Journalist
Igor Todorović
Romania’s Hidroelectrica picks contractors for 36 MW battery system at its only wind farm
14 April 2025 - Prime Batteries Technology and Enevo Group won Hidroelectrica's tender for the installation of a battery energy storage system of 36 MW
Turkey’s renewables failing to cover power demand growth despite solar boom
14 April 2025 - Turkey became a net electricity exporter in 2024, but wind and solar are still not growing fast enough to meet rising domestic power demand
Feasibility study complete for Romania’s East-West underground high-voltage line
11 April 2025 - A project for underground high-voltage power link East-West across Romania entered a new phase with the completion of the feasibility study.
EU lawmakers urge for rule of law in Jadar lithium project in Serbia
11 April 2025 - A group of MEPs demands that Serbia complies with the law as regards Rio Tinto's disputed Jadar lithium mining project
Ember: Warming’s 2024 share of global power demand rise was covered with fossil fuels
09 April 2025 - Renewables and nuclear energy met 79,1% of 2024 global power demand growth. The fossil fuels share was bigger than the part attributed to the annual rise in temperatures.
Activists in northeastern BiH to obstruct Majevica lithium mining project
09 April 2025 - Arcore and Rock Tech Lithium are planning to excavate and process lithium, boron and magnesium in Majevica in northeastern BiH
RWE-PPC partnership starting to build 567 MW of PV capacity
08 April 2025 - The Meton Energy joint venture of PPC and RWE has taken the final investment decision for two photovoltaic projects north of Thessaloniki
Turkey pushing against rivals for transmission of green electricity to EU
07 April 2025 - Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Bulgaria launched a green energy transmission project that could compete with the proposed Black Sea submarine link Georgia-Romania
Romanian town Beiuș to boost geothermal distring heating to 100%
04 April 2025 - The local authority in Beiuș, a trailblazer in geothermal district heating in Romania, should apply for European funding to reach full coverage
Share of coal power in Finland nearly zero as cogeneration plant shuts down
03 April 2025 - The now closed Salmisaari coal plant accounted for just 0.8% of the electricity mix in Finland together with three remaining ones
Eurowind Energy signs virtual PPA in Romania with automotive manufacturer
03 April 2025 - Autoliv contracted the supply of electricity from a wind park that Eurowind Energy built in Romania and Alight's solar project in Finland
Bulgaria aims to make Europe’s biggest energy community
03 April 2025 - The upcoming solar power program in Bulgaria for municipalities and small businesses will create Europe's biggest energy community, Minister Zhecho Stankov claims
Number of prosumers in Romania spikes 79% in one year to 204,000
02 April 2025 - Prosumers in Romania operated 2.44 GW of capacity at the end of January or 63% more than one year before, according to ANRE
Greek companies expand to Bulgaria with solar power investments
02 April 2025 - PPC and Masdar's Greek subsidiary Terna Energy are separately building two solar power plants in Bulgaria, valued at EUR 190 million in total
Power exchanges to test cross-border day-ahead trading in 15-minute intervals
02 April 2025 - NEMOs in Europe are starting joint member testing on April 7 for cutting the cross-zonal day-ahead power trading interval to 15 minutes
Renewables equipment factory to contribute to just transition of coal region in Romania
01 April 2025 - Monsson is about to build a renewable energy equipment plant in Petrila as part of just transition efforts in Romania's main coal region