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IEA: Global energy crisis is driving surge in heat pumps
01 December 2022 - Sales of heat pumps will soar to record levels in the coming years as the energy crisis accelerated their deployment
Greece joins European Single Intraday Coupling
01 December 2022 - Intraday markets of 25 European countries are now united and the integration has been completed.
PPC Renewables picks Terna to build biggest solar power plant in Greece
01 December 2022 - The GEK Terna conglomerate gave the best offer for the construction of a 550 MW photovoltaic plant in northern Greece
Finnish startup retrofitting old Tesla batteries for other energy storage uses
01 December 2022 - Cactos from Finland gives alternative purposes to second-life electric vehicle batteries, with the help of its cloud-based software
INA intends to produce green hydrogen at Rijeka oil refinery
30 November 2022 - The green hydrogen will be used to supply the transport sector in Croatia and for the refinery’s own consumption
Turkey’s new energy storage regulation to spur unseen investment boom
30 November 2022 - EMRA Chair Mustafa Yılmaz said applications came in for storage in combination with renewables with a stunning 67.3 GW in total capacity
Future of successful businesses relies on their digital transformation
30 November 2022 - Digitalisation changes everything because it connects all processes and provides a complete result, notes Petr Hermann, Schneider Electric Cluster President, Southeast Europe, in an interview for the Balkan Green Energy News
Serbia to rely on Norwegian expertise in energy sector development
30 November 2022 - Serbia received recommendations from Rystad Energy and will work by its instructions, President Aleksandar Vučić said
Greece remains among world’s most attractive renewable energy markets
29 November 2022 - EY kept Greece and Turkey in its Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index of 40 countries. In another ranking, Greece is second in the world!
Romania to grant EUR 103.5 million for battery storage projects
29 November 2022 - The Government of Romania has launched a public call for EUR 103.5 million in grants for investments in electricity storage capacities
EU green technology imports twice as high as exports – Eurostat
29 November 2022 - Buyers in the European Union spent EUR 15.2 billion last year on solar panels, wind turbines, and liquid biofuels from abroad
Coal regions in Western Balkans and Ukraine lack dedicated funds for just transition
29 November 2022 - The Initiative for Coal Regions in Transition in the Western Balkans and Ukraine held an annual meeting in Brussels
Vinča regional landfill improves Serbia’s waste management in 2021
28 November 2022 - The new landfill in Vinca started operating in August 2021, according to the website of its operator Beo Čista Energija
Serbia to put coal plant Kostolac B3 into operation as early as October 2023
28 November 2022 - The last batch of equipment for the construction of the Kostolac B3 coal-fired thermal power plant has arrived at the site, by ship.
Turkey completes world’s fifth-highest arch dam with hydropower plant
28 November 2022 - The Çoruh river is now filling the reservoir at the 558 MW Yusufeli hydropower plant and arch dam, the world's fifth-highest of its kind
Solar power generation to increase tenfold in Montenegro next year
25 November 2022 - According to the estimate in the Energy Balance of Montenegro for 2023, electricity production will drop 12.63% this year