Despite early efforts to develop green hydrogen and its first regulatory framework, Greece finds itself on a steep curve. The government has presented the first law on hydrogen and renewable gases in parliament. At the same time, refineries and other...
The first mentorship program of the WISE Serbia women’s network, focusing on sustainable energy, the green economy, and climate action, and implemented with the support of German development cooperation GIZ, was successfully concluded with an event h...
Building photovoltaic plants on abandoned open-pit coal mines could add nearly 300 GW of new solar worldwide, equivalent to 15% of the current global capacity, according to a survey by Global Energy Monitor (GEM). Greece and three Western Balkan coun...
The Moneypoint power plant stopped burning coal, marking the end of Ireland’s coal era. The last such facilities in several other countries in the European Union are operating only barely or occasionally. Ireland has ended coal power generation. It i...
As part of its decarbonization efforts, Romanian hydrocarbons producer OMV Petrom is strengthening its presence in neighboring Bulgaria. It agreed to buy 50% of the Gabare solar power project, of 400 MW, from its developer Enery Element. The solar po...
MOL’s 37.4 MW solar power plant with a battery energy storage system (BESS) of 40 MWh will contribute to the energy independence of its oil and gas complex in southern Hungary. Alteo is the contractor building the facility. The battery segment has re...