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Croatia could fully replace electricity imports with 1 GW of new wind capacity
16 January 2023 - By tapping on its renewable energy potentials, Croatia could completely eliminate the need to buy electricity abroad.
Vukosavić: EPS doesn’t need foreign management, but independence from government
16 January 2023 - The root of most of the issues of power utility EPS is in appointing politically loyal but incompetent staff, professor Slobodan Vukosavić wrote in an op-ed
Greek firms start construction of 840 MW gas plant in Alexandroupolis, target Balkans for power exports
14 January 2023 - PPC, DEPA Commercial and Damco Energy marked the start of works on a gas-fired power plant in Alexandroupolis in Greece
North Macedonia is El Dorado for renewables
14 January 2023 - The North Macedonian regulator issued 267 licenses for electricity production from renewables in 2022, averaging one per each working day
FBiH government gives green light for Široka Draga wind farm
13 January 2023 - The project will be located on Kamešnica hill, in the territory of the municipalities of Livno and Tomislavgrad
Bulgarian parliament tells government to abandon CO2 reduction target
13 January 2023 - The parliament has obliged the government to change the National Recovery and Resilience Plan in the section covering energy
Call for European Sustainable Energy Awards is open until February 9
13 January 2023 - The winners of EUSEW Awards 2023 in three categories will be announced during the European Sustainable Energy Week in June
Oil refinery in Ballsh in Albania to be turned into 100 MW solar power plant
13 January 2023 - A shuttered bitumen facility in Ballsh may reincarnate as a utility-scale photovoltaic plant, according to the Albanian government
HEP plans to purchase electricity from private producers
12 January 2023 - Hrvatska Elektroprivreda is now the second state-owned energy company in the region that made such a decision
Germany sticks with natural gas as transitional fuel
12 January 2023 - It plans to build gas-fired power plants with a total capacity of 21 GW, compared to the current 27.5 GW
Municipal solar power plant in Braşov to lower power bills by 90%
12 January 2023 - The local authority in the city of Braşov in Romania wants to build its own solar power plant to increase energy independence and cut costs
Bulgaria simplifies procedure for rooftop solar installations
12 January 2023 - Currently, the procedure to install solar panels and become a prosumer can stretch to one year, but now it is expected to accelerate
Three investments in solar power announced in Montenegro
11 January 2023 - Three companies in Montenegro are preparing hundreds of millions of euros for solar power projects in Rožaje, Šavnik and Cetinje
Sarajevo intends to establish public utility for renewable energy production
11 January 2023 - The canton wants to change its energy policy to transition to renewable energy and reduce import dependence
New wind installations in EU jump 33% despite challenges
11 January 2023 - Wind farm developers in the European Union added a total of 15 GW in capacity last year, or a third more than in 2021
Turkish companies to build Dren wind park in North Macedonia
11 January 2023 - Kaltun Enerji hired YEO Teknoloji for its Dren wind farm project in North Macedonia near the border with Greece