Renewables
Serbia to spend EUR 3 billion on energy imports next winter
22 August 2022 - The import of natural gas and electricity cost Serbia EUR 1.65 billion last winter
Croatia to abolish VAT on solar panels
22 August 2022 - The Croatian government is preparing a new package of measures to tackle the high inflation and rising energy prices
Serbia’s NECP on public review until September 5
19 August 2022 - Serbia is mulling the option for its NECP to start adding small modular reactors in 2032. The emissions reduction is seen at 34.2% to 44.4% by 2030.
Construction of dam, main structure of hydropower plant Buk Bijela could begin by end-2022
18 August 2022 - A groundbreaking ceremony for the 93 MW hydropower plant, a joint project between Serbia and the Republic of Srpska, was held in May 2021
Danish offshore wind giant Ørsted asks all suppliers to switch to green electricity by 2025
17 August 2022 - Ørsted says it has become the first energy company in the world to ask all suppliers to switch to green electricity
Petrol takes 35 MW wind project in Croatia to next phase
17 August 2022 - Slovenia-based Petrol put the environmental study for its wind power plant project Dazlina in Dalmatia to public review
Finland’s Taaleri joins forces with Encro on 111 MW wind project in Croatia
17 August 2022 - The wind farms, located near the city of Zadar, are expected to be fully operational in Q4 2023
Republic of Srpska offers households credit to install solar panels
16 August 2022 - The credit program aims to enable 50,000 households across the Republic of Srpska to install solar panels and become prosumers
BIG Shopping Centers buys 70 MW solar power project in North Macedonia
16 August 2022 - BIG Shopping Centers took over a 70 MW photovoltaic project in North Macedonia, which it plans to expand to 105 MW
Montenegro’s utillity EPCG to halve minimum price for sale of 10% stake
15 August 2022 - After two failed bidding rounds for a 10%, stake, EPCG said the government can decide to switch to the stock market for the share sale
China building world’s biggest green hydrogen factory
15 August 2022 - Sinopec's hydrogen factory, which will be powered by a 300 MW solar plant, is expected to be put into operation in June 2023.
Erdogan inaugurates 34 hydropower plants
12 August 2022 - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated 34 recently hydropower plants with an estimated annual output of 2.3 TWh in total
IHC buys 50% of Kalyon’s renewable energy branch including 1 GW solar park
12 August 2022 - IHC) from Abu Dhabi will pay USD 490 million to take over 50% of Kalyon Energy and participate in new solar and wind power projects
Bulgarian town plans clean hydrogen industrial zone
12 August 2022 - The Razgrad municipality in Bulgaria plans to develop an industrial zone that will use clean hydrogen produced with solar power
Spain’s Iberdrola puts Europe’s largest solar power plant into operation
12 August 2022 - Iberdrola's solar power plant in western Spain has 1.5 million solar panels and an installed capacity of 590 MW
PPC Renewables invites bids for building Greece’s biggest solar power plant
11 August 2022 - With an installed capacity of 550 MW, the future solar plant will be the biggest in Greece and one the largest in Europe