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Constitutional Court of Bulgaria annuls exemptions for renewables on agricultural land
24 April 2025 - Investors in agrivoltaics and other renewables on agricultural land face higher expenses and longer procedures as exemptions were scrapped
GWEC: Record wind power capacity was installed globally in 2024
23 April 2025 - New wind turbine installations reached an all-time high 117 GW last year, just above the 2023 level, Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) found
Greece’s DEPA Commercial picks contractors for PV plants of 500 MW
23 April 2025 - Terna and Aktor are about to start building a solar power plant of 400 MW and another 100 MW in Greece for state-owned DEPA Commercial
Zagreb initiates purchase of 70 electric buses
23 April 2025 - The first electric bus in Croatia’s capital Zagreb started carrying passengers at the beginning of April
Two PV parks of 117 MW in total coming online near Bucharest
23 April 2025 - Eximprod is commissioning a 65 MW solar park north of Bucharest and Simtel arranged loans for the completion of a 52 MW plant in Giurgiu
Bulgaria grants EUR 587 million to 82 battery storage projects
22 April 2025 - Developers of 82 standalone battery projects in Bulgaria, for an overall 9.71 GWh in capacity, got approval for EUR 587 million in subsidies
Croatia sets EUR 25 million in incentives for energy poor households
22 April 2025 - Croatia has earmarked EUR 25 million for households at risk of energy poverty. They will use the funds for energy renovation
Energoinvest inaugurates transformers made in BiH
22 April 2025 - Bosnia and Herzegovina-based company Energoinvest has manufactured the first domestic transformers under its brand
Bulgaria canceling sale of equipment for its Belene nuclear plant to Ukraine
22 April 2025 - Bulgaria decided to call off the sale of equipment from the failed Belene nuclear project to Ukraine's Energoatom and reactivate the plans
Italy mulls keeping its last coal plants on standby
21 April 2025 - Italy may switch its remaining coal plants on the mainland to a standby mode this year instead of dismantling them
Turkey aims to become major lithium producer with its geothermal wells
21 April 2025 - Existing geothermal wells alone can enable Turkey to become one of the world's major producers of lithium, JESDER's chief Ufuk Şentürk said
All applicants qualify for first wind power auction in Kosovo*
21 April 2025 - Three potential bidders met the legal, technical and financial criteria for the upcoming 100 MW wind energy auction in Kosovo*
Three hydropower plants on Bistrica river to be finished by end-2026
18 April 2025 - Chinese company AVIC is in charge of building the three hydropower plants on the Bistrica, with a total capacity of 39 MW
Albania’s KESH, France’s AFD sign MoU on hydropower management, energy storage
18 April 2025 - KESH and Agence Française de Développement have signed an MoU on the Drin cascade management and advanced energy storage planning
Sarajevo rolls out fully digital system to track air-polluting emissions
18 April 2025 - The capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina has developed a register of air-polluting emissions and an information system to track pollutants.
Supreme Court of Federation of BiH annulls urban permit for Poklečani wind farm
17 April 2025 - The project is being developed by Elektroprivreda HZHB, one of the three state-owned power utilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina