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Slovenia Sells Europe’s First Sustainability Bond, Worth EUR 1 Billion

Τετ, 2 Ιουλίου 2025 - 08:34

Slovenia accessed the international markets with its inaugural sustainability-linked bond, oversubscribed by more than 6.5 times. The interest payable can grow or drop by 50 basis points depending on the country’s progress in cutting greenhouse gas emissions. It is the first-ever sustainability-linked bond issue from a European sovereign, the Ministry of Finance pointed out

US Supreme Court Dealt Blows to EPA and Environmental Protections

Τετ, 2 Ιουλίου 2025 - 08:26

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered setbacks to environmental interests in a series of recent rulings including by further restricting the Environmental Protection Agency's authority and relaxing requirements for environmental impact studies for proposed projects

Russian Government Discusses Tax Relief for Gazprom, Source Says

Τρι, 1 Ιουλίου 2025 - 07:58

Russia's government has been considering some tax relief for energy giant Gazprom, offset by potentially higher taxes on other gas producers, a government source said on Monday

EU Company to Build 35 Mln Euro Battery Plant in North Macedonia – PM

Τρι, 1 Ιουλίου 2025 - 07:55

North Macedonia's prime minister Hristijan Mickoski said on Friday that an unnamed investor from an unspecified country in the European Union will invest 35 million euro ($41 million) in the development of a battery production factory near the eastern city of Shtip

US Postpones Sanctions Against Serbia's NIS Oil Firm for Fourth Time, Energy Minister Says

Δευ, 30 Ιουνίου 2025 - 08:08

The United States has postponed sanctions against the Russian-owned Serbian oil company NIS for a fourth time until July 29, the country's mining and energy minister Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic said on Friday

Germany's LEAG Suspends H2UB Green Hydrogen Plan

Δευ, 30 Ιουνίου 2025 - 08:00

Plans to build one of Europe's largest green energy hubs on the site of disused coal-fired power plant units in eastern Germany have been postponed indefinitely, energy firm LEAG said on Friday

Bulgaria's Solaris Holding Launches 59.8 Mwp Hybrid PV Park

Σαβ, 28 Ιουνίου 2025 - 18:51

Bulgarian engineering and construction company Solaris Holding, a joint venture of Bulgarian-German solar photovoltaic (PV) plant developer Sunotec and the main shareholders of energy and insurance group Eurohold Bulgaria, said on Friday that it launched a new hybrid renewable energy park near the northwestern city of Vratsa

OPEC+ Is Set to Weigh Another Super-Sized Oil Output Increase

Σαβ, 28 Ιουνίου 2025 - 18:47

OPEC+ is set to consider extending its run of super-sized production increases at a meeting next month, as group leader Saudi Arabia leads a push to recoup market share

Serbia to Build New Gas Storage Facility for up to 500 Mln Euro

Παρ, 27 Ιουνίου 2025 - 08:24

Serbia plans to build a new natural gas storage facility at the location of the former Tilva storage site in the northern province of Vojvodina with an estimated investment of up to 500 million euro ($586 million), Dusan Bajatovic, director general of state-owned gas importer and distributor Srbijagas, said on Thursday

Siemens Energy Targets US Transformer Production in 2027, Can Further Expand Factory

Παρ, 27 Ιουνίου 2025 - 08:23

Siemens Energy is expecting to start U.S. production of big industrial power transformers in 2027 and can further expand its Charlotte factory if demand, and import tariffs, stay high, senior executives at the group said. Siemens Energy makes more than a fifth of its

Israel's Gas Fields Resume Operations After Shutdown During Iran Conflict

Πεμ, 26 Ιουνίου 2025 - 07:55

Israel's two natural gas fields that supply Egypt and Jordan have resumed operations after being shut down nearly two weeks ago due to the Iran-Israel conflict, partners in the companies said on Wednesday. Two of Israel's three gas fields

EU Countries Demand Stricter Controls on New CO2 Price

Πεμ, 26 Ιουνίου 2025 - 07:51

Germany, the Czech Republic and 14 other countries have demanded the European Union introduce stricter price controls to the bloc's new carbon market, over fears the policy will raise consumers' bills, a document seen by Reuters showed

Kosovo - Rizvanolli Says There is No Energy Import from Serbia: Belgrade Has Blocked Trading Since 2020

Τετ, 25 Ιουνίου 2025 - 08:10

Acting Minister of Economy, Artane Rizvanolli, has reacted to reports of energy imports from Serbia, saying that such a thing is not true, and that, ''what is being called "import" of energy from Serbia using data on PHYSICAL energy flows may be either deliberate DISINFORMATION or simply IGNORANCE''