Poland and Ukraine are increasing this year’s production of thermal coal, the most polluting fossil fuel, preparing for colder months as Europe grapples with an energy security crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine.

Thermal coal use as fuel for power plants will need to plummet if the world wants to meet its goals to reach net zero emissions by mid-century.

But, as Russian gas flows to Europe have fallen after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Europe’s sanctions on Moscow, the continent is scrambling for alternative supplies.

Poland, Ukraine Increase 2022 Coal Production to Weather Cold Months | Devamı>>>

Germany’s economy and climate ministry on Wednesday presented a package of measures to speed up the expansion of onshore wind power generation as the country seeks to reduce its reliance on Russian fossil fuels.

Germany aims to fulfil 80% of its electricity needs from renewable sources by 2030, with a goal of increasing the capacity of onshore wind power to 115 gigawatts (GW) – equivalent to the capacity of 38 nuclear plants.

But only around 0.8% of land in Germany is currently designated for onshore wind power, with 0.5% actually being used.

Germany Introduces Bill to Accelerate Wind Power Expansion | Devamı>>>

The European Commission has approved an incentive scheme set up to help drive renewables deployment across 47 Greek islands including the largest, Crete.

The EU executive approved the €1.4 billion plan, which will be partly financed by the nation’s Recovery and Resilience Fund from the bloc, paid out as part of Europe’s post-Covid recovery package.

Approving the scheme under EU state aid rules, the commission yesterday said the incentive on Crete would consist of premium payments to generators merely to bridge the gap between clean energy generation costs and wholesale electricity prices, with the premiums adjustable in line with technology costs on a “sliding” basis.

EU Approves Renewables Incentives for Greek Islands | Devamı>>>

Turkey ranked 5th in Europe and 12th in the world in terms of renewable energy based installed power. While the effect of wind energy on the total renewable energy installed power, which has increased by 428% in approximately 20 years, is quite large, 4 strategic steps are shared with you, our esteemed readers, in order to increase the energy obtained from wind energy even more in the future.

In the field of renewable energy, Turkey increased its installed power by 428% and reached 52,668 MW.

‘Turkey’ is 5th in Europe and 12th in the World in Renewable Energy! | Devamı>>>

Continuing to strengthen its portfolio in the field of renewable energy, Cengiz Energy started its wind power plant investment. Three of the turbines in Çankırı and Sinop, whose number will reach 28 in 3 stages, have been commissioned. The installed capacity of the turbines, which will be completed by the end of next year, will be 120 megawatts in total.

Cengiz Energy, one of Turkey’s leading companies in renewable energy investments, has taken an important step to generate electricity from wind energy.

‘Cengiz Energy’ Will Reach 120 MW Installed Capacity With 28 Turbines… | Devamı>>>

The Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan announced that it is planned to raise the renewable energy targets for 2030, and new tenders will be held in wind and solar energy.

In its statement on 06 August 2021, the Ministry will increase the solar energy installed power target set by the country for 2030 from 5 to 7 GW, and its wind target will be 5 GW. While the current installed power of Uzbekistan is currently at the level of 12.9 GW, thermal power plants account for 11 GW of this power, and HEPPs for 1.85 GW, while the largest share in energy production is 90%.

‘Uzbekistan’ Increases Solar Installed Power Target from 5 to 7 GW | Devamı>>>

Electricity demand is back to pre-pandemic levels, but fossil fuels fail to recover as renewables show consistent growth.

As a result, CO2 emissions from the power sector in H1-2021 were 12% lower than the same period before the pandemic. In H1-2021, electricity demand rose 6% vs. H1-2020 and almost fully recovered (-0.6%) to pre-pandemic (H1-2019) levels. Electricity generation from fossil fuels has not recovered and was 10% lower in H1-2021 than before the pandemic (H1-2019), despite an uptick in H1-2020.

Emissions Down as Europe’s Electricity Comes Back Cleaner | Devamı>>>

Development Investment Bank received the I-REC International Renewable Energy Certificate, which is held by institutions that supply the energy they consume from renewable sources. With this certificate obtained through Aksa Electricity, the Bank provided all of its electricity consumption from the solar power plant in 2020, saving a total of 21,565 trees and preventing carbon emissions of 469 tons.

Development Investment Bank became the owner of the I-REC International Renewable Energy Certificate, which was developed by the Netherlands-based The International Renewable Energy Certificate Standard Foundation (I-REC Standard) to promote renewable energy investment and use among businesses and consumers.

‘Dev. Investment Bank’ Covered It’s Energy Consumption in 2020 from Solar! | Devamı>>>

UEDAŞ and Bursa City Council met in the Transformers Talk social responsibility project. ‘Energy efficiency and saving’ was depicted on the transformer in the work in which the children and the youth in the disabled council were in the leading roles.

Transformers Speak, implemented by UEDAŞ in 2017, this time created awareness for energy efficiency and savings. In the project, which was cooperated with Bursa City Council, the youth and the disabled members of the council painted messages about energy efficiency on the transformer.

Our ‘Children’ Reflect Energy Efficiency to Transformers | Devamı>>>

New analysis by energy think tank Ember reveals that, for the first time, solar panels generated a tenth of EU-27 electricity during their peak months of June and July this year.

New records were set in eight EU countries, including Spain and Germany. However, solar panels still generated less electricity than Europe’s coal power plants, even during the height of their summer peak. The analysis shows that annual growth in solar output needs to double to meet the EU’s 2030 emissions targets.

EU Solar Power Hits New Record Peak This Summer | Devamı>>>

Within the scope of the visit organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey to Algeria, inspections were made at the Tosyalı Algerie facilities. Saying that Tosyalı Algerie is the largest investment of a Turkish company abroad and at the same time one of the most important complexes realized in the world steel industry in recent years, Fuat Tosyalı, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tosyalı Holding, said, “Tosyalı Algerie, which stands out in global competition with the technologies we use, is Direct Reduced Iron.

‘Tosyalı’ Produces the World’s Environmentally Friendly Steel in Algeria | Devamı>>>

The Solar Power Plant of Uzunköprü Group Villages Drinking Water Association, which will cover the energy cost of drinking water in 50 villages in Uzunköprü for the Köydes Project, which was implemented with the support of the Edirne Governorship, was put into service with the opening ceremony.

While the 550 KW solar power plant, consisting of 1,368 panels and 5 inverters, was installed in the village of Salarlı on an area of ​​23 decares, Edirne Deputy Governor and Uzunköprü District Governor Hakan Yavuz Erdoğan; “I would like to thank those who contributed, stating that the energy used in the drinking water network of 50 of the 53 villages of Uzunköprü will be met from the solar power plant whose installation has been completed.”

In his speech at the opening of the solar power plant, Edirne Governor Ekrem Canalp emphasized that solar energy is one of the most important and environmentally friendly energy sources and said, “In Uzunköprü and other villages of Edirne, we allocate a large part of our budget to the energy we use to supply the drinking water we give to the villages.

Drinking Water Association Commissioned Solar Power Plant | Devamı>>>