In its third edition, LUCE Awards continues to celebrate the outstanding contributions and achievements of women leading the way in the Green Transition. The public voting is now live for three outstanding finalists in the Legacy Women category, including Branislava Jovičić, the Founder and Editor of Balkan Green Energy News. The Lights on Women initiative […]
The European Commission scheduled for March 25 the declaration of the first batch of strategic projects under the European Union’s Critical Raw Materials Act. Rio Tinto has submitted its controversial Jadar project, for a lithium mine and processing plant in Serbia. In addition, the administration in Brussels said it would extend the Carbon Border Adjustment […]
International Day of Forests is celebrated worldwide on March 21. The initiative to establish it was approved in 2012 by the United Nations General Assembly. The goal is to raise awareness about the importance of forest conservation for the future of our planet. This year, special emphasis is placed on their role in ensuring food […]
After the Fiat Grande Panda electric car, the Citroën e-C3 will also be manufactured at the Stellantis factory in Kragujevac. In July last year, Stellantis launched a trial production of its electric Fiat Grande Panda in Kragujevac. Local media reported that the company would begin manufacturing Citroën C3 this year. Saša Đorđević, president of the […]
The Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange (IBEX) is registering entities interested in participating in a market for guarantees of origin. There is no kickoff date yet for the platform, which the market operator will jointly run with the country’s Sustainable Energy Development Agency (SEDA). After several years of preparations, the Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange (IBEX) is […]
A North Dakota state court in Morton county found Greenpeace liable for more than USD 660 million in damages to Energy Transfer, which controls the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The environmentalist network, now facing bankruptcy, said it would appeal and that the ruling is part of a renewed push by corporations to weaponize courts to […]
President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić said in Brussels that the European Commission would award “in seven or eight days” a strategic status to Rio Tinto’s Jadar project in Serbia for mining and processing a lithium ore. Marš sa Drine, together with a number of other environmentalist groups in Europe, stressed they would contest such a designation […]
The European Commission adopted a list of strategic projects to boost domestic raw material capacities. Sites for the entire first group are in European Union member states and the ones in third countries are set to be declared later. Metlen, Imerys, Vulcan Energy, Fortum and Northvolt are among the companies that got their proposals designated. […]
China will be Serbia’s yet another partner in developing nuclear energy. So far, contacts have also been made with Russia, France and Slovenia. State-owned Nuclear Facilities of Serbia has signed a memorandum of understanding with the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE). The document was signed in Beijing by Dalibor Arbutina, CEO of Nuclear Facilities […]
Croatia plans to install an electricity interconnector under the Adriatic Sea to Italy, but also to build a nuclear power plant, according to Minister of Economy Ante Šušnjar. In his words, nuclear and geothermal energy are crucial for the country’s energy security. Economy Minister Ante Šušnjar highlighted the importance of connecting the power grids of […]