Renewables
United Group enters renewables market with investment in Bulgaria
23 January 2025 - Telecommunications and media company United Group has announced a EUR 120 million investment in renewables.
Solar overtakes coal in EU power sector in 2024
23 January 2025 - The record year of solar growth contributed most to fossil decline, lifting solar above coal for the first time, Ember found.
Ivovik, BiH’s largest wind farm, starts trial operation
22 January 2025 - The Ivovik wind farm, the fourth and largest in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has started trial operation
Burduja: Romanian coal power plants could be upgraded
22 January 2025 - In his view, US President Donald Trump has demonstrated to the world that democracies are only strong when their economies are strong
European People’s Party proposes two-year delay for CBAM
22 January 2025 - EPP said the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), EU taxonomy and corporate sustainability directives should be paused for two years
Clean Hydrogen Partnership launches call for cutting-edge hydrogen technologies
22 January 2025 - The call addresses key priorities identified by the Strategic Research Agenda within different areas of research and innovation
Trump scraps US climate policy, blocks offshore wind, exits Paris Agreement
21 January 2025 - President Donald Trump substantially reversed the US energy and climate policy. He is withdrawing the country from the Paris Agreement again.
Hungary suffers highest cross-border electricity price volatility spillovers in EU
21 January 2025 - IMF has examined wholesale electricity price volatility and its spillover effects across 24 countries in the European Union
Trump declaring energy emergency to ‘Drill, baby, drill’
20 January 2025 - In his inauguration address, United States President Donald Trump vowed to bring energy prices down, with an emphasis on raising oil and gas production
Kontrolmatik commissions floating solar power plant near Ankara
20 January 2025 - Kontrolmatik launched production at a floating solar power plant of 1 MW in peak capacity on the Bayındır lake in Ankara province
Norinco, Arctech sign equipment deal for solar power plant in BiH
17 January 2025 - The media reported in June that Norinco planned to buy an 80% stake in Aurora Solar, a firm with a concession to build a PV plant of 125 MW
Faria Renewables, Huawei setting up battery partnership in Greece
17 January 2025 - Huawei and Faria Renewables agreed to establish a strategic partnership for projects and operation of battery energy storage systems
How to turn electricity bills into tools for climate action and social justice
17 January 2025 - What if your electricity bill could help fight climate change and tackle inequality? Europe’s energy transition is not just about counting solar panels and wind turbines: it is about making the system work for everyone
Projects in Turkey for wind power with storage pass important milestones
16 January 2025 - Polat and Kontrolmatik advanced major projects for wind farms with storage as Turkey expects massive deployment of such hybrid solutions
Masdar reveals first solar, battery project for renewable baseload power
15 January 2025 - UAE-based renewable energy company Masdar announced a solar and energy storage project for the production of baseload electricity
Albania, Italy sign undersea cable deal with UAE as strategic partner
15 January 2025 - Albania, Italy and the UAE agreed to install an electricity interconnector under the Adriatic Sea between Vlora and Puglia