The Energy Community Ministerial Council held its annual informal meeting in Athens, where the organization was founded twenty years ago. No contracting party is expected to meet the criteria for exemption from the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in the electricity sector – the European Union is due to start charging the CO2 tax on […]
Within the European Union’s proposed budget for the period from 2028 to 2034, the EUR 409 billion European Competitiveness Fund is for investments in strategic technologies, including for the clean transition and decarbonization. The new Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), worth EUR 81.4 billion, would finance the completion of Trans-European Networks and foster the EU’s green […]
With the ambition to build several hydroelectric plants on pontoons on the Danube river in Bulgaria, a local company intends to install a 20 kW pilot facility in Vidin. An initiative is underway for the deployment of an environmentally friendly energy production technology on Europe’s second-largest river. Vidin-based company Tyfun intends to build a pontoon […]
Bulgaria-based International Power Supply (IPS) is opening a factory for battery energy storage systems using proprietary technology. The Exeron X-BESS is one of only six strategic projects in the European Union with a designation under the Net Zero Industry Act. Minister of Economy and Industry of Bulgaria Petar Dilov met with Chief Executive Officer of […]
Solar and wind power projects with or without energy storage that are on Slovenia’s priority list can be submitted for grants from the European Union’s Modernisation Fund. The round is worth EUR 29.5 million and the deadline is January 7. Notably, of the 1,117 projects for renewables and cogeneration approved for state support so far, […]
Electricity supplier and distributor Electrica listed its first green bonds on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. It was the largest issuance of its kind among Romanian companies, excluding financials. Electrica, in which the Romanian Government controls a stake of just under 50%, issued green bonds worth up to EUR 500 million. It is using the proceeds […]
Legal entities and entrepreneurs in Montenegro are preparing to compete for market premiums with their solar power projects. The quota for the first such auction in the country is 250 MW, and applications close on November 10. Following the completion of the legal framework with laws and decrees, the Montenegrin Ministry of Energy and Mining […]
Serbian state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije, EPS, connected its first larger photovoltaic unit to the grid. The new solar power plant is called Petka and it has a 10 MW grid connection. It is located in the Kostolac coal mining complex east of Belgrade, next to a wind park that is nearing completion. Each new […]
In its Impact Report 2024, the Green for Growth Fund outlined how it powers the green transition across Southeast Europe, the Caucasus and beyond – from repurposing coal sites and decarbonizing industries to strengthening energy security and building climate resilience. It ended last year with EUR 1.09 billion in assets under management and an outstanding […]
In its Impact Report 2024, Green for Growth Fund outlined how it powers the green transition across Southeast Europe, the Caucasus and beyond – from repurposing coal sites and decarbonizing industries to strengthening energy security and building climate resilience. It ended last year with EUR 1.09 billion in assets under management and an outstanding investment portfolio […]