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Balkan Green Energy News
Banks in Serbia receiving lot of requests for grid connection guarantees
17 May 2024 - Banks in Serbia are receiving numerous requests for guarantees for renewables requiring grid connection and most investors have firm collateral instruments, according to speakers at Belgrade Energy Forum
CWP Global’s Crandall: Governments should help set renewable electricity price floor
15 May 2024 - Marc Crandall from CWP Global believes governments should influence market prices to reassure developers and banks they can make profit by investing in renewable energy
Serbia’s new grid connection rules are test for operator, investors
14 May 2024 - Serbia’s new grid connection rules for solar and wind are a test for the operator and investors, said speakers at Belgrade Energy Forum
Energy transition is no partisan issue but global one
14 May 2024 - Representatives of companies with large renewable energy portfolios in Southeast Europe emphasized at Belgrade Energy Forum the critical importance of modernization, infrastructural development, and enhanced knowledge at the local level
Successful first phase of energy transition in Balkans, especially Serbia
13 May 2024 - The first phase of the transition to renewable energy sources in the Western Balkans has been successful, particularly in Serbia, according to Belgrade Energy Forum 2024, organized by Balkan Green Energy News
Belgrade Energy Forum – energy transition in Southeast Europe is accelerating
13 May 2024 - The Western Balkans would gain a strategic advantage by joining the EU’s single electricity market, Energy Community Secretariat Director Artur Lorkowski said at the opening of BEF 2024
Đokić: Republic of Srpska to build 1,200 MW of new energy facilities by 2030
13 May 2024 - The Republic of Srpska plans to build 1,200 MW of new energy facilities by 2030, said Energy and Mining Minister Petar Đokić, adding that the Bileća solar power plant has been completed
Communities leading the Western Balkans’ clean heating transition
08 May 2024 - Powering district heating networks with geothermal energy, solar thermal, or other renewable energy sources can help make large-scale heating systems efficient, cost-effective, and flexible, especially when rolled out in tandem with small-scale systems
Putting people first: renovate to future-proof Europe’s schools
07 May 2024 - Imagine a future where Europe's schools and educational institutions are transformed into models of energy efficiency, providing our children and teachers with healthier, more comfortable, and more sustainable learning environments
Microsoft signs biggest-ever corporate PPA for green energy
06 May 2024 - The deal between Microsoft and Brookfield is almost eight times as big as the largest single corporate power purchase agreement ever signed
RheEnergise building waterless hydropower storage facility in UK
06 May 2024 - RheEnergise has developed a technology to use a dense fluid rather than water to store surplus energy from wind and solar power plants
Court annuls environmental permit for Drina hydropower project
02 May 2024 - The construction of large hydropower plants on the Drina is facing new delays, after a court ruling to scrap the environmental permit for HPP Foča
North Macedonia: ‘Solar El Dorado’ cuts electricity imports to 2.75%
02 May 2024 - In 2023, North Macedonia's new solar capacity increased by as much as 251% compared to 2022
EU to back seven green hydrogen projects with EUR 720 million
01 May 2024 - The green hydrogen projects were selected in the first auction held under the European Hydrogen Bank initiative
UK minister: G7 reaches ‘historic’ deal to abandon coal in first half of 2030s
30 April 2024 - An official statement on the G7 decarbonization commitments is due later today
CMS legal experts to present regulatory framework on energy storage and batteries in SEE on BEF 2024
29 April 2024 - Experts on energy storage projects and regulations from law firm CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz will take part in Belgrade Energy Forum 2024