lithium
EU selects first group of strategic projects for raw materials
25 March 2025 - The European Commission adopted a list of strategic projects for raw materials. They are eligible for administrative support and financing.
EU to unveil strategic projects for raw materials on March 25
20 March 2025 - Rio Tinto's lithium project Jadar in Serbia is among the candidates for strategic status under the EU's Critical Raw Materials Act
Locals defy lithium mining plans on Mount Majevica
13 March 2025 - This was not the first protest against lithium mining in Lopare. A similar gathering was organized about a year ago.
IEA: Battery manufacturing capacity set to triple within five years
07 March 2025 - The battery industry is entering a new phase, the International Energy Agency said, pointing to demand surge and the constant price decline
EU Clean Industrial Deal envisages EUR 100 billion Industrial Decarbonisation Bank
27 February 2025 - Within the Clean Industrial Deal, the European Commission aims to raise up to EUR 100 billion for the Industrial Decarbonization Bank
Protest in Brussels scheduled ahead of screening of documentary, debate on Jadar lithium project
04 February 2025 - Activists organizing a protest outside of the European Parliament in Brussels against lithium mining in Serbia claim a new documentary is biased
Most read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in 2024
31 December 2024 - In 2024, the readers of Balkan Green Energy News were mostly interested in investments in the region's energy transition as well as the EU's CBAM carbon dioxide border tax
Environmentalists dispute Rio Tinto’s bid to win strategic status for Jadar lithium project
27 December 2024 - Serbia-based Marš sa Drine Green Legal Impact from Germany have urged the European Commission not to award a strategic status to the Jadar project
EU energy ministers launch geothermal energy push
17 December 2024 - The Council of the EU called on unlocking financing for geothermal energy, streamlining regulations and a boost to equipment manufacturers
Global pledge signed to boost energy storage six times to 1.5 TW
11 December 2024 - The COP29 Global Energy Storage and Grids Pledge calls for increasing capability by six times to 1.5 TW by 2030
Citizens asked to join complaint against Serbia’s EIA requirements for lithium project Jadar
05 December 2024 - Activist group Marš sa Drine called on citizens to join its complaint against Serbia's requirements for the environmental study for Rio Tinto's lithium project Jadar
Vučić: Serbia wants Azerbaijan to participate in major gas power project
13 November 2024 - Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said the government is starting talks with Azerbaijan to build a 1 GW gas power plant or two smaller ones
Local activists in Serbia block roads to reignite protests against lithium mining
20 October 2024 - The SEOS environmentalist coalition organized one-hour road blockades in two locations in Serbia in a protest against lithium mining
Parliament of Serbia rejects lithium mining ban proposal
11 October 2024 - The National Assembly of Serbia voted against the opposition's bill that would ban exploring, mining and processing lithium and boron
RERI: Rio Tinto divides up Jadar lithium project in Serbia to avoid overall environmental assessment
10 October 2024 - Rio Tinto is attempting to portray the potential environmental impacts of its Jadar lithium project in Serbia as smaller than they are, according to an NGO
Scholz: Germany, Serbia, Zambia to join Global Battery Alliance
07 October 2024 - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz today opened the first Hamburg Sustainability Conference