Global car sales growth is predominantly driven by sales of electric and hybrid cars. Sales of pure internal combustion engine cars peaked in 2017 and have since fallen by 30% while the sales of electric cars achieved a 14-fold increase, according to the latest report, called What Next for the Global Car Industry? The International […]
Croatia’s capital, Zagreb, intends to invest EUR 56 million in waste management, green areas, and low-emission machinery. It expects the investment to reduce the environmental footprint of its municipal utilities and their operating costs. Zagreb Holding (ZGH), the umbrella firm for the city’s utility companies, has requested approval from the authorities for a long-term EUR […]
The city of Kozani in northern Greece, home of the country’s dwindling lignite industry, is seeking a contractor for seven photovoltaic systems of 7 MW overall. The municipality said the power plants would supply its buildings, public lighting, pumps and drilling rigs as part of the country’s first energy community led by a local authority. […]
The Serbian Law on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tax and Law on Carbon-Intensive Product Imports Tax, both at EUR 4 per ton of CO2 equivalent, are coming into effect on January 1. It is the country’s answer to and equivalent of, respectively, the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). Notably, several bylaws are still required for […]
Unless the rules are refined for the electricity sector, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) risks undermining the European electricity market integration and security of supply, Brussels-based think tank Bruegel warned. Bruegel has analyzed the impacts of the application of CBAM, set for January 1, 2026. The tax will apply to steel, cement, iron, aluminium, fertilizers, […]
Zdravko Dragaš is the new CEO of Montenegro’s state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore. The Board of Directors of Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) appointed Zdravko Dragaš today as the company’s CEO, at its 41st regular session. A month and a half ago, the Board of Directors relieved the previous CEO Ivan Bulatović of his duties […]
Romania apparently achieved moderately lower prices at its additional wind power auction for contracts for difference (CfDs) than in the regular round. According to a media report, nine bids were approved, for seven proposed facilities, and the winners include OX2, Qair and Zen Energy Group. All wind farm projects in Romania that obtained the right […]
Elnos Group will build a connection to the transmission grid for the 300 MW Vetrozelena wind farm near the city of Pančevo in Serbia. Vetrozelena is the largest wind power plant under construction in Serbia. The largest existing one is Čibuk 1, with a capacity of 158 MW. It has been producing electricity since October […]
Wpd has won environmental approvals for a wind power project of 147.6 MW in Central Greece and one for 77 MW in Thrace, in the country’s northeast. Some of Germany-based wpd’s wind power investments in Southeastern Europe are struggling with delays and controversies – like in Montenegro and Bulgaria, but it is gaining speed in […]
GE Vernova said it would start the delivery in 2026 of 42 of its 6.1 MW-158m wind turbines to Greenvolt for the Gurbănești project near Bucharest. Together with the recent order for the nearby Ialomiţa wind farm, the Portugal-based firm secured half a gigawatt in capacity. Greenvolt is nearing the launch of construction of two […]