Renewables
Solar-powered ferries launched in Montenegro’s Bay of Kotor
22 July 2019 - Montenegro’s Bay of Kotor, known as Boka, has a new form of environmentally-friendly public transportation...
GE agrees major wind turbine deals in Turkey
19 July 2019 - GE Renewable Energy, which already has an over 1,200 MW installed base in Turkey, has...
Albania launches net metering for solar PV prosumers
19 July 2019 - Albania has put in place a net metering scheme for solar photovoltaic (PV) prosumers, the...
Run-of-river hydropower: Two years on, the struggle continues
18 July 2019 - More than two years on, the public and citizens across the Balkans fighting for the...
Power utility ERS to borrow EUR 307 million for new renewable energy power plants
18 July 2019 - The Government of Republika Srpska intends to provide state guarantees for loans worth BAM 600...
Bereket Enerji to offer portfolio of 1,100 MW HPPs, wind farms on stock market
17 July 2019 - Turkey’s energy group Bereket Enerji will offer a portfolio of about 1,100 MW hydropower plants...
Greece hits 3 GW wind energy milestone
17 July 2019 - Greece’s cumulative wind energy capacity has exceeded 3 GW, according to the latest data from...
Kovačica becomes Serbia’s largest fully operational wind farm
17 July 2019 - After almost three decades, a completely new large power plant – the 104.5 MW Kovačica...
France, Serbia sign documents on Belgrade waste project, Bašaid wind farm, geothermal energy
16 July 2019 - During French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Serbia on July 15-16, the two countries signed...
Let the sunshine in, say civil society groups
10 July 2019 - Author: Igor Vejnović, Hydropower Coordinator, CEE Bankwatch Network Eight civil society organisations last week submitted...
Greece’s new energy minister, Kostis Hatzidakis, announces rescue plan for PPC
09 July 2019 - Not 24 hours after the polls closed in Greece, the new prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis,...
Solar Pecka crowdfunding campaign raises USD 6,687
08 July 2019 - The Solar Pecka crowdfunding campaign to install a system of solar thermal collectors and solar...
wpd sets up JV to develop Krmpote wind farm of up to 90 MW
03 July 2019 - Bremen-based wpd europe and Rijeka-based Tekol Teri have set up VE Krmpote, a joint venture...
Oil company OMV to build Austria’s largest PV plant
03 July 2019 - Vienna-based oil and gas company OMV and Austria’s power producer Verbund have signed memoranda of...
Complaint submitted to EnC against North Macedonia over small hydropower plants
03 July 2019 - Environmental groups Eko-Svest and CEE Bankwatch Network have filed a complaint to the Energy Community...
Protests against hydropower planned across Balkans from July 6-16
02 July 2019 - Environmental activists and civil society organizations (CSOs) from across the Balkans are organizing protests under...