renewables

North Macedonia’s Ministry of Economy plans to adopt the Energy Development Strategy until 2040 by the end of 2019, said Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi during the Business Forum held as…

Author: Igor Vejnović, Hydropower Coordinator, CEE Bankwatch Network Eight civil society organisations last week submitted proposals for a revamp of Serbia’s renewables support scheme to the Ministry of Energy and…

Croatia’s Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (FZOEU) has issued a fresh invitation to apply for co-financing home renewables systems, offering a total of about EUR 1.49 million in grants…

Author: Maja Turković, expert in sustainable energy & renewables and country partner on WeBET project The Western Balkans Energy Transition Dialogue (WeBET) project, together with the NewClimate Institute, has carried…

The European Commission has released an assessment of the EU member states’ first-ever draft integrated national energy and climate plans (NECPs), urging them to step up ambition to implement the…

Fresh investment in renewables, energy efficiency, and urban development projects across Greece will be supported following the first agreement under a new EUR 650 million infrastructure investment initiative, according to…

Turkey is moderately prepared in the area of energy, according to the European Commission’s latest report on the country in view of EU enlargement. Good progress has been made on…

A conference titled Days of Good Wind, organized by the Croatian Renewable Energy Sources (OIEH), which started yesterday and ends today in Vodice, has gathered around 200 participants from Croatia…

Montenegro has made some progress in harmonizing its legislation with the EU in the field of energy, especially regarding renewables, the European Commission said in its latest report on the…

In May 2019, Montenegro joined the not-so-large group of countries that managed to cover the entire electricity demand over a certain period of time from domestic renewable energy sources. “This…

North Macedonia remains moderately aligned with the EU acquis in the field of energy, while making limited progress in further harmonizing some environment-related laws and policies. At the same time,…

Kosovo* has some level of preparation in the field of energy, but continues to rely on highly polluting lignite, according to the European Commission’s latest annual report, part of its…