heating and cooling
Romania’s coal town Turceni starts EUR 380 million green energy transformation
20 October 2025 - Turceni is dependent on the local coal power plant, so the municipal authority is turning to agrivoltaics, energy storage and green hydrogen
Von der Leyen: EU is guarantee that Serbian families will be warm in winter
16 October 2025 - The EU is connecting Serbia to its energy market, and it is the true guarantee that Serbian families will be safe and warm, Von der Leyen said
Heat pump sales in Europe plunge in 2024
15 August 2025 - The EU wants to reach 60 million heat pumps by 2030, but sales in major European markets fell 22% in 2024
Romania preparing EUR 300 million in subsidies for geothermal heating, cooling
28 July 2025 - A proposed state aid mechanism for geothermal district heating or cooling systems in Romania would be worth EUR 300 million
Slovenia kicks off grants program for renewables-based district heating, cooling
22 July 2025 - Slovenia is cofunding the construction or restructuring of district heating and cooling systems using renewable energy sources
EU’s Modernisation Fund disburses EUR 3.66 billion for clean energy projects in nine countries
04 July 2025 - Focusing on renewables, grids, storage, and energy efficiency, the funds will support projects in Croatia, Slovenia, Greece, and Romania.
The cost of keeping warm: delivering a just clean heat and cooling transition for European citizens
06 June 2025 - ETS2 – which will be launched in 2027 and will put a price on carbon emissions from buildings and transport – risks deepening the energy poverty problem
North Macedonia adopts Law on Energy
15 May 2025 - With a majority of votes, 62 out of 120, the Assembly of North Macedonia adopted the Law on Energy, aligning the legal framework with the EU
Turkey aims to become major lithium producer with its geothermal wells
21 April 2025 - Existing geothermal wells alone can enable Turkey to become one of the world's major producers of lithium, JESDER's chief Ufuk Şentürk said
Ember: Warming’s 2024 share of global power demand rise was covered with fossil fuels
09 April 2025 - Renewables and nuclear energy met 79,1% of 2024 global power demand growth. The fossil fuels share was bigger than the part attributed to the annual rise in temperatures.
Romanian town Beiuș to boost geothermal distring heating to 100%
04 April 2025 - The local authority in Beiuș, a trailblazer in geothermal district heating in Romania, should apply for European funding to reach full coverage
Solar to surpass hydropower in Croatia by 2040
31 January 2025 - The share of renewables in power consumption in Croatia is in the upper part of the EU list, according to Dražen Jakšić, head of EIHP