Journalist
Igor Todorović
Projects in Turkey for wind power with storage pass important milestones
16 January 2025 - Polat and Kontrolmatik advanced major projects for wind farms with storage as Turkey expects massive deployment of such hybrid solutions
Nuclear startup newcleo plans advanced modular reactors in Slovakia
16 January 2025 - Newcleo signed agreements with Slovakian companies on a project for up to four lead-cooled AMRs and the development of the technology
TAP gas pipeline examining possibility to blend in hydrogen
15 January 2025 - Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) selected Penspen to evaluate the feasibility of introducing hydrogen blends into existing infrastructure
Albania, Italy sign undersea cable deal with UAE as strategic partner
15 January 2025 - Albania, Italy and the UAE agreed to install an electricity interconnector under the Adriatic Sea between Vlora and Puglia
DTEK’s subsidiary DRI completes Glodeni 2 solar park in Romania
14 January 2025 - DRI completed its second photovoltaic plant in Romania, Glodeni 2, and it is preparing to start the construction of another one
Bulgaria boosts renewables capacity by 938 MW in 2024
14 January 2025 - Renewables capacity increased by 938 MW in Bulgaria last year, compared to the addition of over 1.2 GW in photovoltaics in 2023
Solarpro building 174 MW solar park in Romania for CWP Europe
14 January 2025 - CWP Europe's contractor Solarpro is expected to complete a 174 MW photovoltaic facility in Romania in mid-2025
Alteo seeking acquisitions in Croatia, Serbia for its 2 GW green platform
14 January 2025 - Alteo, in which MOL has a minority stake, is setting off on a regional expansion, primarily in Slovakia, Croatia and Serbia
Russia claims Ukraine attacked TurkStream gas compressor
13 January 2025 - Amid a looming gas shortage in Europe, Russia said it prevented an attack on TurkStream infrastructure by downing nine Ukrainian drones
Vučić: US sanctions on Gazprom Neft forcing its exit from Serbian oil refiner NIS
10 January 2025 - President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić said new US sanctions would force Russia's Gazprom Neft to urgently exit ownership over NIS
WindEurope: EU building less than half capacity needed for 2030 goal
10 January 2025 - Europe gets 20% of its electricity from wind, but not enough new wind farms are being built, WindEurope said
All permits issued in Romania for Europe’s biggest solar power plant
10 January 2025 - Rezolv Energy and Monsson received all approvals for the construction of the Dama Solar facility of 1.04 GW, with batteries
Several energy storage investments underway in North Macedonia
09 January 2025 - North Macedonia, which has been attracting investments in battery factories, is in talks on a project worth up to EUR 360 million
Coal plant ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 restarted to preserve energy security in Bulgaria
09 January 2025 - ContourGlobal is returning half of Maritsa East 3 in Bulgaria to the grid, to operate at least until the end of March
Toshiba, Voith, ABB to repair Bulgaria’s Chaira pumped storage hydropower plant
08 January 2025 - Bulgaria's NEK signed contracts for units 1 and 3 of the Chaira system with Toshiba and the consortium Voith-ABB, respectively
US allows incentives for nuclear-powered hydrogen ahead of Trump’s return
08 January 2025 - The US expanded hydrogen production tax credits to electrolyzers powered by uncompetitive nuclear power plants and to waste methane