Energy Transition Tracker: Energy Community’s coal power output drops 11% in 2021
Coal power production in all nine Energy Community contracting parties has been reduced by 13% to a five-year low last year
Floating wind farm project unites fishermen, investors in Ireland
A joint 2 GW floating wind farm project is the first cooperation in the world between the two opposing sectors.
Serbia’s draft Hydrogen Strategy envisages production from renewables to start by 2025
The drafting and adoption of the Hydrogen Strategy is the response of the Serbian academic and economic community to the new global challenge
US-based KKR set to take over ContourGlobal
US-based KKR is set to take over Bulgarian thermal power plant Maritsa East 3, as well as wind and solar capacities in Austria and Italy
Industry draws up first global definition of green hydrogen
The Green Hydrogen Organization (GH2) has published a Green Hydrogen Standard - for certification and labeling, and greenwashing prevention
Four countries pledge 150 GW of offshore wind in North Sea
Four European countries have announced 150 GW of offshore wind by 2050, but all five European wind turbine makers are currently operating at a loss.
EU’s renewable power capacity additions jump 30% in 2021
The world as a whole also set a fresh record in new renewables capacity last year, adding almost 295 GW
EU urged to back energy storage development alongside renewables, hydrogen
The EU is urged to back energy storage so as to ensure energy security and independence of Russian fossil fuels, and achieve a net-zero power system.
