Botoșani County Council announces that three electric school minibusses purchased through a program of the Ministry of Development, have arrived in Botosani County.
The Minister of the Environment, Waters, and Forests, Mircea Fechet, announced the launch of the program for the purchase of electric, hybrid, and compressed natural gas-powered minibusses.
The Prahova County Council is organizing an open auction through which it wants to buy non-polluting electric minibusses for the estimated amount of RON 30.17 million (€6.03 million) without VAT.
Mehedinti County wants to buy 30 electric minibusses to transport students.
Dambovita County is buying 31 new electric minibusses for the transportation of students.
The Hunedoara County Council is purchasing electric minibusses for the county's students, an investment that amounts to about €6 million.
Cluj County Council buys electric minibusses for students from 34 Cluj municipalities, from European funds. The aim is thus to improve transport conditions for students, especially for those from isolated areas with a low population.
The Minister of the Environment, Tanczos Barna, says that every day he travels with an electric car in Bucharest. He says that he supports the purchase of electric cars through the Rabla Plus Program, run by the Environment Fund Administration (AFM), and this year the authorities are considering a program that supports the purchase of electric minibusses.
Bucharest City Hall buys 7 electric minibusses for RON 10.25 million (€2 million). The purpose of the purchase is to ensure an accessible, efficient, and ecological public passenger transport service and to improve the conditions for the use of non-motorized modes of transport in the administrative area of the established partnership, to reduce CO2 equivalent emissions from transport.
A significant portion of EU grants is allocated to support sustainable initiatives, further driving the rise in these types of loans.
Polish energy group Orlen announced that its subsidiary, Energa Operator, has secured a €1.8bn loan to modernize the power grid, preparing it for the integration of renewable energy sources.
OMV Petrom announced the commencement of construction for a production unit dedicated to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (HVO) at the Petrobrazi refinery.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a €240 million loan to Slovakia for co-funding of EU-supported green and digital projects across the country.
In line with its 2030 ambition to decarbonize the hydrogen used in its European refineries, TotalEnergies has signed agreements with Air Liquide to develop two projects in the Netherlands.
