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Coal plants in Bulgaria to be shut not by government but by market – minister
15 January 2024 - The country has officially set 2038 as the year when the phaseout of the coal power plants will be completed
Global players bid to replace coal with 455 MW of solar power in Romania
15 January 2024 - Tenders for 455 MW of PV capacity replacing CE Oltenia's coal plants drew investors from China, Turkey, the US, Germany and Ukraine
Turkey’s largest wind power plant to add battery storage
15 January 2024 - Polat Enerji said an energy storage system would lower balancing costs for its wind park Soma, the largest in Turkey
North Macedonia to reconsider strategic partnership model for Čebren, gas-hydrogen power plants
12 January 2024 - Kovačevski said an analysis would show the best option for projects for the Čebren pumped storage hydropower plant and two gas-hydrogen facilities
Kosovo* adopts first Law on Climate Change
12 January 2024 - Kosovo* failed to include all the 2030 Energy Community climate and energy targets and the 2050 climate neutrality objective in its new law
EU adds record 17 GW of wind power in 2023 but must double pace
12 January 2024 - The EU saw 14 GW of onshore wind and 3 GW of offshore capacity coming online in 2023. WindEurope warned that the goal is 30 GW per year.
Albania to limit final project approvals for renewables to one year
12 January 2024 - Final approvals for renewable electricity plants in Albania will last 12 months. KESH is working on a pumped storage hydropower project.
North Macedonia looking for strategic investor for two gas-hydrogen-fuelled power plants
11 January 2024 - The government has decided to initiate the process of transforming electricity production to gas-hydrogen power plants
Rezolv Energy advances projects for biggest solar power plants in Bulgaria, Romania
11 January 2024 - Rezolv received a green light in Bulgaria for a 229 MW solar park. In neighboring Romania it is building a 1.06 GW PV system.
Renewables 2023 report: solar, China drive record renewable capacity additions
11 January 2024 - Solar power accounted for three quarters of renewables capacity additions, of which PV in China alone topped the entire 2022 global figure
CGES signs grid connection agreement for 240 MW solar power plant
10 January 2024 - Montenegro's TSO has so far signed three contracts for the grid connections for utility-scale PV facilities with a total capacity of 1,000 MW
France boosts its nuclear energy plan with eight more large reactors
10 January 2024 - The French government is preparing a bill intended to facilitate the replacement of its aging nuclear power plants
OMV Petrom buys 400 EV chargers, half of 1 GW renewables project portfolio
09 January 2024 - OMV Petrom plans to invest approximately EUR 1.3 billion in renewables in Romania with Renovatio through a newly formed partnership by 2027
US finds vast lithium reserves in Salton Sea geothermal reservoir
09 January 2024 - Geothermal waters in the Salton Sea area in California contain 3.4 million tons of lithium, enough for over 375 million EV batteries
Germany adds record 14 GW of solar in 2023 – half is on households
09 January 2024 - The share of renewables in Germany's grid load surpassed 50% for the first time last year, advancing 6.6 points from 2022 to hit 55%
Slovenia mulls separating coal assets from electricity utility HSE
08 January 2024 - State-owned Holding Slovenske elektrarne is preparing for the possibility of spinning off its coal assets: thermal power plant TEŠ and a mine