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IEA Executive Director Meets with Greek Minister for Environment and Energy
IEA Executive Director Dr Fatih Birol met today in Athens with the Greek Minister for Environment and Energy, George Stathakis, to discuss the energy sector transition and the outlook of global energy markets. Minister Stathakis shared the good progress Greece…
Sona Boost for Renewable Energy Body
South Africa’s main renewable energy industry body said on Sunday it was confident the country’s renewable power programme would soon be back up to speed after President Jacob Zuma showed support for the sector in his State of the Nation…
UK Offshore Wind ‘Will Lower Energy Bills’ More than Nuclear
Offshore windfarms could provide cheaper power than Britain’s new wave of nuclear power stations, a leading figure in the wind industry has claimed. Speaking to the the Guardian, Hugh McNeal, the chief executive of trade body RenewableUK, said he expected…
European Wind Energy Investment Breezes Past Record-Breaking €27bn Milestone
The growing dominance of renewables in the European power industry was underlined yesterday with the release of a new report showing how renewable energy accounted for 86 per cent of all new EU power installations in 2016. Trade body WindEurope’s…
New Project in South Africa to Produce Renewable Energy from Organic Waste
PRETORIA, South Africa – A project aiming to transform organic waste from agriculture and agro-processing industries into renewable energy and organic fertilizer, which in turn will accelerate the development of the biogas market in South Africa, was launched today by…
Website on Energy Efficiency in Households Launched
A consulting company “Enova” from Sarajevo, in cooperation with the organization Habitat for Humanity from Bratislava, with the financial help from the USAID, has launched a website on energy efficiency in households, with a focus on collective housing. This was…
Energy Efficiency Receives Major Boost at the Western Balkan 6 Summit in Skopje
European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner Johannes Hahn signed an agreement in the amount of 50 million euros with international financial institutions (EBRD, EIB and KfW) at the Western Balkan 6 energy ministerial in Skopje yesterday. The grant will…