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EU to accelerate renewables permitting, cut environmental requirements
10 November 2022 - The European Commission wants to cut red tape for renewables but it may lower environmental standards in the process
Romanian city of Bistriţa to equip educational institutions with renewables
08 November 2022 - Bistriţa decided to apply for European funds for a EUR 2.9 million project to equip educational institutions with renewable energy facilities
Pljevlja develops district heating network to use waste heat from thermal power plant
07 November 2022 - Nikola Rovčanin, executive director of EPCG, said the plan for district heating in Pljevlja dates back 40 years
Novi Pazar converts heating plant from fuel oil to biomass
18 October 2022 - The investment is part of a project for the decarbonization of ten heating plants and switching them from fossil fuels to biomass
Energy Community DSOs: High electricity prices endanger reliable supply of consumers
05 October 2022 - DSOs are experiencing a severe liquidity crisis, according to the findings of the Coordination Group of the Energy Community DSOs
Pančevo General Hospital has reduced energy consumption by almost 40%
05 October 2022 - The USAID has provided USD 230,000 for the renovation of all six substations for heating and sanitary hot water in the hospital
Cleaner district heating for 11 cities, municipalities in Serbia
20 September 2022 - District heating decarbonization projects and energy efficiency improvements in the sector are planned in 11 cities and municipalities in Serbia
Activists: EPBiH is covertly introducing waste with biomass as fuel for Tuzla power plant
09 September 2022 - Environmentalists claim waste is planned to be added as a fuel in the project to switch unit 3 in coal plant Tuzla to biomass
Croatia caps power prices for households, businesses
08 September 2022 - The Croatian government adopted another package of measures to ease the burden of high energy prices on households and businesses
Turkey accounts for one third of world’s geothermal greenhouses
05 August 2022 - The surface of greenhouses heated with geothermal energy in Turkey grew 400% since 2002, says Mücahit Kıvrak from the Balıkesir University
Serbia to target emissions cut of 40.3% by 2030 in upcoming NECP
27 July 2022 - Serbia presented the preliminary goals for its integrated national energy and climate plan as it is about to start a public debate
Serbia’s energy companies EPS, Srbijagas could lose EUR 2 billion over two heating seasons
07 July 2022 - Fiscal Council proposed a power price increase of 15%-20%, compared to 65%-75% for natural gas, and 10%-40% for heating
Romanian heating plant to build 80 MW solar park, mix green hydrogen into gas
05 July 2022 - Romania's Oradea city is pushing ahead with decarbonization by launching integrated projects for solar power and green hydrogen
Romania’s renewables can statistically be attributed to Netherlands
28 June 2022 - The EU enables countries to pay other member states to formally make up for shortfalls in achieving own green energy targets
Austria to ban gas boilers in new buildings in 2023
15 June 2022 - Austria is phasing out fossil fuels in heating, starting with a ban on the installation of gas boilers in new buildings from next year
First Greek climate law sets deadlines for ban on conventional vehicles
27 May 2022 - Greece's parliament passed the first climate law with more flexible requirements than in the original proposal