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The EU4Energy Governance Project Phase II Identifies Activities for the Next two years
The European Commission approved Work Programmes for three Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries - Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, which will be implemented in the framework of the EU4Energy Governance project.
The Work Programmes identify...
Hydrogen Can Reduce Reliance on Fossil Fuels and Support Green Transition
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU) are joining forces to promote the development and use of hydrogen in Ukraine.
The partners have...
Exchange Programme For Coal Regions to Share Experiences With Implementing Just Transition to Clean Energy
Coal regions in the Western Balkans, Ukraine and the EU are invited to join an exchange programme to accelerate just local energy transitions. The programme is an opportunity for regions to start...
EU Supports the Clean Energy Transition in Eastern Partnership Countries
The European Commission and its partners, the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER), the Energy Community Secretariat (EnCS) and the International Energy Agency (IEA), are working to foster the low carbon and...
Hydrogen study explores potential of technologies and utilisation in the Energy Community
Hydrogen has attracted worldwide interest as one of the potential solutions for hard to decarbonize sectors and became an integral part of many countries’ energy transition plans. How hydrogen could aid the...
Protecting Fragile Marine Ecosystems
This year’s World Environment Day, officially celebrated on 5 June, focuses on ecosystem restoration, an important aspect of a healthy world. The EBRD’s work with the Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership (NDEP) shows...
Norwegian Company to Join Wind Farm Building Efforts in Serbia
The Norwegian company NBT, which invests in high-power wind farms in Serbia, has become a partner of WV International in developing wind farm projects in Serbia of a total power of 800...
Release of Naftogaz’s Gas Key for Continuation of Gas Market Reforms in Ukraine
Ukraine has achieved significant milestones towards gas market liberalization and the development of a stable gas hub in the last years. However, certain elements remain that hinder full market liberalization and competition...
New Initiative Dedicated to Supporting Coal Regions in Transition in Western Balkans and Ukraine Launched
The Energy Community Secretariat is delighted to announce the launch of a new platform to support coal regions in transition in the Western Balkans and Ukraine.
The Platform Initiative will support coal regions...
Significant Progress in Expanding Protected Nature Sites in Eastern Europe
The EEA’s briefing 'Protected areas in the Eastern Partnership countries' found that between 2000 and 2019 coverage of nationally protected areas were expanded in all six partnership countries which includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,...
The Black Sea Region’s Renewable Energy Potential on the Agenda
In less than a month the energy community will get together online to discuss the renewable energy potential of the Black Sea countries.
The high-level international investment conference Energy Week Black Sea will...
Renewables Account for Almost Three Quarters of New Capacity in 2019
The renewable energy sector added 176 gigawatts (GW) of generating capacity globally in 2019, marginally lower than the (revised) 179 GW added in 2018. However, new renewable power accounted for 72 per...
Energy Community Calls on the Balkans and Ukraine to Scrutinize Subsidies to Coal
In June 2019, the Energy Community Secretariat published a study on analysing and quantifying direct and hidden subsidies to support the coal sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia...
Ministerial Council Sets Vision for Post-2020 Climate and Energy Policy in the Energy Community
Convening under the Moldovan Presidency in Chisinau, the 17th Energy Community Ministerial Council focused on Energy Community Treaty reforms and the 2030 energy and climate framework. Opening the meeting, H.E. Mr. Anatol...
Ukraine to Build Its Largest Ever Wind Farm
Ukraine is to build its largest ever wind farm.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has issued a loan of €150 million (£130m) to the country for the construction.
Upon completion, the...
Chernobyl Goes Solar
Chernobyl in Ukraine is infamous for having been the site of a nuclear disaster in what was then the Soviet Union. For the past 30-odd years, since the catastrophic meltdown at the...
