Energy Country Profiles

The Energy Country Profiles of Croatia and Estonia have been thoroughly updated! Each and every section was revised and brand new information was added.

Focus: Energy between Danube and Caucasus - The role of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency as a key issue for economic development.

Fortum's new biomass-fuelled CHP plant in Pärnu, Estonia, has been inaugurated. The plant, which uses local fuels such as woodchips, wood residues from industry and milled peat, has a production capacity of 24 MW of electricity...

Spanish renewable energy company Iberdrola Renovables has started operation of three wind farms with a total generating capacity of 70 MW in Hungary.

The Japanese company Toshiba is teaming up with Tokyo Electric Power to invest in the construction of solar power plants in the USA and countries in Europe, including Bulgaria.

Wind energy is one of the few fields in Romania where investments hit a record high in 2010, with money being invested by giant energy groups.

Turkish and Georgian energy ministers, as well as the head of a leading Turkish energy company, signed a protocol in February 2011 for the construction of three hydroelectric power plants in Georgia.

Grants for energy efficiency projects in 58 Bulgarian municipalities have been approved under EU programs. Thus, a total of € 54 M will be distributed to improve the energy efficiency of 215 schools and kindergartens with a total...

On Wednesday December 29th 2011, the Turkish parliament approved a law on regulating the renewable energy sources market in Turkey.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has financed the development of seven hydro power plants in Macedonia through the provision of a € 6 M loan, representing its first private sector energy investment in the...

To meet EU specifications, Bulgaria must ensure that the share of energy generated from wind, solar and other green sources will reach 16% of the country's gross final energy consumption by 2020.

The potential for renewable energy remains largely untapped in Serbia, but officials say that this is about to change. Speaking at a recent press conference, Energy Ministry State Secretary Nikola Rajakovic pledged investments of...

The Central European Initiative Know-how Exchange Programme (KEP) was launched in 2004 as a CEI cooperation instrument which aims to provide capacity building and technical assistance from the EU to the non-EU countries within...

Romania is the 38th largest energy consumer in the world and the largest in South Eastern Europe. It has been estimated that there are more than 2000 locations in the Transylvanian Mountains that are suited for the development of...

The Energy Country Profile of Poland has been thoroughly updated! Each and every section was revised and brand new information was added.

The Lithuanian BOD Group is establishing a new high-tech research cluster at the Visoriai Information Technology Park (VITP). The centre will stretch out over 10.000 m2 and host companies and research institutions with a strong...

On December 17th 2010 the European Union announced that Montenegro has been granted the status of candidate for full membership in the 27-nation bloc.

The EBRD is promoting energy efficiency in Poland with a € 50 M loan to Bank BGZ and a € 35 M loan to Bank Millennium for on-lending to local small and medium enerprises (SMEs) undertaking sustainable energy investments.

The Ministry of Economy confirmed that government is holding talks with Chinese investors i.e. the Chinese State Energy Company and the Chinese Development Bank on constructing a giant hydro energy project in the Vardar valley.

The Romanian Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely announced that Romania is finally planning to put its carbon credits, granted under the Kyoto Protocol, on the market and sell them to two Japanese companies.