Journalist
Igor Todorović
Montenegro issues calls for energy efficiency in households, solar power for firms
06 August 2021 - Montenegro prepared a credit package with grants for businesses for photovoltaic systems and interest-free loans for energy efficiency in households
Greece fast-tracks two PV projects worth half billion euros in total
06 August 2021 - Greece awarded strategic investment statuses to Enipeas' 700 MW solar power project and Karatzis' proposed cluster of an overall 362.75 MW
Slovenia’s Petrol completes 30 MW Ljubač wind farm in Croatia
05 August 2021 - In Croatia, near Knin, Petrol started the operation of its second wind farm. The Ljubač facility, which has nine turbines, didn't get any grants or incentives.
CATL’s sodium ion batteries threaten to take over world market from lithium
05 August 2021 - CATL's sodium ion batteries are entering the market in 2023. They could become more competitive than lithium-based solutions.
North Macedonia calls for bids in 80 MW solar power auction
04 August 2021 - North Macedonia launched a public call for support to individual photovoltaic plants with a total installed capacity of 80 MW in the form of premiums
Proparco, ProCredit Bank launch EUR 50 million line in Serbia for SMEs, green projects
04 August 2021 - Proparco approved a EUR 50 million credit line for ProCredit Bank to finance small and medium-sized enterprises and green projects in Serbia
Aydem to use part of USD 750 million green bond issue for hybrid power plant projects
04 August 2021 - Turkish firm Aydem Renewables sold green bonds for USD 750 million. It will add solar power units to hydro and wind assets, upgrading them to hybrid power plants
Zaev: North Macedonia to invest in 700 MW solar power plant with Serbia, Albania
03 August 2021 - North Macedonia's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said his country would invest in a photovoltaic system of 700 MW with Serbia and Albania
Bulgaria hints at possible closure of all coal-fired power plants by mid-2025
02 August 2021 - The current version of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan may lead to a rapid coal exit in Bulgaria as the Maritsa East complex would be shut down
Serbia in talks with UGT Renewables on 1 GW in solar power plant projects
02 August 2021 - Serbia intends to sign a contract soon with Chicago-based UGT Renewables for the installation of photovoltaic systems with a combined capacity of 1 GW
Serbia’s EMS seeks consultant for EUR 59 million overhead power line project
30 July 2021 - EMS will pick a consulting firm for the construction of a double circuit 400 kV overhead transmission line between Obrenovac and Bajina Bašta
EU approves Masdar-Taaleri’s 65 MW solar power joint venture in Greece
30 July 2021 - The EU allowed Masdar-Taaleri Generation to partner with two Greek firms on the 65 MW Asopia solar power project near Athens
Turkey’s first hydro-solar hybrid power plant Lower Kaleköy comes online
30 July 2021 - Cengiz Holding added an 80 MW solar power plant to its 510 MW Lower Kaleköy hydroelectric unit in Turkey, integrating them into a hybrid power plant
Protests as City of Loznica in Serbia adopts spatial plan for Rio Tinto’s lithium project
29 July 2021 - Hundreds of people protested in Loznica in western Serbia as the local assembly was adopting the spatial plan for Rio Tinto's lithium project
Bajgora wind park in Kosovo* linked to grid with 20-kilometer overhead line
29 July 2021 - KOSTT energized the 110 kV high-voltage line between substation Vushtrri 1 and wind power plant Bajgora of 105 MW, which is under construction
Sifnos island to achieve energy autonomy with hybrid power plant project
29 July 2021 - A wind farm and a pumped storage hydropower plant can meet the entire demand for electricity in the small Aegean island of Sifnos in Greece