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2025-07-16
Opposition in block calls on the Government to restore the 6% VAT on solar panels
For three years, the VAT applied to the purchase and maintenance of renewable energy production equipment was temporarily at the reduced rate of 6%. With the end of the transitional measure, the rate automatically returned to the normal rate of 23% on...
2025-07-16
Artificial Intelligence as a driver of efficiency and flexibility in the energy systems of buildings
The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) places special emphasis on the digitalization of the building sector, leading member states to implement measures for buildings to be equipped with automation and control systems.
2025-07-16
Floating solar on a large scale is still a mirage
Why the plants are being rejected on top of dams.
2025-07-15
Renewables as a superior public interest: a new paradigm
It is necessary to balance environmental goals and ensure that crucial climate and energy security projects are not indefinitely blocked by overly localized or restrictive views.
2025-07-15
Energy bridge between continents: Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan launch green corridor to Europe
This new green energy corridor could become the first transcontinental link of clean electricity between the Caspian Sea and the European Union.
2025-07-10
Government moves forward with a new auction of 300 MVA in Pego by the end of 2025
The DGEG announced this week that the Ministry of Environment and Energy will open a competitive procedure for the allocation of 300 MVA of injection capacity into the Public Utility Electric Grid.
2025-07-10
Will we have batteries for the next big leap in the energy transition?
Isolated or integrated into vast areas of solar panels, batteries may play an essential role in our energy system in the coming years.
2025-07-09
Solar energy becomes the largest source of electricity in the EU and coal hits a new low
The new data from the think tank Ember shows that solar energy accounted for 22.1% of the EU's electricity mix in June 2025, just surpassing nuclear energy and, notably, fossil fuels.
2025-07-09
China is building almost all the solar and wind projects underway.
Almost three-quarters of all solar and wind energy projects under construction in the world are in China.
2025-07-09
Europe is breaking solar energy records this summer, but the price isn't coming down. Why?
Portugal, Spain and their neighbors swim in photovoltaic energy, but pay for electricity at gold prices at sunset. The extreme heat, shutdowns in nuclear power plants, and the lack of storage capacity or better interconnections have made nights the...