Germany is increasingly looking into geothermal energy storage as a way of decarbonizing its heating sector. The technology allows storing heated water in underground caverns and using it for warming homes and public and private buildings during wint...
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has frozen USD 20 billion in funding for greenhouse gas reduction projects, citing, among other things, concerns over potential fraud, waste, and abuse, news agencies reported. The move prompted a lawsuit...
Seven cities and regions in the Western Balkans will receive financial and technical support to enhance their climate resilience. Four local authorities in Albania and one each in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia are among the 69 in 23...
Informal environmentalist organization Eko Straža has submitted a letter to the Delegation of the European Union to Serbia urging the EU not to grant strategic status to Rio Tinto’s Jadar project in the country. The letter opposing the lithium mining...
Two weeks after the local authorities and residents of the municipality of Lopare voiced their opposition to plans to open a lithium mine on Mount Majevica, the City of Tuzla sent a similar message. A few days ago, the Tuzla city council adopted a do...
The National Convention on the European Union in Serbia has sent a letter to European officials, expressing concern over the potential consequences of designating Rio Tinto’s Jadar lithium project as an EU strategic project. The body warns that such...
The European Commission has decided to give more time to the automotive industry to meet CO2 standards for new cars and vans. Transport & Environment says the delay must be the final concession. The European Commission has proposed an amendment t...
Consensus was achieved at the COP29 summit on providing USD 300 billion per year in financial assistance to the poorer and most vulnerable countries and rolling out a global carbon market, alongside a series of declarations. But they still fall short...
The European Parliament voted in Ursula von der Leyen’s second European Commission, with a mandate until 2029. Much of her team, including Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera and European Commissioner for Energy and Housing Dan Jørgensen, is taske...
From this year, businesses in Croatia are required to submit sustainability reports. The first round covers 50 companies. The Ministry of Finance, which is responsible for sustainability reporting in Croatia, has published a list of companies obligat...
The Montenegrin coal power plant Pljevlja should be shut down by 2041, according to the draft National Energy and Climate Plan. The Ministry of Energy of Montenegro prepared and submitted the draft NECP to the Energy Community Secretariat for a revie...
Croatia has prepared subsidies in the amount of EUR 5 million for climate action projects for municipal authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition issued a call for awarding funds for climate...
Author: Dr. Eng. Alexandru Muresan/Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Renergia, and EUSEW Young Energy Ambassador As the EU and its member states make significant investments in green technologies and infrastructure, it is imperative to address the...
The Croatian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition and the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (FZOEU) plan to allocate EUR 652 million in subsidies for renewable energy, decarbonization of district heating systems...
The European Union had the cleanest power generation mix ever last year. Emissions were 59% lower than in 1990, while negative prices occurred 1,480 times. The average day-ahead wholesale electricity price in the EU declined by 16% from 2023. 2024 wa...