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Check out the News about Development, Design, Application, & Integration of Ecology & Green Transformation Projects

Gardens of Sporta Pils

Cultivating Kale, Cucumbers, and Community Spirit

by Lelde Benke
4 August 2022
Green Transformation/Latvia/Travel & Food

What to do with an overgrown piece of land in a bustling capital city whose residents live mostly in apartments? One active community in Riga founded urban gardens, illustrating the potential of transforming derelict plots into added value for a city.

car

Central European Automotive Industry: Don’t Let the Crisis Go to Waste

by Agaton Koziński
1 August 2022
Green Transformation/Money/Three Seas Initiative

Central European countries have become hubs for the automotive industry in recent years. Now, we are entering an era of turbulence when traditional business models will be deeply reshuffled, creating challenges and possibilities in the automotive sector.

Earth at night was holding in hands on night city background

The Future Is Nuclear 

by Marek Koten
21 July 2022
Czechia/Green Transformation/Tech

Energy prices are rising with no sign of stopping. Economic sanctions against Russia have closed off one of the largest sources of European energy. Now begins the debate over what to do. The answer is simple, and it comes from Czechia: Small Modular Reactors.

Little boy and his father gardening in spring

The Puzzle of “Greening” the Three Seas Economies 

by Mateusz Walewski
19 July 2022
Green Transformation

Our region's countries are often considered less advanced at greening their economies than other parts of the developed world. Is this really true?

Shot of a young woman shopping for groceries in a supermarket

The App That Makes Sustainable Consumerism Easier

by Cynthia Sklodowski
18 July 2022
Austria/Green Transformation/Tech

With grocery stores overflowing with produce from the other side of the world and “all-natural” products in plastic packaging at every turn, it’s no wonder that even the savviest consumers find it hard to make sustainable choices. Austrian startup Inoqo aims to make that a little easier.

REHDEN GERMANY

Threatened Gas Supplies Lead to Decisive Steps in Europe

by Sebastian Pogroszewski
5 July 2022
Green Transformation/Money/Three Seas Initiative

The beginning of the war in Ukraine overlapped with the annual seasonal increase in gas consumption and the diminishing amount of gas in storage. Could a lack of supply of this valuable natural resource mean an unusually cold winter for millions of Europeans?

Middle-income trap and rising wages can be a challenge for CEE develompent

Middle-income trap? Looking for New Paths to Economic Growth

by Razvan Constantin
23 June 2022
Green Transformation/Three Seas Initiative

The main engine for the Central Eastern European (CEE) economies is foreign investment, attracted by cheap labor. Are rising wages leading to a loss of competitiveness, and, if so, how should the economic development model adapt to this new reality?

vistula split

New Polish Canal a Cold Shower for Putin

by Filip Rey
7 June 2022
Green Transformation/Money/Poland

No more dependency on Russia for vessels crossing the Vistula Spit.

The tide may be turning for nuclear energy in Czechia, with plans for new reactors in the pipeline

Czechia Nuclear Plants: Let There Be Light! 

by Marek Koten
6 June 2022
Czechia/Green Transformation

With continuous pushes from interest groups, the public, and the European Union for greener and more sustainable energy, the Czech government plans to build new nuclear reactors. But this is easier said than done. 

eco cup

Having Your Cupffee and Eating It, Too

by Cynthia Sklodowski
31 May 2022
Bulgaria/Green Transformation/Tech

If grabbing a to-go cup of coffee at your local café is your daily ritual, you’re not alone. One company in Bulgaria wants to make that habit as sustainable as possible with their edible, biodegradable wafer cups.

View of a woman charging the vintage electric car

Bulgaria’s Electric Vehicles Decades Before Musk

by Krasimir Cheshmedzhiev
23 May 2022
Bulgaria/Green Transformation/Tech

While cars made in the Soviet Union were often mocked by westerners, communist Bulgaria had a hidden gem - an electric vehicle with far superior capabilities to similar projects developed at the time by Ford and Hitachi.

The Bulgarian Mobile App That Fights Food Waste

by Mihail Petrov
18 May 2022
Bulgaria/Green Transformation/Tech

Can consumers and businesses in Bulgaria come together and join forces in fighting food waste? Is it possible to eat delicious food, save money, and eat with a cause? The answer to all of this is yes - because FoodoBox is making it happen.

Coal in the hand of worker miner

Turning Coal Dependence Into an Opportunity

by Razvan Constantin
12 May 2022
Green Transformation/Tech

The countries of Central and Eastern Europe are the most dependent on coal-fired energy production among the countries of the European Union. How can this weakness be turned into an opportunity?

