Environment | 22 August, 2023 at 1:05 PM
Forest owners receive compensation for uncut wood
The European Commission approves a €200 million Romanian scheme aimed at compensating forest owners for logging restrictions.
The European Commission approves a €200 million Romanian scheme aimed at compensating forest owners for logging restrictions.
The EU must have restoration measures in place by 2030 covering at least 20% of its land and sea areas, say MEPs.
The Civil Society Development Foundation, ProPark, and the OMV Petrom Foundation launch the "Green for the Future" program. The program is dedicated to biodiversity conservation and the responsible development of local communities in protected areas. The OMV Petrom Foundation fully finances the program in the amount of €800,000 in the 2023 edition.
The European Parliament adopts new law to fight global deforestation. An area larger than the EU was lost to deforestation between 1990 and 2020, with EU consumption causing around 10% of losses. The new law is the key to the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss.
Poland's National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFOŚiGW) has opened a call for applications to co-finance electricity storage facilities, with funding from the Modernisation Fund.
Romania reached a landmark moment in its energy sector, with wind power generating over 30% of the nation's total electricity consumption—an achievement the authorities have described as symbolic.
TotalEnergies has officially launched the 20-MW Gluchow 2 wind park, marking the completion of its 40-MW wind power development in Poland's Lodz province.
Verbund Wind Power Romania has acquired a fully developed wind energy project from Monsson, a multinational group specializing in wind, solar, energy storage, and green hydrogen solutions.
TenarisSilcotub has finalized its first renewable energy project with the completion of a 20 MW solar park, developed through an investment of €20 million.
