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Trafigura enters Romanian renewables market via solar power project purchase
17 July 2024 - Trafigura's subsidiary Nala Renewables bought a ready-to-build PV project of 61 MW in Romania with an option to integrate battery storage
Western Balkans have as many prospective solar, wind projects as Germany
17 July 2024 - Prospective utility-scale solar and wind capacity amounts to 23 GW or 70% more than a year ago, according to the latest study
Balkans blackout on June 21 occurred after two overhead lines tripped – ENTSO-E
17 July 2024 - ENTSO-E said the cascading power failure of June 21 ensued amid outages of two overhead lines, of which the first is in Montenegro
Serbia officially revives Rio Tinto’s lithium mining project Jadar
16 July 2024 - The Government of Serbia annulled the 2022 abolishment of Rio Tinto's project Jadar for a lithium mine and processing plant
Istvánffy: Persistence of high power prices at HUPX depends on heat wave, import crunch
16 July 2024 - Director of markets at HUPX György Istvánffy attributed the extreme electricity price increase to several fundamental factors
Australian company waiting to enter lithium race in western Serbia
16 July 2024 - Volt Resources has the rights to exploration license applications for lithium and borates in three areas in western Serbia
Greek consumers must return subsidies that covered renewable energy surcharge
16 July 2024 - Greek commercial consumers, mostly in the agricultural sector, must pay large sums to the state as they were ordered to return subsidies
Petrol obtains financing for EV charging network in Slovenia, Croatia
15 July 2024 - Slovenia-based Petrol is about to install electric vehicle charging points in 35 locations in its home market and in Croatia.
Green for Growth Fund tops its financial, impact targets in 2023
15 July 2024 - The Green for Growth Fund kept mitigating climate change and promoting sustainable economic growth last year in its 18 markets
Energy permit not needed for power plants under 1 MW in BiH
15 July 2024 - The Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry has adopted the rulebook on issuing energy permits and it entered into force on July 6
Končar, Siemens Energy launch new joint venture
15 July 2024 - Croatia’s firm Končar and Siemens Energy have signed a joint venture agreement on the establishment of the Končar - Transformer Tanks
What is behind electricity price spike in SEE: grid issues, and something more
13 July 2024 - Record high temperatures aren't the main cause of the record price increase on power exchanges, ranging from 50% to 170%
IRENA’s La Camera: Renewables must grow at higher speed, scale
12 July 2024 - IRENA's Director-General Francesco La Camera warned of ongoing patterns of concentration in geography in renewables deployment as well as against complacency
Constitutional Court of Serbia rules in favor of Rio Tinto’s lithium project
11 July 2024 - The Constitutional Court of Serbia declared unconstitutional a decree that annulled the local spatial plan for Rio Tinto's lithium project
Switching to green steel would add just EUR 8 per electric vehicle by 2040
11 July 2024 - Switching to 40% green steel would add just EUR 57 to the sticker price of an electric vehicle in 2030, according to an analysis by T&E
Protest outside Constitutional Court of Serbia against Rio Tinto’s lithium project Jadar
11 July 2024 - Local group Ne damo Jadar and the SEOS assocoation held a protest rally in front of the Constitutional Court of Serbia against Rio Tinto's lithium project