Aerial view of Slonevian hills with a church on the hilltop

Slovenia: Where the Grass Really Is Greener

by Przemysław Bociąga
20 April 2022
Green Transformation/Slovenia/Travel & Food

Don't be overwhelmed by the word "green" that appears everywhere Slovenia is concerned. "Green" is such a deeply ingrained concept in every aspect of the country that you might get the feeling that even the bricks in Ljubljana's houses will be green. (For the record, they're not).

portrait of Milda Mitkute

From Wardrobe Liberator to Unicorn: The Story of Vinted

by Filip Rey
18 April 2022
Green Transformation/Lithuania/People

The Lithuanian online marketplace for second-hand clothes has quickly outcompeted other giants such as eBay and Amazon.

people on solar power station

Solar Power Given the Green Light by the Three Seas 

by Filip Rey
17 April 2022
Green Transformation/Three Seas Initiative

The Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund is financing the development of solar power projects across Central Eastern Europe.

Wind turbines in an offshore wind park during a storm

Wind in the sails for Lithuania’s offshore-wind energy project 

by Filip Rey
6 April 2022
Green Transformation/Lithuania/Money

The Baltic country is preparing the construction of its first offshore wind park to start in 2024.

house of Hungarian music in Budapest

Where Nature and Music Collide

by Cynthia Sklodowski
1 April 2022
Culture/Green Transformation/Hungary/Travel & Food

Nestled amongst the trees in a park in the center of Budapest, Hungary, the much-anticipated House of Music, designed by famed Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, has finally opened its doors to the public.

two man with battery owners of skeleton

Elon Musk’s Estonian Rival Set to Revolutionize the EV Industry

by Filip Rey
31 March 2022
Estonia/Green Transformation/Tech

With the use of curved graphene, Skeleton Technologies is able to build better ultracapacitors than the world has ever seen. 

luxury cars and the owner of company Mate Rimac

The Fast Lane to Success: Croatia’s Rimac Automobili

by Cynthia Sklodowski
29 March 2022
Croatia/Green Transformation/People/Tech

Croatian car manufacturer Rimac Automobili launched in 2009 intending to make the world’s fastest cars and has been leaving the competition in the dust ever since. The wunderkind behind the company, Mate Rimac, has no intention of slowing down now.

Interior view from a railway platform of a first class dining a

Bullet Trains to Become New Orient Express of Central Europe 

by Filip Rey
28 March 2022
Green Transformation/Three Seas Initiative

Works are in full swing on a High-Speed Rail Network in the heart of Europe.

a severe thunderstorm shelf cloud races across the country side on a summer afternoon

Preventing Climate Change-Driven Floods and Droughts in CEE

by Filip Rey
27 March 2022
Green Transformation/Three Seas Initiative

With the looming threat of water-related catastrophes on the rise, Natural Small Water Retention Measures can become our Noah’s Ark if applied on a wide scale.

thermal power plant interior nuclear power energy

Coal or Nuclear: the Three Seas About to Reach Critical Mass?

by Filip Rey
27 March 2022
Green Transformation/Three Seas Initiative

Most Three Seas states support nuclear energy included in the EU's green taxonomy.

railway lines leading into the distance and sunlight

Rail-2-Sea on Track to Bring Freight Back

by Filip Rey
24 March 2022
Green Transformation/Three Seas Initiative

Railway transport was a key component of Polish-Romanian interwar cooperation and is now making a grand comeback.

creative double exposure man nature sky green forest

The Quest for Green Energy in Central Eastern Europe 

by Filip Rey
23 March 2022
Green Transformation/Three Seas Initiative

Walking a thin line, balancing energy poverty with the fight against climate change.

electricity pylon view from below

The Prospect of Baltic Electricity Security on the Horizon 

by Filip Rey
21 March 2022
Green Transformation/Money/Three Seas Initiative

With the help of Poland, the Baltic States will soon synchronize their electricity grids with that of continental Europe instead of Russia and Belarus.

Wind turbine in retro colors

Baltic Power Emerges

by Jakub Warzecha
21 March 2022
Green Transformation/Poland/Tech

In 2024, a two-year construction project for a Polish wind farm in the Baltic Sea will begin, comprising 70 turbines, which will generate over 1 GW of power. Located 22 km offshore, these new turbines will generate more power than a recently-commissioned Danish farm with 72 turbines.

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