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New Data Reveal the Extent of Europe’s E-Waste Crisis, NGOs Call for Urgent Action
New Eurostat data released today exposes the scale of Europe’s overconsumption of electronics and the continued failure to properly collect and recycle e-waste. Environmental NGOs are urging the European Commission to take decisive action in the upcoming revision of the Waste of Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) legislation. Notably, they call for…
Low Auction Budget Puts UK Offshore Wind at Risk
The UK Government has announced an initial budget for the next offshore wind auction round (Allocation Round 7, or AR7). The initial proposed budget is 900 million pounds for conventional bottom-fixed offshore wind and 180 million pounds for floating wind. This would “buy”…
Trgovska gora – A Quarter Century of Resistance to Nuclear Waste
Trgovska Gora is a hilly-mountainous area on the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, which has come into the public spotlight due to Croatia’s plans to establish longterm storage facilities for radioactive waste from the Krško nuclear power plant…
Innovative Materials: More Efficient Production of Green Hydrogen From Sunlight
Hydrogen is increasingly described as the fuel of the future and one of the best solutions for decarbonizing heavy machinery, such as airplanes and ships, where electrification is not easily feasible. However, a degree of caution is needed in this…
SolarPower Europe launches Agrisolar Policy Map to guide EU strategy
SolarPower Europe has unveiled its new Agrisolar Policy Map, a comprehensive policy tool designed to benchmark agrisolar regulations across 18 EU Member States. The Map highlights best practices and regulatory gaps, aiming to accelerate the deployment of agrisolar solutions that…
Birds of Serbia under Threat from Climate Change
All birds have, through evolution, adapted to specific environmental conditions – temperature, precipitation patterns, seasonal changes, and the availability of food. This complex ecological framework that enables their survival is now rapidly being disrupted under the influence of climate change.…
Austria’s Largest Battery Storage Facility Commissioned
In the Austrian federal state of Carinthia, the second phase of the Arnoldstein-Gailitz energy storage facility has been commissioned, making it the largest battery storage system in the country, with a capacity of 22 megawatts (MW) and 44 megawatt-hours (MWh).…