Electricity
EU completing Green Deal Industrial Plan as Net Zero Industry Act awaits go-ahead
01 May 2024 - The European Union's Net Zero Industry Act is about to come into force, completing legislative work within the Green Deal Industrial Plan
Dubravka Đedović Handanović reappointed as Serbia’s minister of energy, mining
30 April 2024 - Minister of Energy and Mining Dubravka Đedović Handanović is keeping her seat in the new cabinet while Minister of Environmental Protection Irena Vujović is also becoming deputy prime minister
UK minister: G7 reaches ‘historic’ deal to abandon coal in first half of 2030s
30 April 2024 - An official statement on the G7 decarbonization commitments is due later today
Renewable electricity share in Turkey nears 50%
29 April 2024 - Renewable sources had a 49.3% share in Turkey last month. Minister Mehmet Şimşek said USD 100 billion would be invested within ten years.
Belgrade Energy Forum is the platform for major renewable energy deals – join it!
29 April 2024 - The Belgrade Energy Forum event platform is facilitating major partnerships, financing agreements and contracting opportunities in Southeast Europe
Hungary awards EUR 158 million for 440 MW of energy storage
26 April 2024 - The tender that was completed enables the installation of around fifty battery energy storage systems in Hungary, the government said
Alcazar secures USD 50 million from US DFC for investments in Western Balkans, other markets
26 April 2024 - The US International Development Finance Corporation said it has finalized a landmark USD 50 million equity investment in Alcazar
Mitsubishi Power commissions desulfurization system in Serbia’s TENT A coal plant
25 April 2024 - Serbia finally got its second coal plant desulfurization system, in TENT A in Obrenovac near Belgrade, so the air is about to become cleaner
EU countries update NECPs: 2030 solar goals lifted by 90% but grids lag
25 April 2024 - SolarPower Europe said grid and flexibility planning trail far behind renewables goals, putting the energy transition at risk
Slovenia amends Energy Act to bolster efficiency, decarbonization
25 April 2024 - The changes to Slovenia's Energy Act introduced incentives for renewables, decarbonization of coal regions and energy efficiency measures
China’s energy transition on track for carbon neutrality by 2060
24 April 2024 - China is making huge progress toward its goal of reducing net emissions to zero, Norwegian consulting firm DNV estimated in a report
Renera kicks off 50 MW floating solar power project in Romania
24 April 2024 - Renera Energy is developing a 50 MW floating photovoltaic project in Romania. It would now probably be the biggest in Europe.
Renewables in Greece get shortcut to grid connection with PPAs
23 April 2024 - Renewables projects in Greece with PPAs with energy-intensive industrial consumers get priority in the transmission grid connection queue
Brite Solar to complete agrisolar panel plant in Greece by end-2024
23 April 2024 - Greek startup Brite Solar is building a production line in Patras for transparent solar panels for agrivoltaic production
Green Volt, world’s largest floating wind project, obtains planning approval
23 April 2024 - The project has now received all its planning approvals and remains on track to be the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in Europe
Solar power plants in North Macedonian industrial zones to supply exporters to EU
23 April 2024 - Solar power plants in industrial zones in North Macedonia will enable manufacturers exporting their products to the EU to avoid CBAM