fossil fuels
Turkey pushing against rivals for transmission of green electricity to EU
07 April 2025 - Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Bulgaria launched a green energy transmission project that could compete with the proposed Black Sea submarine link Georgia-Romania
PPC plans EUR 5.8 billion makeover of Western Macedonia coal region, including data centers
03 April 2025 - PPC presented a EUR 5.8 billion investment plan for the coal region of Western Macedonia in northern Greece
US court rules Greenpeace must pay over USD 660 million to oil pipeline operator
21 March 2025 - A North Dakota state court found Greenpeace liable for more than USD 660 million in damages to Energy Transfer, which controls the Dakota Access Pipeline
Alexandroupolis LNG Terminal to remain out of service at least until end-March
03 March 2025 - On the day when it was supposed to get the Alexandroupolis LNG Terminal in Greece back online, Gastrade extended the outage by another month
Munich Security Conference shows rising significance of energy security in Europe
19 February 2025 - There is no European or national security without energy security, which was among the factors discussed at the Munich Security Conference
Data centers threaten to derail Europe’s energy transition
13 February 2025 - The expansion of data centers in the EU and UK can strongly increase emissions if they rely even partly on fossil fuels, a new report shows
Greece becomes net electricity exporter in 2024
10 February 2025 - Greece went from net electricity imports of 18% in 2019 to a small surplus in the balance last year, mostly attributed to gas power plants
Solar overtakes coal in EU power sector in 2024
23 January 2025 - The record year of solar growth contributed most to fossil decline, lifting solar above coal for the first time, Ember found.
European People’s Party proposes two-year delay for CBAM
22 January 2025 - EPP said the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), EU taxonomy and corporate sustainability directives should be paused for two years
Trump scraps US climate policy, blocks offshore wind, exits Paris Agreement
21 January 2025 - President Donald Trump substantially reversed the US energy and climate policy. He is withdrawing the country from the Paris Agreement again.
Trump declaring energy emergency to ‘Drill, baby, drill’
20 January 2025 - In his inauguration address, United States President Donald Trump vowed to bring energy prices down, with an emphasis on raising oil and gas production
Chevron enters Greece for natural gas exploration west of Crete
20 January 2025 - Chevron, the second largest-listed oil company in the world, has entered Greece to explore natural gas reserves
Vučić: US sanctions on Gazprom Neft forcing its exit from Serbian oil refiner NIS
10 January 2025 - President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić said new US sanctions would force Russia's Gazprom Neft to urgently exit ownership over NIS
Coal plant ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 restarted to preserve energy security in Bulgaria
09 January 2025 - ContourGlobal is returning half of Maritsa East 3 in Bulgaria to the grid, to operate at least until the end of March
Vučić: US, UK to block supply of oil to Serbia through JANAF
16 December 2024 - President Aleksandar Vučić said he obtained information that the US would impose sanctions on Russia-owned oil company NIS in Serbia
Shell wins bid to explore for oil, gas in Bulgaria’s Black Sea
12 December 2024 - A subsidiary of Shell plc has been chosen as the top bidder for the exploration of oil and natural gas in the western Black Sea