Green Forum
| 13 November, 2024 at 7:23 AM
IKEA's investment company acquires Polish wind farm
Ingka Investments, the investment arm of IKEA owner Ingka Group, has acquired the 62 MW Wysoka wind farm in Poland from OX2.
Ingka Investments, the investment arm of IKEA owner Ingka Group, has acquired the 62 MW Wysoka wind farm in Poland from OX2.
Eurowind Energy has achieved a significant milestone by installing the first wind turbine at its Pecineaga wind farm in Constanța County, Romania.
Restart Energy finalized the implementation of a photovoltaic project worth €300,000 for Teleferic Cindrel Company, administrator of the ski area Păltiniș Arena.
OMV Petrom and TAROM announced the signing of a contract for the supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), a first for Romanian aviation.
Romania's solar power sector is experiencing explosive growth, driven primarily by prosumers.
The Bulgarian Ministry of Energy has approved €268 million in state aid for 249 renewable energy projects, including energy storage units.
Eolenerg Project has ordered 12 wind turbines to be installed in their new wind farm in Săcele, Constanța, with Vestas Wind Systems.
Photon Energy's Hungarian subsidiary has completed and commissioned a 658 kW solar power plant for Clarion Hungary, a subsidiary of Forvia.
AkzoNobel's has been installed at its Pilawa site in Poland, further powering the company's efforts to transition all its production locations to renewable electricity.
Croatian food and pharmaceutical producer Podravka has completed a €5 million investment in rooftop solar panels as part of its sustainability strategy.
Strabag and Polenergia have signed a contract for the supply of green energy from renewable sources. The contract with one of the market leaders in the construction industry was concluded by Polenergia Sprzedaż.
PPC Renewables Romania has started the construction works of the Deleni wind farm, located in Vaslui County.
EIB has signed a €120 million loan with Iberdrola to finance the development of research and innovation projects involving energy technologies.
Comcris Energy, a Romanian subsidiary of Enery, a leading Austrian renewable energy developer, has officially launched the Sărmăşag photovoltaic park.
The European Commission has granted today more than €380 million to 133 new projects across Europe under the LIFE Programme for Environment and Climate Action.
Photon Energy, a Dutch-based solar and clean water solutions provider, has announced the successful connection of a new 3.2 MWp photovoltaic (PV) plant to the Romanian grid.
The Romanian Ministry of Energy has approved a €3.89 million grant from the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) to construct a new solar panel factory.
World Energy Outlook 2024 showed critical choices facing governments and consumers as a period of more ample supplies nears and surging electricity demand reshapes energy security.
Solar photovoltaic (PV) energy production reached 2.57 billion kWh in the first eight months of this year, representing a 60.5% increase compared to the same period last year.
In 2023, the EU imported €19.7 billion worth of solar panels, €3.9 billion of liquid biofuels, and €0.3 billion worth of wind turbines from extra-EU countries.
OMV Petrom, the largest integrated energy producer in Southeastern Europe, completed the acquisition of 50% of the shares of Electrocentrale Borzești from RNV Infrastructure.
With solar leading their rapid deployment, renewables are on course to meet almost half of global electricity demand by the end of this decade, a new IEA report says.
BayWa r.e. announced the completion of the Tarquinia solar park in Italy with an installed capacity of 51.4 MWp.
The International Energy Agency's Global Hydrogen Review 2024 reports that the production of low-emissions hydrogen projects that reached final investment decisions has doubled in the past year.
Conducted in autumn 2025, the RICS Sustainable Real Estate Survey Europe gathered 112 responses from valuers, developers, investors and other professionals across 30 countries. The findings confirm that ESG has moved from a peripheral concern to a core driver of real estate value, risk and decision-making across Europe.
DSV – Global Transport and Logistics, the world's largest logistics operator, has launched a solar installation at its warehouse in Łozienica, Poland, in partnership with commercial real estate investor Accolade. The installation will meet the energy needs of Poland's first multi-client warehouse equipped with an AutoStore system.
Etem Gestamp, the Sofia-based joint venture between Viohalco Group and Spain's Gestamp Group focused on aluminium extrusion and processing for the automotive industry, and Rezolv Energy, the Actis-backed independent power producer, have signed a 10-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) in Bulgaria. The VPPA will see Etem Gestamp buy electricity from Rezolv Energy's 461MW 'Vifor' wind farm, which is about to come onstream in Buzău County, Romania. It is the first cross-border wind PPA that has been publicly announced in Bulgaria.
DP World has launched a five-year coastal restoration programme to create underwater "forests" of native seaweed to boost marine life near the Constanța South Container Terminal on the Black Sea.
Microsoft has achieved its goal of matching 100% of its annual global electricity consumption with renewable energy, reaching the milestone five years ahead of its 2025 target. The achievement supports the company's commitment to become carbon negative by 2030.
