Energy | 20 September, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Europe adds 6.4 GW of wind capacity in H1 2024
WindEurope's Autumn Wind Energy Data shows Europe built 6.4 GW of new wind farms in the first half of 2024.
WindEurope's Autumn Wind Energy Data shows Europe built 6.4 GW of new wind farms in the first half of 2024.
Nofar Energy has acquired 100% of the shares in Aviv Renewable Investment. This project company is currently developing a 160 MW photovoltaic park in Giurgiu County.
Premier Energy PLC Group has acquired three wind farms and four additional locations with already executed components, all located within the Dranceni area (Vaslui County),
CEZ is strengthening its ESG requirements stemming from the improvement potential, set according to reporting standards and financial institutions, says Ondrej Safar, CEO and Member of the Board CEZ Romania. He talked to Green Forum about the social responsibility and health projects that the company is preparing in 2023 and about the company's energy production projects from renewable sources.
Vienna Insurance Group considers sustainability as an important part of its strategic orientation. The insurer established the VIG Family Fund, a fund in which approximately €7 million were collected, which will support in the medium and long term the efforts to help the families of VIG employees in Ukraine who were affected by the war. The company shows that it supports social and ecological causes by investing in businesses such as solar and wind farms, in ecologically sustainable and affordable housing projects, or in eco-mobility.
It is still a long way to embedding ESG principles into corporate culture, operations, and decision-making processes. That was the main takeaway from a panel at CEE ESG Forum 2024 organised by Property Forum and Green Forum in Vienna last November.
FAN Courier, a leading Romanian logistics company, has allocated an investment budget of 40 million euros for 2025, including in renewable energy.
DRI, the European renewables division of Ukrainian energy company DTEK, has successfully connected its 60MW Glodeni II solar park to the Romanian grid.
NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced that it has secured a €1 billion loan from the EIB to advance the company's RDI investments across its broad portfolio of semiconductor solutions.
EIB and Societe Generale have agreed on a new initiative which has the potential to unlock investment of up to €8 billion to support wind energy manufacturers in Europe.
