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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.
Protests in Serbia against lithium mining to culminate in Belgrade rally
01 August 2024 - After dozens of gatherings throughout Serbia against Rio Tinto's Jadar project and other potential investments in lithium exploitation, a rally was scheduled for July 10 in Belgrade
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
Earth Overshoot Day: humanity is consuming natural resources more and more rapidly
31 July 2024 - By August 1, we will have used up all the natural resources that our planet can replenish in a calendar year
Serbian scientists find environmental damage far exceeds benefits of lithium mining
31 July 2024 - A group of Serbian scientists found lithium mining in western Serbia in a populated and fertile area is not profitable given the the environmental risks
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
Wind, solar outpace fossil fuels for first time in EU electricity mix
30 July 2024 - Wind and solar have reached a combined share of 30% of electricity generation in the EU in the first six months of 2024, according to Ember
Cypriot army to equip barracks with solar power plants
30 July 2024 - The National Guard of Cyprus intends to install PV plants at its camps and on barracks and warehouses within the EU's EUR 19 million program
Greece’s PPC Renewables begins construction of 140 MW wind farm in Romania
30 July 2024 - PPC Renewables started building a 140 MW wind power plant in Romania's east. It said it would complete the facility at the end of next year.
BiH demands from Croatia to stop destruction of Una river spring
29 July 2024 - Both entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina urged Croatia to halt the construction of a small hydropower plant at the spring of the Una river