Electricity
Bulgaria earmarks EUR 1.15 billion for just transition of coal regions
10 August 2023 - The coal regions of Stara Zagora, Pernik and Kyustendil are eligible for EUR 1.15 billion in EU funds for a green economic transformation
Montenegro offers to lease land for wind farm for 30 years
09 August 2023 - The country has launched a public call for a 30-year lease of state-owned land for a wind farm on the territory of the Municipality of Šavnik
Eight EU countries on track to meet new NECP solar power targets before 2030
09 August 2023 - Cyprus and Croatia are among the EU countries that may hit their 2030 PV targets early, SolarPower Europe said, citing updated NECPs
Turkey selects its first offshore wind power zones
09 August 2023 - Studies are underway for four maritime areas that Turkey intends to declare offshore wind power zones under the YEKA support mechanism
Wind turbine repairs at Siemens Gamesa amplify Siemens Energy’s multibillion loss
08 August 2023 - Siemens Gamesa took out EUR 2.2 billion from Siemens Energy's results due to quality issues and rising costs in the wind power business
Montenegro’s CGES signs two more grid connection agreements for solar power plants
08 August 2023 - In mid-June, TSO CGES inked its first grid connection agreement for a solar power project. The three facilities are planned at over 1,000 MW in combined capacity.
Masdar lists its first green bond on London Stock Exchange
08 August 2023 - Masdar entered the green bond market with a sale worth USD 750 million and listed the securities on the London Stock Exchange
Hidroelectrica’s Danube Delta wind park project angers environmentalists
08 August 2023 - Hidroelectrica is working on a wind farm project worth over EUR 650 million in a protected area in the Danube Delta, with the government's support
Romania to issue call for solar, wind power auctions of 1 GW each
07 August 2023 - Romania is preparing to launch its first call for auctions for a contract-for-difference (CfD) support scheme for renewable energy
Croatian hotel chain Valamar Riviera joins KOER virtual power plant
07 August 2023 - The tourism company and KOER intend to cooperate in increasing the sustainability and balance of the Croatian electric power system
Energy Vault completes world’s first gravity energy storage system in China
07 August 2023 - Energy Vault is commissioning the world’s first grid-scale gravity energy storage system. It is adjacent to a wind power plant near Shanghai.
Serbia gets EUR 8.44 million to modernize hydropower plant Bistrica, produce study for Central Balkan Corridor
04 August 2023 - The Bistrica modernization and the construction of the Central Balkan Corridor will boost Serbia’s renewables and transmission capacities
Romania’s biggest pumped storage hydropower project awaits feasibility study
04 August 2023 - Romania initiated market consultations for its Tarnița-Lapuștești pumped storage hydropower project, aiming to commission a feasibility study
Romania’s planned SMR to be part of nuclear-solar power complex
04 August 2023 - The nuclear-solar complex in Doicești in Romania is planned to include Europe’s first small modular nuclear reactor
FBiH dismisses board of power utility Elektroprivreda BiH
04 August 2023 - Sanel Buljubašić has been designated as the acting CEO of EPBiH after the Government of FBiH dismissed the entire management
Turkey’s second-largest solar power plant is taking shape
03 August 2023 - Ecogreen said it would put its 130 MW photovoltaic system in Niğde into operation by the end of the month, as planned