Energy

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Albania tops region for sustainable energy mix

Albania tops region for sustainable energy mix

2 min read Albania, Austria, Balkan countries, Bulgaria, Business, Croatia, Czech Republic, Energy, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, News by country, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, European Green Deal, green transition, Renewable Energy Directive

The share of renewable sources in gross final energy consumption at the EU level reached 23% in 2022, up 1.1 percentage points (pp) year-on-year, the bloc’s statistics office Eurostat reports. The EU’s revised Renewable Energy Directive has upped the bloc’s 2030 renewable energy target from 32%

Poland: Phasing Out Coal and Moving Away from Russian Gas

Poland: Phasing Out Coal and Moving Away from Russian Gas

5 min read Business, Energy, Featured, News by country, Poland, V4 & Romania, Central & Eastern Europe, Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, Energy security, European Union

Meeting the EU’s 2030 climate targets poses a huge challenge for Central European countries, especially for coal-dependent Poland. But it is also helping the country with a population of 40 million to modernize. Thwarted by the highest electricity prices in Europe, and pressured by EU environmental regulations, Poland has