Tag: Turkey
EBRD Loans USD 100 Million to Boost Renewables in Turkey
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending up to USD 100 million in financing to Adnan Polat Enerji Yatirimi A.S. (APEY) as part of a financing package jointly provided...
EBRD Provides USD 127 Million Loan to Turkey’s Isbank
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing USD 127 million in new funding to Isbank for on-lending to women-led businesses and to facilitate Turkey’s transition to a green economy.
The...
SEEGAS Sets Out Possible Measures to Mitigate Gas Supply Risks in Case of Russian Gas Disruption
The Energy Community held its fourth South-East European Gas (SEEGAS) Joint Steering Committee meeting in Vienna on 30 June and 1 July. Participants agreed that the risks of a Russian gas supply...
Energy Community Summer School: Applications for 2022 now open!
The Energy Community Secretariat is pleased to launch the call for applications for the 2022 Energy Community Summer School. The Summer School offers a unique opportunity for up to 48 postgraduate students...
From waste to energy: Turkey looks to biomass to achieve “green growth”
Currently, Turkey relies heavily on imported fossil fuels to meet its domestic energy demand. But by embracing the massive growth of its renewable energy market – including biomass and circular waste-free approaches...
Mediterranean Gripped by Extreme Heat, With New Reported Temperature Record
The World Meteorological Organization is seeking to verify a reported temperature of 48.8°C (119.8°F) in Sicily, Italy, on 11 August 2021 and to establish whether this is a new temperature record for...
ENV.NET – Circular Economy and Climate Change
The third cycle of the project “ENV.net factoring the environmental portfolio for the Western Balkans and Turkey in the EU Policy Agenda” (ref. No. 2017 / 394-372) - ENV.net3 was realized in...
Hydropower Has a Crucial Role in Accelerating Clean Energy Transitions to Achieve Countries’ Climate Ambitions Securely
The growth of hydropower plants worldwide is set to slow significantly this decade, putting at risk the ambitions of countries across the globe to reach net-zero emissions while ensuring reliable and affordable...
Second SEEGAS Stakeholder Meeting Generates Widespread Interest in Boosting Regional Gas Market Cooperation
Gas experts continued their efforts to harmonise views and practices in relation to the development of a common and integrated South East and East European gas market during the second SEEGAS Stakeholder...
How the Platform On Sustainable Finance Will Help Define Our Green Future
With an ever more ambitious global green agenda coming into focus, states, markets, blocs and businesses are working to go carbon-neutral in time to keep world temperature rises from exceeding 2C and,...
Over 200,000 Tonnes of Plastic Leaking Into the Mediterranean Each Year
A new IUCN report finds that an estimated 229,000 tonnes of plastic are leaking into the Mediterranean Sea every year - equivalent to over 500 shipping containers each day. Unless significant measures...
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...
An App Made in Heaven
Fresh Agriculture Technologies is developing software solutions to assist in fruit production. A team of seven people of different professions, from agronomists through developers to economists, contributed to the digitisation of agriculture...
Daily Global CO2 Emissions ‘Cut to 2006 Levels’ During Height of Coronavirus Crisis
Global restrictions put in place COVID-19 pandemic saw carbon dioxide emissions fall to their lowest level since 2006.
The drop was highest in early April, when regions responsible for 89% of...
3 Ways the Ancient World Embraced the Circular Economy
Scientists show the circular economy has roots in ancient history.
Broken ceramics, Roman recycling and melting down glass all happened thousands of years ago.
Going circular could generate as much as...
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...
