Renewable energy

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic received a Power China delegation on Wednesday to discuss development plans focusing on cooperation in the renewables sector and the Vetrozelena ("Windgreen") project.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet representatives of Greek farmers on Monday in an effort to resolve long-standing problems of the agricultural sector that have been aggravated by the rising cost of production.

The group of 15 farmers include Rizos Maroudas, president of the Federation of Agricultural Associations of Larissa, who had led the recent mass protests.

KOPAONIK - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic said at the Kopaonik Business Forum on Tuesday Serbia's lithium reserves were the third-largest in Europe and that the country could supply as much as 20 pct of a market comprised of the EU, the UK and Norway, helping to produce around a million electric vehicles a year.

European Union member states showed their divisions on nuclear energy policy on Monday, with one camp led by France promoting the technology and another, led by Austria and Germany, and signed by Greece and another 12 countries, pushing to prioritise renewable energy sources instead.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic received the CEO of Greece's Copelouzos Group, Dimtris Copelouzos, on Wednesday to discuss cooperation in the renewables sector and natural gas supplies.

The Ministry of Environment and Energy is opening the way to reduce energy costs for vulnerable households, local authorities, municipal water supply and sewerage companies etc with a legislative regulation for the implementation of the Apollo program.

In 2022, renewable energy sources (RES) made up 41.2% of gross electricity consumption in the EU, Eurostat said on Wednesday.

The development of cross-border interconnections that make Greece an energy hub for Southeastern Europe was highlighted by Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy Alexandra Sdoukou in her address at the ministerial Conference of the International Energy Agency (IEA) on Monday and Tuesday in Paris.

Bulgarian Ministers Rumen Radev of Energy and Assen Vassilev of Finance recently engaged in high-level talks with US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm in Washington, D.C., focusing on critical energy issues. The meeting underscored the importance of bilateral cooperation in nuclear technology, energy diversification, and enhancing energy security.

The European Commission informed the Greek electricity provider Public Power Corporation (PPC) on Wednesday of its preliminary view that PPC has breached EU antitrust policy by selling electricity in the Greek wholesale market below cost, thereby excluding its main rivals.