natural gas
Serbia Zijin Copper preparing plan to reduce emissions, switch to renewables
14 April 2023 - The company is heavily criticized as one of the biggest polluters in Serbia, particularly of air
Greece and Bulgaria to present joint hydrogen projects
11 April 2023 - The Greek and Bulgarian gas system operators will present two major hydrogen projects to the EU this week
Habeck: Fossil fuels for heating are dead end, not way to save
10 April 2023 - Germany is preparing a law on heating installations to transition from fossil fuels to renewables
Firms from Energy Community can now use EU’s joint gas purchasing platform
06 April 2023 - The first demand aggregation through AggregateEU is planned for April, followed by the publication of the first tender for suppliers in May
Kosovo* outlines energy transition until 2031 in strategic document
24 March 2023 - Kosovo* aims at 1.6 GW in renewables capacity by 2031, with 340 MWh in batteries. It opted to reconstruct at least three coal plant units.
Hungary’s top diplomat welcomes forming of energy community with Republic of Srpska, Serbia
23 March 2023 - Péter Szijjártó, who visited BiH, pointed out that regional cooperation is very important to Hungary as a landlocked country
E.ON to invest EUR 2.2 billion in electricity, gas grids in Romania
09 March 2023 - The investment is aimed at modernizing, expanding, automating and digitalizing the electricity and natural gas networks
Iraqi firm to switch defunct coal plant in Romania to gas, hydrogen
07 March 2023 - Mass Group Holding told Romania's PM Nicolae Ciucă it would invest more than EUR 1 billion in transforming the Mintia coal plant
New Cypriot government’s first priority is to reduce electricity costs
02 March 2023 - The primary concern is to reduce electricity costs, the new Cypriot Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry George Papanastasiou said
GEK Terna launches 170 MW thermal power plant project in Albania
27 February 2023 - GEK Terna's KV with domestic company Gener 2 filed for the construction of a 170 MW thermal power plant in the Fier district
Another record year for European heat pump market – sales soar 38%
22 February 2023 - Poland achieved the fastest expansion in Europe, 100%, followed by the Czech Republic's 99%. The Netherlands came in third, with 80%.
EU carbon prices surpass EUR 100 per ton for first time
21 February 2023 - A forecasted cold spell and weak winds helped the benchmark emissions prices in the European Union hit an intraday record
Greece and Bulgaria agree to boost energy ties
17 February 2023 - The two countries have signed memoranda of understanding on natural gas storage and the construction of a new oil pipeline
Szijjártó: Hungary, Serbia to double power transmission capacities by 2028
07 February 2023 - Péter Szijjártó met with Dubravka Đedović in Belgrade to discuss energy security in the region and the improvement of energy cooperation
Azerbaijan on track to double gas exports to EU, start green energy supply
06 February 2023 - The 9th ministerial meeting of the Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council in Baku brought together representatives from 16 states and the EU
Ember: Wind and solar generate more electricity than gas in EU
02 February 2023 - The share of wind and solar electricity production reached 20% in the European Union last year, surpassing fossil gas for the first time