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E.ON lands 145 contracts in Romania to install small solar power plants
05 April 2021 - E.ON Energie România signed EUR 13 million worth of deals with firms and institutions to build photovoltaic systems and make them prosumers
World’s new wind power installations hit record 93 GW in 2020
05 April 2021 - The global wind power industry reached an all-time high in 2020 in the size of...
Romania’s Hidroelectrica seeks to buy 131 MW solar power plant project
02 April 2021 - State-owned Hidroelectrica is looking for a legal consultant to help the acquisition of a 131 MW solar power project in Argeș County from Portland Trust
North Macedonia’s ESM to introduce carbon pricing for its power plants by end of 2021
02 April 2021 - Energy Community Secretariat has invited all power producers to implement internal carbon pricing, but so far only ESM answered positively.
Calculate your food waste and halve the amount to save money and protect nature
02 April 2021 - A calculator enables families in Finland to calculate their food waste, financial loss and climate impact so that they could plan better and cut the damage
Albanian-based companies to install two solar PV plants of 100 MW in total
02 April 2021 - Albania’s government has issued licences for the installation of two solar parks in the municipality of Fier.
Enel Green Power, Monsson Alma to develop 1 GW of solar, wind in Romania
02 April 2021 - The two companies target 500 MW of wind power and 500 MW of solar, and the construction of storage with an installed capacity of 300 MW.
Hitachi ABB Power Grids, KOSTT sign EUR 4.7 million contract to build new substation
01 April 2021 - ABB Power Grids Zagreb and and Kosovo’s* TSO have signed a contract for the construction of substation Ferizaj 3.
FBiH government abandons plan to extend subsidies for SHPPs for another 33 years
01 April 2021 - The Government of FBiH wanted to allow an extension after a period of 12 years during which SHPPs receive subsidies.
Matteo Colangeli to be EBRD’s Western Balkans, Serbia chief
01 April 2021 - Matteo Colangeli, head of the EBRD in Albania, was promoted to director for the Western Balkans and head of Serbia, replacing Zsuzsanna Hargitai
North Macedonia securing gas, electricity supply amid coal phaseout
01 April 2021 - The country has signed three memoranda with Greece on the future LNG terminal near Alexandroupolis and the adjacent gas-fired power plant.
TPP Pljevlja uses its 20,000 hours production limit – European Environment Agency
31 March 2021 - The EEA has officially confirmed that the power plant, part of utility EPCG, consumed its limit for production at the end of 2020.
EPS director: Serbia won’t cut electricity production from coal despite green energy expansion
31 March 2021 - Milorad Grćić said power production from coal would remain at the same level while capacities in renewable energy sources would increase
Turkey has green hydrogen potential of 1.6 million tons per year
31 March 2021 - Turkey can produce up to 1.6 million tons of hydrogen per year with power supply from renewables, substituting 5% of total final energy consumption
Wpd Adria developing solar power project on site of its wind power plant
31 March 2021 - Wpd Adria is working on licenses for a photovoltaic facility in Šestanovac in Croatia on the same location where its Katuni wind power plant is
Turkey’s Garanti BBVA bank to stop financing coal projects
31 March 2021 - Garanti BBVA, the fifth-largest bank in Turkey vowed to cleanse the loan portfolio of the remaining coal mines and plants by 2040