Strabag announced its initiative to achieve climate neutrality by 2040 throughout the entire value chain, embracing digital, innovative, and eco-friendly solutions.
The European Commission has approved the fourth Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) under EU State aid rules to support research within the hydrogen value chain.
The European Commission has set out immediate actions to support the European wind power industry.
Romania will assume climate neutrality in the time horizon of 2050, says Ionuţ-Sorin Banciu, state secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests (MMAP).
The production of green energy must increase eight times, to achieve global climate neutrality by 2050, according to a PwC analysis.
The Council adopted new rules to reduce final energy consumption at the EU level by 11.7% in 2030.
The European Commission announced 18 new projects which will receive over €106 million to contribute to the EU Mission ”Restore our Ocean and Waters”.
Between August 2022 and January 2023, Romania is managing to reduce fossil gas consumption by approximately 25%, according to a report published by CEE Bankwatch Network. According to the report, Romania allocates four times more European funds for fossil gas, despite the climate objectives. Between 2014 and 2020, fossil gas-based projects in Romania and Poland benefited from €230 million and €1.3 billion respectively from European funds.
MEPs back plans for a climate-neutral building sector by 2050. Buildings account for 36% of greenhouse-gas emissions. New buildings to be zero-emission from 2028. Member states will establish the measures needed to achieve these targets in their national renovation plans.
Existing buildings in the European Union should be converted into zero-emission buildings by 2050 and all new buildings should be zero-emission from 2028.
SPIE Energy Poland announced new projects at a time of major investment in Poland to support the energy transition.
In 2023, renewable energy accounted for 24.5% of the EU's gross final energy consumption, marking a 1.4 percentage point increase compared to 2022.
EU countries have updated their goals for the deployment of offshore renewable energy up to 2050 in each of the EU's 5 sea basins, with intermediate objectives to be achieved by 2030 and 2040.
Registrations of battery-electric cars declined by 9.5% to 130,757 units in November 2024.
Nuclearelectrica announced a €1.9 billion EPC contract with an international consortium to refurbish Unit 1 and extend its life by 30 years.
