Electricity
Renewables had 99.5% share in new capacity in 2023 in Turkey
23 January 2024 - Minister Alparslan Bayraktar called 2023 "the year of renewables" in Turkey as they accounted for 99.5% of added power capacity
NGOs: Lack of political will, intricate procedures hinder renewables in North Macedonia, Serbia
23 January 2024 - By analyzing the political, economic and regulatory frameworks, the study offers an overview of the challenges and opportunities in the two countries
Cyprus to spend EUR 40 million on energy storage
23 January 2024 - The electricity system in Cyprus still lacks storage capacities for excess energy produced in wind and solar power plants
Romania’s Ministry of Energy is putting EUR 17.6 billion of EU funds to work
22 January 2024 - Romanian firms can apply renewable electricity projects of 2 GW in total for EUR 815 million in grants from the EU's Modernisation Fund
Three local authorities in Serbia considering waste-to-energy project
22 January 2024 - Representatives of local authorities in Kraljevo, Vrnjačka Banja, and Trstenik attended a presentation of waste-to-energy solutions
Projects worth EUR 5.6 billion underway in Bulgaria to replace coal
22 January 2024 - Coal plants in Bulgaria may close much faster than planned. Companies submitted over 70 proposals for the Just Transition Fund.
Vučić: Major energy projects to commence; new Government of Serbia to decide on Rio Tinto’s lithium project
21 January 2024 - President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić presented a development program for the period until the Specialized Expo 2027 exhibition in Belgrade
Serbia’s EPS to start trial of flue gas desulphurization facility at TPP TENT A by April
19 January 2024 - The facility at the TENT A thermal power plant has also started to produce gypsum, a byproduct of the process
Mitsotakis: Just green transition starts with obvious win-win efforts
19 January 2024 - Huge funds are necessary for a just green transition, but so is public support, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in Davos
Exergy to deliver 8 MW geothermal power plant to Emirler in Turkey
19 January 2024 - Italian company Exergy International will supply an 8 MW geothermal binary plant to Emirler Enerji in Turkey
Romania, Serbia to advance cooperation in gas, hydropower sectors
18 January 2024 - Minister of Mining and Energy of Serbia Dubravka Đedović Handanović spoke with her Romanian counterpart Sebastian Burduja
Energy-intensive firms in Slovenia to invest EUR 450 million in decarbonization by 2030
18 January 2024 - The Strategic Council for Energy Transition has revealed the results of a study on the energy transition of the country's industry
Slovenia exceeds 1 GW in solar capacity in 2023
18 January 2024 - The country has also entered the list of the top ten European Union member countries in installed solar power capacity per capita
GGF secures EUR 82.8 million in investments for green lending
18 January 2024 - GGF closed 2023 securing EUR 32.8 million from Germany’s KfW and EUR 50 million from FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank
ContourGlobal urges Bulgaria to help coal plants for sake of energy security
17 January 2024 - CEO of ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 Vassil Shtonov said Bulgaria needs to keep coal plants afloat until large gas power plants are built
NextE signs largest onsite corporate solar PPA in Romania
17 January 2024 - Renewables developer nextE signed a long-term corporate PPA for an 51.5 MW onsite project with an unidentified consumer