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Bosnian city to build first solar power plant

February 1, 2023

… “We have decided to build a solar powerplant of 5×12, or 60 megawatts,” said Mayor Mario Kordić. [Shutterstock/ME Image] …


Еко-Свест: Соларните панели штедат пари, но ја штитат и животната средина

February 11, 2021

Со околу 280 сончеви денови во годината и околу 1700 киловат часови сончево зрачење на метар квадратен, Северна Македонија спаѓа во земјите …


North Macedonia: coal exit welcome, but no excuse for ecosystem destruction

December 5, 2019

Two out of three scenarios in the country’s groundbreaking draft Energy Strategy foresee a coal exit by 2025 – excellent news in a country traditionally dominated by coal-fired electricity. But the Strategy’s plans for hydropower are unrealistic, writes Nevena Smilevska.


In Slovakia, a shining example of EU funds for renewables and families

December 11, 2018

There is a sad joke in Slovakia that the country could become a museum for renewable energy sources (RES). Not because the Slovak physicist Aurel Stodola invented in 1928 the world’s oldest heat pump that still powers Geneva’s city hall, but because of its antiquated energy policy that lacks systematic support for renewables at the local and national levels.


EU’s eastern half slow to join wind and solar revolution

March 22, 2017

Renewable energy advocates are hailing the beginning of a new era for wind and solar power, which are finally becoming competitive at market prices with the advent of the latest generation of technologies. Source: bne IntelliNews – EU’s eastern half sl


Guest post: Renewables kept in thrall in the Czech Republic

September 13, 2016

How to overcome the stagnation in the Czech renewable energy sector? Ending the government’s crusade against renewable support schemes would be a good starting point, writes Karel Polanecky from Bankwatch’s member group Hnuti Duha, Friends of the Earth Czech Republic.


Sonnige Grüße aus Tschernobyl

August 4, 2016

Die Regierung in Kiew will endlich unabhäng von russischem Gas werden. Ein Solarpark in der Zone um Tschernobyl soll helfen. KIEW taz | Mehr Sonne: Die Regierung der Ukraine hat ehrgeizige Pläne zur Förderung erneuerbarer Energien. Kürzlich stellte sie ein neues Projekt vor: Eine 6.000 Hektar große Solarfarm in der 30-Kilometer-Zone um die Reaktoren von Tschernobyl.


EU funds spending plans in Latvia: What’s hidden behind the ‘green veneer’?

January 29, 2016

The millions of EU Cohesion Policy money are choosing the ‘darker side’ of Latvia’s renewable energy sources.


Guest post: Croatia and the Energy Union: the European Commission’s unwarranted obsession with gas

August 20, 2015

Building the Energy Union, the European Commission pretends that all is well for renewables in Croatia and unnecessarily fixates on diversifying gas supply instead of managing demand.


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