Integration with the European Union is advancing in practice, and the decade ahead must sustain the momentum with focus and determination, Energy Community Secretariat Director Artur Lorkowski pointed out in this year’s Annual Implementation Report. Serbia fares best in the Western Balkans, as it advanced to 63% from 55%. Bosnia and Herzegovina is at the […]
Hydrogenera will integrate its electrolyzer with a gas burner at Volkswagen Poznań’s automotive factory in western Poland with the aim of cutting the consumption of the fuel as well as related emissions by up to 30%. The produced hydrogen and oxygen would both be utilized within the system, the Bulgarian company said. Hydrogenera, which was […]
Borusan EnBW Enerji’s first wind investment in Central Anatolia, the Pelit wind power plant, began production. Located near Sivas, it has 80 MW in capacity. The joint venture of Borusan Holding and Energie Baden-Württemberg increased its wind power portfolio in Turkey to 212 turbines in operation and 776 MW. Its tenth facility, Pelit, is located […]
Several high-profile green hydrogen projects have been canceled in the past year, and major companies reduced their decarbonization ambitions, the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) said in its new report. The technology is four times more expensive than production from fossil gas through steam reforming. Investments are far behind EU […]
According to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC or RKE) of North Macedonia, a 44 MW wind power plant has entered trial operation in Demir Kapija. Almost three years ago, Kaltun Enerji hired YEO Technology, also based in Turkey, to build the first part of the Dren wind farm. It is the third such facility in […]
Minister of Energy and Mining of Montenegro Admir Šahmanović met with several senior officials of the European Commission. The messages in Brussels regarding the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) were encouraging – changes in the regulation are being considered, including Montenegro’s demands, according to the ministry. Minister of Energy and Mining of Montenegro Admir Šahmanović […]
A careful and organized course is required to achieve the energy transition in Cyprus, support the industry and strengthen the economy, ensuring sustainable solutions for the country’s energy future, new Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry Michael Damianos said. He took over from his predecessor George Papanastasiou. Five ministers were replaced in a cabinet reshuffle […]
Power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore has launched its second battery energy storage system procurement tender. The required capacity is drastically lower than in the first call. The initial public procurement was canceled because state-owned energy company Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) didn’t obtain approval from the Government of Montenegro to take a loan for a EUR […]
Public Power Corporation has received funds to speed up its Mesochora hydropower project, stalled for 24 years. The Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy announced that the procedures to complete the Mesochora hydropower plant (HPP) in Trikala would be significantly accelerated, ending a 24-year period of judicial deadlock and construction suspension. Of note, the project […]
Montenegro is facing its most challenging year for the energy sector, Minister of Energy and Mining Admir Šahmanović stressed. State-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) will suffer a loss of around EUR 80 million given that the Pljevlja coal power plant is offline, while electricity consumption is rising amid increases in prices of other […]