Akuo invites EU citizens to invest in its solar power project in Greece
03 July 2024 - Citizens and firms can buy four-year green bonds for refinancing Akuo Energy's solar park in Thessaly. The fixed interest rate is 6.5%.
Serbia spends most of green bond proceeds in transport, water, wastewater sectors
27 January 2024 - Serbia has allocated all the funds from its first green bond issue, according to the final report. The transport sector accounted for 36.7%.
France’s EDF sells Europe’s first green bonds for nuclear energy
01 December 2023 - French state-owned power utility EDF raised EUR 1 billion for nuclear energy through a green bond issue, the first of its kind in Europe
EU adopts joint green bond standard
30 October 2023 - The regulation sets out requirements for issuers who want to use the designation European green bond or EuGB for their debt securities
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s first green bonds get go-ahead
09 October 2023 - The Republic of Srpska Securities Commission has given the go-ahead to Naša Banka to issue Bosnia and Herzegovina’s first-ever green bonds
City in western Romania aims to be first to achieve energy independence
11 September 2023 - The local authority in Reșița in western Romania got the technical connection approval for its own 21 MW photovoltaic park
Masdar lists its first green bond on London Stock Exchange
08 August 2023 - Masdar entered the green bond market with a sale worth USD 750 million and listed the securities on the London Stock Exchange
Green for Growth Fund invests in NLB green bond
28 July 2023 - The fund said it aims to provide support specifically for various projects in the field of renewable energy in BiH, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia
Zagreb Holding sells green bonds worth EUR 305 million
20 July 2023 - Through its umbrella firm Zagreb Holding, Croatia's capital issued the first green municipal bonds in Central and Eastern Europe
Prilep in North Macedonia to finance solar panels with municipal bonds
23 March 2023 - The Municipality of Prilep intends to sell bonds to get EUR 5 million for four projects including for solar panels on rooftops of schools
EU launches EUR 1 billion energy support package for Western Balkans
07 December 2022 - The EU will back six renewable energy infrastructure projects in the Western Balkans with grants from a EUR 500 million package
First green bonds issued in Croatia
02 August 2022 - The strategic partners in the green bond issue are Erste&Steiermärkische Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development