Renewables
Romania picks site of old coal power plant for first small nuclear reactor in Europe
25 May 2022 - The site was chosen as a result of an agreement between Romania's Nuclearelectrica and US-based NuScale Power
Romania, Serbia in talks on pumped storage hydropower Đerdap 3, energy cooperation
25 May 2022 - Two energy ministers met in Bucharest after a roundtable organized by the Partnership for Transatlantic Energy and Climate Cooperation
GGF, Rockstart select seven green ventures for their Clim@ Scaler program
24 May 2022 - Seven finalists were picked for Clim@ Scaler 2022, an accelerator program for scaleup ventures in the Green for Growth Fund's target regions
Slovenia backs controversial hydropower project Mokrice amid energy crisis
23 May 2022 - The Government of Slovenia said the public interest outweighs nature conservation in the case of HESS's hydropower project in Mokrice
Energy crisis accelerates construction of Bistrica pumped storage hydropower
23 May 2022 - The project is one of the most important investments in the energy sector of Serbia, with a planned capacity of 630 MW
Three Slovenian companies develop geothermal facility on abandoned oil, gas well
23 May 2022 - The project will be the first application of a Slovenian patent. It could lead to a breakthrough in the use of geothermal energy in deserted gas and oil wells.
Vienna airport completes Austria’s biggest solar power plant
23 May 2022 - Flughafen Wien Group said it has put Austria's biggest solar power plant into operation on 24 hectares at the Vienna International Airport
Serbian power utility kicks- off construction of its first wind power plant Kostolac
20 May 2022 - EPS signed the loan agreement in November 2017, and received an energy permit for the wind farm at the end of 2018
Kosovo* plans to launch auction for 100 MW of solar
20 May 2022 - Auctions are divided in smaller portions because the intention is to encourage local investors, not only those from abroad
Industry draws up first global definition of green hydrogen
19 May 2022 - The Green Hydrogen Organization (GH2) has published a Green Hydrogen Standard - for certification and labeling, and greenwashing prevention
Solar projects awarded all premiums in Germany’s innovative renewables auctions
19 May 2022 - Germany has awarded market premiums for 403 MW of innovative solar facilities, including projects on farmland and parking lots
Four countries pledge 150 GW of offshore wind in North Sea
19 May 2022 - Four European countries have announced 150 GW of offshore wind by 2050, but all five European wind turbine makers are currently operating at a loss.
EU sets out REPowerEU plan to speed up green energy transition
18 May 2022 - The REPowerEU plan calls for investing an additional EUR 210 billion by 2027 and increasing the share of renewables fto 45% by 2030
Serbia clears way for household solar, gets first prosumers
16 May 2022 - After years of anticipation, Serbia has got its first registered solar prosumers in the household sector
TransitionZero: switching straight to renewables is now cheaper than coal-to-gas shift
16 May 2022 - Switching from coal straight to solar and wind energy and battery storage would enable electricity producers in the EU to save USD 90 per ton of CO2 on the carbon price, says TransitionZero
EPS halts construction of its first solar power plant
13 May 2022 - The Petka solar power plant was planned at the external tailings dump of the Ćirikovac coal mine in the Kostolac basin