Energy | 25 January, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Renewables to make up one-third of total electricity generation by 2025
Renewables are set to make up more than one-third of total electricity generation by early 2025, overtaking coal.
Renewables are set to make up more than one-third of total electricity generation by early 2025, overtaking coal.
The Ministry of Energy and American Bio-Carbon Delaware LLC have signed a memorandum for the transformation of the Paroşeni Thermal Power Plant into a modern facility, which uses biofuel instead of coal.
About $2.8 trillion is set to be invested globally in energy in 2023, of which more than $1.7 trillion is expected to go to clean technologies – including renewables, electric vehicles, nuclear power, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency improvements, and heat pumps – according to the IEA's latest World Energy Investment report.
Wind and solar energy reached a record high of 12% of global electricity generation in 2022. All renewable energy sources, including nuclear power, comprised 39% of global electricity last year. Meanwhile, EU countries are lagging behind with wind power expansion.
The Polish government has submitted to parliament a long-awaited draft amendment to the legislation governing onshore wind farm investments.
Eurowind Energy and Autoliv, a global leader in automotive safety systems, have signed a 12-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in Romania.
Polski Holding Nieruchomości (PHN) has secured €8 million in preferential financing from the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management for an 18 MW photovoltaic (PV) installation.
PPC Group has announced a €5.75 billion strategic investment initiative aimed at converting former lignite mining areas in Western Macedonia into a major center for green energy and technology.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing an additional loan of up to €72 million to BIG CEE as part of a €100 million envelope of loans to support its expansion in Serbia and the Western Balkans.
