Friday, June 7, 2019
A total of 18 large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities are in operation around the world, supporting the target of reducing the global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees and reaching zero emissions by 2050.
Friday, May 31, 2019
Slovenia offers great potential for exploiting photovoltaic energy due to evenly spread solar irradiation. The first photovoltaic power plant in Slovenia was set up in 2001. At the end of 2017, 4,231 photovoltaic power plants had been installed in Slovenia with a total power of 267 MW.
Friday, May 24, 2019
If everybody in the world lived like EU residents, the world would have exhausted the Earth’s annual budget by May 10, which was the European Union’s Earth Overshoot Day 2019. Nature’s annual budget consists of food, fiber, timber, carbon absorption, and land to build infrastructure, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Central and Eastern Europe said. Earth Overshoot Day, the date by which
Friday, May 17, 2019
The Eastern Mediterranean gas pipeline (East Med pipeline) provokes intense reactions. Its supporters consider it essential and transformative, a way to bring non-Russian gas into Southeast Europe and, thus, cement a geopolitical arc from Greece to Israel, while weakening Russia’s gas hold on Europe. Its critics see it as a delusion, an unrealistic project that cannot die soon enough. Meanwhile, the governments of Greece, Cyprus, and Israel continue to meet
Friday, May 10, 2019
Dr. Marika Karagianni a legal and international relations expert, specialized on European and international energy issues, focusing on Russia, the Caspian- Central Asia, East Med and MENA (Middle East- North Africa) regions spoke to Greek News Agenda about Greece’s comparative advantages in the energy sector and the importance for Greece to move from being hydrocarbons importer to producer and possibly exporter.
Friday, May 3, 2019
The recent U.S. decision to end sanctions waivers that enabled several major economies to continue buying crude oil from Iran has put Turkey and India on the horns of a dilemma. Both countries have significant energy dependence on Tehran. The recent U.S. decision to end sanctions waivers that enabled several major economies to continue buying crude oil from Iran has put Turkey and India on the horns of a dilemma. Both countries have significant energy dependence on Tehran.
Friday, April 26, 2019
The electricity market in Bulgaria is undergoing certain major changes, including the introduction of new rules for renewable energy producers, the abolition of the electricity export tariff, and market coupling projects, which will also affect the Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange (IBEX).
Friday, April 19, 2019
Nord Stream-2 said on 15 April that the company had submitted an application for a third route option for the pipeline from Russia to Germany in the Danish exclusive economic zone (EEZ), accusing Denmark of deliberately trying to delay the project’s completion.
Friday, April 12, 2019
The surge in the cost of CO2 emissions could affect the results of European Elections as a number of parties are opposing the environmental policy. As the Yellow Vest movement in France started due to a popular resentment on increased fuel taxes, this is not an idle threat for environmentally friendly policy.
Friday, April 5, 2019
The North Macedonian market is currently one of the hot spots for investments in renewables in the CEE region. Both the institutional investors and the financiers have shown a great deal of interest in developing new projects, while the Government itself has announced tender awards for projects with large-scale capacity.
Thursday, March 28, 2019
Three month exploration drill for oil and gas in the deep waters of the Black Sea near Burgas begins on 1 April 2019. Shell International Exploration & Development Italy SPA, reported on Tuesday to journalists. The company 50% of which is of Shell, 30 per cent of Australian Woods Energy, and the rest of the Spanish Repsol, which is studying another sea block in our country, but in the northern part of our territorial waters.
Friday, March 22, 2019
The latest in a series of Hard Talk events, titled “New Possibilities for Developing Renewable Energy Sustainably in Serbia,” kicked off in Belgrade today, enabling a dialogue between various energy market players from both the public and private sectors.
Friday, March 15, 2019
What challenges lie ahead in the transition of conventional district heating systems and is district heating the future of urban heating in Europe? The vision of the development of Novi Sad Heating Plant, a regional leader by achieved performance indicators, can provide some of the answers.
Friday, March 8, 2019
In December 2018 the Croatian Parliament adopted the amendments to the Renewables Act and the Government adopted two implementing regulations, which jointly apply as of 1 January 2019 (“2019 Amendments”).
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Friday, March 1, 2019
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) saved oil prices from "total collapse," but it was U.S. shale oil that prevented the global oil market from "major energy chaos," according to OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo on Wednesday.
Friday, February 22, 2019
Electrification is a key step to creating low-carbon cities. Replacing fossil fuel-powered vehicles, stoves, furnaces with electric alternatives reduces emissions and creates a host of other benefits. But not all cities are equally suitable for electrification. In some cases, electrification is impractical or can actually increase greenhouse gas emissions.
Thursday, February 14, 2019
The feature of liquid natural gas (LNG) that makes it stand apart from oil products is its lower carbon footprint. This aspect has become more important since the shipping industry, through the International Maritime Organization (IMO), has put limits on emissions-producing fuel to better control carbon releases.
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
The speed of the world’s energy transition has had a huge impact with far-reaching consequences, despite its many challenges. This transition has already allowed the opening up of markets in many countries to adapt to the changing energy industry. Nonetheless, this transformation’s key issue is how
Friday, February 1, 2019
Natural gas plant liquids (NGPL) production in the U.S. is forecast to continue growing between 2018 and 2050, the country's Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a statement on Thursday.
Friday, January 25, 2019
Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Greece are among 7 EU member states that failed to submit drafts of their National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) to the European Commission by the December 31, 2018 deadline.
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