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Vulcan opens Europe’s first fully domestic lithium production plant in Germany
30 November 2023 - Lithium extraction from salt water has a much lower environmental impact than projects at salt deserts and mines
Croatia’s HEP starts up new unit at cogeneration plant in Zagreb
30 November 2023 - The new unit is HEP's largest investment in new generation facilities in the last ten years, and it will replace outdated units
Montenegro on track to add 4 GW of solar and wind, seeks EU support for green steel roll-out
29 November 2023 - Montenegro's strategic goals include renewable energy, smart electricity metering, but also green steel production
Industry welcomes EU’s grid action plan but criticizes lack of some crucial measures
29 November 2023 - The European Commission has presented a 14-point action plan for seven challenges to improving electricity grids
GIZ opens applications for green jobs consultant in Western Balkans
28 November 2023 - The German development agency has launched a call for the expression of interest and the deadline is December 12
Ukrainian billionaire Akhmetov completes 60 MW Ruginoasa wind farm in Romania
28 November 2023 - The Ruginoasa wind farm, featuring Romania’s biggest wind turbines, is expected to start producing electricity next year
World’s largest energy storage system is being built in Atacama Desert
28 November 2023 - Spanish green energy producer Grenergy has begun the construction of an energy storage facility in Chile's Atacama Desert
CAN Europe: BiH, Kosovo* and Serbia’s NECPs lack climate ambition, coal phaseout dates
28 November 2023 - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, and Serbia sent draft NECPs to the Energy Community Secretariat for review in late June and July
Karatzis, Mytilineos sign solar power PPA in Greece for 271 MW
28 November 2023 - The companies Mytilineos and Karatzis signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for three large PV plants in Greece
Spain to provide grant to Serbia’s TSO EMS for energy transition study
28 November 2023 - The study should help Serbia’s TSO prepare for connecting renewable electricity plants to the national grid
Pokrovac: Croatian rules make it easier to build 10 MW fossil fuel plant than 1 MW of solar
27 November 2023 - Building fossil fuel facilities of up to 10 MW in Croatia's industrial zones is possible without an environmental impact assessment
Energy independence of the University of Cyprus
24 November 2023 - The University of Cyprus is preparing to materialize its old plan for a 10 MW photovoltaic park, but with batteries
Two wind power projects underway on Vlašić mountain in Bosnia
24 November 2023 - Wind power projects VP Energokul (200 MW) and VE Vlašić (50 MW) reemerged just a few days apart. Both sites are on the Vlašić mountain.
EU starts European Hydrogen Bank pilot auction
24 November 2023 - The European Commission issued a public call for the European Hydrogen Bank pilot auction with an initial budget of EUR 800 million
NextE signs Romania’s longest corporate PPA for its solar power plant
24 November 2023 - A 7.4 MW photovoltaic system in Romania will supply a manufacturing facility under a PPA of a record 25 years, its developer nextE said
Analysis of EU’s Western Balkans decarbonization policy: decarbonization to remain disorderly if nothing changes
24 November 2023 - The policy paper 'Chaotic and fake decarbonization of power sectors in the Western Balkans' is based on a survey of more than 100 experts from the region