of Buildings Directive aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption in buildings
CAN Europe: BiH, Kosovo* and Serbia’s NECPs lack climate ambition, coal phaseout dates
28 November 2023 - 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
27 November 2023 - 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
18 November 2023 - 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
17 November 2023 - 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
31 October 2023 - 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
27 October 2023 - 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
19 October 2023 - 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
04 October 2023 - The nominee for the new EU Commissioner for Climate Action also pledged to phase out the bloc's fossil fuel subsidies