Electricity
Romania to allocate grid capacity through auctions
06 August 2024 - Romania is breaking the grid congestion deadlock by introducing a competitive process for capacity allocation for power plant projects
Romania approves CfD scheme for auctioning 5 GW of wind, solar capacity
06 August 2024 - Romania approved the contract-for-difference subsidy mechanism for wind and solar power projects that win the support at upcoming tenders
Acciona wins CfD for largest solar project at Croatia’s auction
06 August 2024 - Acciona's photovoltaic project is the largest that won premiums at Croatia's latest auction
Serbia, Romania kick off gas interconnection project of 1.6 billion cubic meters per year
05 August 2024 - Serbia and Romania Sebastian Burduja signed a memorandum of understanding on a gas interconnection project
Montenegro’s CGES signs grid connection contract for 87.5 MW solar project
05 August 2024 - The list of investors with grid connection agreements for their renewable energy projects in Montenegro is getting longer
Trafigura’s JV starting construction of 99 MW wind park in Romania
05 August 2024 - Nala Renewables, Trafigura's subsidiary with IFM Investors, took over a ready-to-build wind power project in eastern Romania of 99.2 MW
Leaked paper shows Romania’s power sector coal-free in 2026
02 August 2024 - Transelectrica reportedly doesn't see coal power plants having any share in Romania's transmission system in 2026 and beyond
Danube river hydropower project of 840 MW eligible for EU funding
02 August 2024 - The proposed Turnu Măgurele – Nikopol hydropower complex on the Danube entered the EU's List of Renewable Energy Cross-border Projects
Solar, wind surpass coal for first time in China
02 August 2024 - Rystad Energy’s analysis forecasts that by 2026, solar power alone will beat coal as China's primary energy source
Croatia’s HEP fails to secure premiums for its solar project at government auctions
02 August 2024 - State-owned Hrvatska Elektroprivreda remained below the threshold in the bidding against private investors at an auction for subsidies
YEO’s Reap Battery launches joint venture in Turkey with China-based Great Power
01 August 2024 - YEO Technology said its subsidiary Reap Battery would control 51% of an energy storage joint venture in Turkey with Great Power
OMV eyes Serbia, Bulgaria for investments in renewables
01 August 2024 - OMV intends to expand its renewables business. It said Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria and Hungary have great wind and solar power potential.
Local authority in Serbia leases land for 18 MW solar park
01 August 2024 - Photovoltaic plants will be installed by Solarbelt in the area of the village of Soderce near the city of Vranje
Croatian oil pipeline operator JANAF acquires second solar power plant
01 August 2024 - Jadranski Naftovod has bought the Bulinac solar power plant, with a capacity of 5.2 MW, as part of its plan to diversify its business
Romanian construction firm preparing to build 230 MW of photovoltaics
31 July 2024 - RICHRBT is about to start the installation of the first of the four solar power plants in its project pipeline in Romania
Greece pushes its coal exit target date forward to 2026
30 July 2024 - Greece's Public Power Corporation (PPC) has introduced a new schedule for the phaseout of its lignite-fired power plants