EU wants an e-target for 2040 to cut oil and gas consumption
The European Union wants to propose an electrification target for the next decade, as part of a plan to strengthen…
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Wind and solar capacities provided 12% of the world’s electricity last year
Wind turbines and solar panels were responsible for a record 12% of global electricity production last year, up from 10%…
EU: Share of fossil fuels in available gross energy stabilized at 70% in 2021
The European Union continues to depend to a large extent on fossil fuels for its energy supply, their share in…
Drăgan: We do not have a problem in ensuring the continuity of coal supply
Romania relies 20% on the production of electricity based on fossil fuels and there is no problem for ensuring the…
EU paves the way for investments of 565 bln. euro in modernizing the power grid
The European Commission will present a plan for the digitalization of electrical networks, in an attempt to stimulate the expansion…
Bankwatch: Romania, among the last countries in the EU in terms of renewables per capita
Romania ranks last among EU countries in terms of solar and wind energy per capita, although the European Executive insists…
Romanian PM welcomes EC approval of hydrogen aid scheme
Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă welcomed, on Monday, the decision of the European Commission regarding the approval of a state aid…
Latvia will invest 1 bln. euro to build wind turbine parks
Latvia plans to invest around 1 billion euro to build wind turbine parks in order to increase its capacity to…
UN chief urges tax on ”grotesque greed” of oil, gas companies
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres slammed the “grotesque greed” of oil and gas companies and their financial backers and urged…
Greenpeace asks Gov’t to expedite the transition, protests in front of the Russian oil tanker VF Tanker 2
Greenpeace Romania activists in kayaks protest in front of the Russian oil tanker VF Tanker 2, which is currently off…
EU Parliament groups unite behind 14.5% energy savings goal for 2030
The four largest political groups in the European Parliament have united behind proposals to raise the EU’s energy efficiency target…
Valentin Vasile, Schneider: Energy efficiency and sustainability are becoming essential for companies and investors, but also employees
Energy efficiency and sustainability are becoming essential for companies and investors, as well as potential employees, with ESG scores being…
Eurostat: Fossil fuels ratio in gross energy available in the EU has fallen significantly in recent decades
The share of fossil fuels within the gross energy available in the European Union stood at 70% in 2020 (compared…
Eurostat: Fossil fuels have continued their downward trend in the 2020 mix
Although oil (34.5%) and natural gas (23.7%) were still the most important energy source in the EU’s energy mix in…
Greenpeace demands the exclusion of fossil fuels from funding
Bogdan Tudorache During this period, the European Parliament is discussing how public money will be used to recover from the…
Renewables overtake fossil fuels in Germany’s annual power production for first time
Power production with renewable energy sources is set to overtake fossil energy sources over the course of a whole year…
UK renewable energy capacity surpasses fossil fuels for first time
The capacity of renewable energy has overtaken that of fossil fuels in the UK for the first time, in a…
U.S. Catholic Church continues to lease oil drilling rights
Casting the fight against climate change as an urgent moral duty, Pope Francis in June urged the world to phase…
Solar energy prices drop below fossil fuels
Solar energy’s time in the sun may be at hand. Prices have fallen so low that, in some countries, electricity…
Central and Eastern Europe earmarks EU funds for landfill and fossil fuels
Central and Eastern European countries have earmarked more than half of EU funds for waste to incineration and landfill, in…
Solar and wind energy win price war with the conventional fuels
For the solar and wind industries in the United States, it has been a long-held dream: to produce energy at…