Journalist
Igor Todorović
Chinese company Hunan Rich to build solar panel factory in Serbia
09 May 2024 - Chinese company Hunan Rich Photovoltaic Science and Technology signed a deal for a solar power panel factory and photovoltaic plant in Serbia
Japan approves participation in Bistrica pumped storage hydropower project in Serbia
08 May 2024 - Japan has formalized the participation of state agency JICA in the Bistrica pumped storage hydropower project in Serbia
Solar, wind push renewables to record 30% global electricity share
08 May 2024 - Renewables generated a record 30% of global electricity in 2023, driven by growth in solar and wind, Ember said in an annual report
MFG Ltd – tradition, innovation, and sustainability for the energy of the future
08 May 2024 - MFG - Matić Family Group is a conglomerate of companies founded by the Matić family, whose entrepreneurial story dates back to the early 1930s
Carbon capture still has no alternative for decarbonizing cement industry
07 May 2024 - Cement has no credible alternatives for decarbonization without carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), Carbon Tracker found
Turkey-based Yıldırım building 109 MW solar park in Kosovo* for its ferronickel plant
07 May 2024 - Yıldırım Energy marked the start of construction works on a 150 MW solar farm in Kosovo*. It will supply the group's ferronickel plant.
Slovenia’s coal plant TEŠ could close already within three years
06 May 2024 - Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob said coal plant TEŠ and its accompanying mine may end operations before the expected closure in 2033
Croatia’s HEP preparing to build pumped storage hydropower plant Blaca
06 May 2024 - HEP Group's pumped storage hydropower plant Blaca would have a capacity of 498 MW in turbine mode and 489 MW in pumping mode
EU completing Green Deal Industrial Plan as Net Zero Industry Act awaits go-ahead
01 May 2024 - The European Union's Net Zero Industry Act is about to come into force, completing legislative work within the Green Deal Industrial Plan
Dubravka Đedović Handanović reappointed as Serbia’s minister of energy, mining
30 April 2024 - Minister of Energy and Mining Dubravka Đedović Handanović is keeping her seat in the new cabinet while Minister of Environmental Protection Irena Vujović is also becoming deputy prime minister
Renewable electricity share in Turkey nears 50%
29 April 2024 - Renewable sources had a 49.3% share in Turkey last month. Minister Mehmet Şimşek said USD 100 billion would be invested within ten years.
Mitsubishi Power commissions desulfurization system in Serbia’s TENT A coal plant
25 April 2024 - Serbia finally got its second coal plant desulfurization system, in TENT A in Obrenovac near Belgrade, so the air is about to become cleaner
Slovenia amends Energy Act to bolster efficiency, decarbonization
25 April 2024 - The changes to Slovenia's Energy Act introduced incentives for renewables, decarbonization of coal regions and energy efficiency measures
Renera kicks off 50 MW floating solar power project in Romania
24 April 2024 - Renera Energy is developing a 50 MW floating photovoltaic project in Romania. It would now probably be the biggest in Europe.
Renewables in Greece get shortcut to grid connection with PPAs
23 April 2024 - Renewables projects in Greece with PPAs with energy-intensive industrial consumers get priority in the transmission grid connection queue
Brite Solar to complete agrisolar panel plant in Greece by end-2024
23 April 2024 - Greek startup Brite Solar is building a production line in Patras for transparent solar panels for agrivoltaic production