Renewables
Turkey sets October 23 as bidding deadline for world’s largest offshore wind farm
10 July 2018 - The deadline to bid for Turkey’s first and the world’s largest offshore wind farm has...
GGF Impact Stories: Greening Serbia’s energy mix
10 July 2018 - The Green for Growth Fund (GGF), which was initiated as a public-private partnership in December...
China Energy gains renewable foothold in Greece, eyes Balkan expansion
10 July 2018 - China Energy Investment Corporation, one of the world’s largest power companies, has signed a cooperation...
Vojvodina seeks to incentivize solar energy use in agriculture
06 July 2018 - The Secretariat for Energy, Construction, and Transport of the province of Vojvodina has invited applications for...
Contractors selected for biomass boiler in Priboj, tendering for district heating plant ahead
06 July 2018 - After concluding the tendering procedure, the Municipality of Priboj signed a RSD 89.9 million contract...
Croatia to switch to premiums as feed-in tariff model “reaches end” – minister
06 July 2018 - Croatia will switch to premiums to co-finance renewable energy projects, said Minister of Environmental Protection...
Greece awards 277.32 MW of capacity in 1st regular competitive auctions, EDP wins largest wind project
06 July 2018 - Greece’s energy regulator, RAE, auctioned off a total of 277.32 MW in wind and solar...
Postal operator Pošta Slovenije forges e-mobility partnership with energy trader GEN-I, seeks to fully electrify fleet
05 July 2018 - Slovenian state postal company Pošta Slovenije has signed an agreement on business cooperation in the...
HPP Đerdap 1’s overhaul to be completed in 2021, EPS says following signature with Russian contractor
04 July 2018 - Serbia’s state power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has signed the 10th addendum to an agreement...
KOSTT signs agreement on connecting HPP Lepenci, Koznica wind farm to the grid
04 July 2018 - Kosovo’s* transmission system operator (TSO) KOSTT has signed agreements on connecting the 10 MW Lepenci...
Greece launches regular renewable energy auctions in shift from standard FIT model
03 July 2018 - Greece has held its first regular competitive auctions for renewable energy capacities, after significantly trimming...
Tender launched for concession to build 65 MW Ljubinje solar park
03 July 2018 - The Ministry of Industry, Energy, and Mining of Republika Srpska has launched a tender for...
HEP to build Croatia’s largest solar plant to date on Cres island
02 July 2018 - The Primorsko-Goranska county, the Monastery of St. Frane – Cres and power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda...
Romania moves to not tax prosumers feeding surplus energy into grid
02 July 2018 - The Romanian parliament has adopted a law enabling prosumers with small renewable energy systems to...
Erste Bank gets EUR 5 million loan from EBRD to on-lend for home energy efficiency
02 July 2018 - Erste Bank has become the first Serbian bank to receive financing from the European Bank...
Expressions of interest sought to build, finance 160 MW Dabar hydropower plant
02 July 2018 - Hidroelektrana Dabar, part of hydropower plant operator Hidroelektrane na Trebišnjici (HET), has invited expressions of...