Bojan Stojkovski

CLEEN Energy obtains rights to enter market in Croatia

EU to invest billion euros in Green Deal cross-border energy infrastructure

Finance & Investment

The European Commission said Jan. 26 that EU member states have agreed to spend Eur1.037 billion ($1.16 billion) in cross-border energy infrastructure projects, with two-thirds of cash from the Connecting Europe Facility going toward a subsea power interconnector to Cyprus. The EuroAsia Interconnector, which connects Cyprus to the European grid through Crete, received Eur657 million, …

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CleanBC Communities Fund

Energy transition drew record $755bn of investment in 2021

Energy Transition

Global investment on low-carbon energy transition increased by more than a quarter in 2021, led by the electric vehicle and renewable power industries. According to a recent BloombergNEF analysis, total investment hit $755 billion, a 27 percent increase over the previous year. The record-breaking statistics demonstrate how strong investor demand is for technology critical to …

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rooftop solar installations, renewable energy jobs

Pandemic accelerates industry’s transition to renewable energy

Energy Transition

After two years of the highest and lowest petroleum prices in a decade highlighted flaws in the fossil fuel supply chain, major energy corporations are speeding up their shift to renewable energy, according to Capital.com. Although the majority of the shocks to the energy markets were brief, the most recent period of uncertainty prompted the …

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Billionaire entrepreneur turns to green hydrogen after selling two tech companies

Finance & Investment

Talmon Marco co-founded mobile messaging business Viber in 2010, which was bought for $900 million in 2014 by Japanese Internet giant Rakuten. Marco co-founded the ride-hailing business Juno in 2015, which was purchased for $200 million by the Israeli transportation giant Gett in 2017. Marco shifted his attention in the years after Juno’s acquisition to …

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Estonians paid almost 95 million euros for renewable energy in 2021

Sustainability

Estonia’s electricity production from renewable sources has grown over the past year, with consumers paying almost 95 million euros for it through bill payments, Baltnews reported. Estonian power plants reportedly produced 2,578 gigawatt-hours of electricity from renewable sources in 2021, up 15.6% from a year earlier. Due to unfavorable wind conditions, wind power generation in …

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Wood pellet manufacturer and global supplier Enviva Biomass has announced plans to open a new wood pellet and biomass plant in Bond, which will be the company's fourth facility in Mississippi.

Xenon lamps can be used to extract hydrogen from biomass

Innovation & Technology

Chemists have found that the high-power xenon lamps used to solder circuit boards in the electronics industry can be utilized to almost instantly decompose plant biomass into hydrogen, carbon monoxide and pure carbon, Chemistry World reported. This approach will significantly reduce the cost of biohydrogen production, scientists hope. The results of the study were published …

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