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North Macedonia puts its biggest solar power plant into operation
11 October 2022 - GEN-I connected its 17 MW solar power plant southeast of Skopje to the grid four months before the deadline
Solar power plant built on site of former Trbovlje coal mine
11 October 2022 - The Blate solar power plant, located on the former Trbovlje-Hrastnik open-cast coal mine, was put...
Croatia greenlights HEP’s 9.9 MW solar power project but requests piled up
10 October 2022 - Croatia has issued the energy approval for HEP's 9.9 MW PV project. Still, it was only the first of 216 requests filed in February.
North Macedonia’s former deputy PM builds 8 MW solar power plant
10 October 2022 - Companies controlled by former Deputy Prime Minister of North Macedonia Kocho Angjushev installed a solar power plant of 8 MW near Kočani
GE plans layoffs in its onshore wind sector
10 October 2022 - General Electric is preparing to reduce headcount in its onshore wind segment as part of restructuring measures and adjustment of business activities
Minister Han says firms in Slovenia should hold off on buying power, gas for 2023
07 October 2022 - Minister of Economic Development and Technology Matjaž Han recommended to energy buyers in Slovenia not to sign contracts yet
28 GW of renewable energy projects requesting grid connection in Bulgaria
07 October 2022 - Bulgaria is receiving requests for the connection of renewable energy plants with a combined capacity of 2 GW every month
FBiH approves loan guarantee for Poklečani wind farm
07 October 2022 - The Government of FBiH approved a guarantee for a EUR 150 million loan for Elektroprivreda HZ HB's wind power project Poklečani
Albania to cancel VAT for solar, wind power equipment
07 October 2022 - Albania plans to exempt imported machinery and other equipment for the production of green energy from the value-added tax
Serbia’s coal plant Kostolac B3 to come online in September 2023
07 October 2022 - Head of the Kostolac B3 project Željko Lazović said Serbia's power utility EPS would put the coal power unit into operation next September
Concessions revoked for seven small hydropower plants on Shar Mountains
06 October 2022 - North Macedonia scrapped the concessions for a group of small hydroelectric units in the newly proclaimed Shar Mountains national park
Albania to fine heads of institutions that don’t cut power consumption
06 October 2022 - The government must lead the way in cutting power consumption, Deputy Prime Minister of Albania Belinda Balluku said
Supplier fair to be held in London for Albania’s Skavica hydropower project
06 October 2022 - UKEF and Bechtel will present suppliers registered in Britain with the Skavica hydropower project in Albania and other opportunities
German coal plant operator LEAG to invest EUR 10 billion in green energy
05 October 2022 - LEAG is switching to wind and solar power, energy storage and sustainable mobility as Germany aims to phase out coal by 2038 or sooner
The largest offshore wind farms will be built near Aland in Baltic sea
05 October 2022 - OX2 and Alandsbanken Fondbolag are developing offshore wind power in two projects near Aland in...
Ember: Turkey can halve dependence on imported fossil fuels in power generation by 2030
05 October 2022 - Ember prepared a study to summarize various electricity transition pathways towards 2030 under the guidance of recently conducted modeling studies