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If countries in Central and Southeastern Europe shift to a higher gear in the expansion of renewable energy, they will avoid as much as EUR 35 billion in damage to…

IRENA found 56% of renewable capacity added last year achieved lower electricity costs than new coal power plants. Furthermore, by the end of 2021 it would be cheaper to build…

Despite accelerated progress over the past decade, the world will fall short of ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy by 2030 unless efforts are scaled up…

Renewable energy sources can be used in district heating and cooling systems without increasing citizens’ energy bills or heating plants’ and local governments’ costs, while at the same time significantly…

The use of renewable energy sources in district heating and cooling systems can substitute fossil fuels without increasing prices for customers, while bringing benefits in environmental protection. Solar thermal projects,…

The support from Leonardo DiCaprio and Manu Chao for the initiative to ban the construction of small hydropower plants on Vjosa River in Albania and the part of the Balkan…

The adoption of an energy mix consistent with the Paris Agreement would create a cumulative addition of USD 485 billion in gross domestic product between 2019 and 2050 in Southeastern…

Belgrade will be the capital of district energy on December 5-6, as the regional conference will bring together leading experts from the region, Europe and the world to present the…

Regional conference Renewable Energy Sources in District Heating and Cooling Systems, organized by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Federal Ministry of Finance of Austria, in…

Energy transition in South-East Europe is slowly but steadily gaining momentum as costs of investment in solar PV and onshore wind projects are declining significantly. Electricity produced from renewables is…

In most parts of the world today, renewables are the lowest-cost source of new power generation. As costs for solar and wind technologies continue falling, this will become the case…

The International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) announcement that total renewable energy generation capacity reached a third of total installed electricity capacity worldwide at the end of 2018 made it to…