Renewable energy policy

The country's power suppliers have announced significantly reduced electricity tariffs for February, with Public Power Corporation (PPC) saying that its rate is down 57-64% compared to January.

BELGRADE - In the years to come, Serbia will keep increasing its share of renewable energy sources while looking after the stability of the energy system and the financial and social sustainability of energy transition, says Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic.

In the next eight years Greece will need to install nearly three times as much renewable energy capacity as that installed in the previous two decades to meet the upgraded targets in the revised National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP).

Greece recorded one of the cheapest retail electricity prices in Europe in December noted Environment and Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas in a statement regarding the figures for the Household Energy Price Index throughout Europe.

The Commission is reportedly proposing to impose a cap on the profits of electricity producers from Renewable Energy Sources (RES)

Ljubljana – The National Assembly unanimously endorsed on Wednesday two pieces of legislation that will provide emergency cost-of-living aid to the most vulnerable population groups and to businesses hit hard by high gas and electricity prices.

The EU Council has agreed on a binding target of 40 percent of energy from renewable sources in the overall energy mix by 2030.

This happened at a meeting of energy ministers from member states in Luxembourg.

Ljubljana – Slovenia met its greenhouse gas emission reduction and energy efficiency targets in 2020 in sectors not covered by the Emissions Trading Scheme, shows the 2022 Climate Mirror report. While stressing the key contribution of measures related to the pandemic, the report notes the country did not meet its renewable energy target.

An electronic platform allowing households to apply for a power bill rebates, to offset higher bills, will open on June 16, Greek Alternate Finance Minister Theodoros Skylakakis announced, although the government will try to have it up and running by June 15.

The state subsidies that the government will give to households and businesses for the payment of electricity bills will be around at the same levels as in April.