Electricity
IRENA: World’s renewable electricity capacity surpassed 3 TW in 2021
13 April 2022 - Renewables accounted for 38.3% of global electricity generation capacity at the end of last year, IRENA said
Join SolarEdge Roadshow 2022 touring South-East Europe in May, June
13 April 2022 - This spring, for the first time, Solar Edge is touring six countries of the SEE region in a series of in-person event programs
ESM plans to develop four new solar power plants totalling 280 MW of capacity
12 April 2022 - Four renewable energy plants are planned to be installed at the exhausted coal mines in the aging REK Bitola energy complex
Turkey becomes 6th country in Europe to reach 100 GW in electricity capacity
12 April 2022 - Turkey became the 14th country in the world to cross the 100 GW level in combined power plant capacity – most additions are from renewables.
Turkey completes solar power auction for 300 MW
11 April 2022 - Turkey held an auction for 300 MW in solar power within the YEKA GES-4, of 1 GW in total. Smart Güneş Teknolojileri was the lowest bidder.
Westinghouse partners with Slovenian firms to build nuclear power plants in CEE
11 April 2022 - Several countries in Central and Eastern Europe said they would install nuclear power plants or that they are considering the idea
Slovenia inaugurates Prapretno, its biggest solar power plant
08 April 2022 - The Hrastnik municipality now hosts the largest solar power plant in Slovenia, and other projects are underway
Energy transition in Western Balkans – how to move forward
08 April 2022 - In an op-ed for Balkan Green Energy News, energy experts Mirza Kušljugić and Damir Miljević write about the ongoing energy crisis and the energy transition in the Western Balkans.
EU bans Russian coal imports – what lies ahead for global coal, gas, power prices
08 April 2022 - EU member states import more than 40 percent of the coal they consume, and half is supplied from Russia
EU greenlights Bulgaria’s recovery, resilience plan
07 April 2022 - The EU is about to formally adopt a EUR 6.3 billion grant package for Bulgaria as the European Commission finally endorsed its recovery and resilience plan
ERS to introduce incentives for households to install solar panels
07 April 2022 - State-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske is developing a program for subsidizing households to become prosumers
Lager from Posušje to install wind farm Gradina in BiH
07 April 2022 - It will be its second wind farm in the region, after 142 MW Krš-Pađene, built not far from Knin in Croatia
Hellenic Petroleum inaugurates Europe’s biggest solar park with two-sided panels
06 April 2022 - Oil refiner Hellenic Petroleum put the largest solar park in Greece into operation while PM Mitsotakis said coal output must jump 50%
Montenegro demands Bileća lake water, electricity from BiH, Croatia
06 April 2022 - The Government of Montenegro has decided to initiate a procedure to determine its share of water and hydropower from the Bileća lake in BiH
Slovenia, Croatia launch trial operation of joint 50 MWh battery storage
06 April 2022 - The Sincro.Grid project passed another milestone with the start of the trial operation of two battery storage units with 10 MW in total power
Revised Fit for 55: Preliminary goals show more renewables, nuclear, coal – much less natural gas
06 April 2022 - The revision of the Fit for 55 energy package calls for more renewables, coal and nuclear in order to offset a great reduction in natural gas