Renewables
Greece’s PPC unveils plan to boost share of renewables, expand to other markets
16 July 2018 - Greece’s majority state-owned power utility, Public Power Corporation (PPC), has developed its 2018-2022 strategic and...
Vestas to deliver turbines for 69 MW Košava 1 wind farm
13 July 2018 - Denmark’s Vestas has received an order for 20 V126-3.45 MW turbines for the 69 MW...
Minister to seek changes to nature protection law over small hydropower plants
13 July 2018 - Serbian Minister of Environmental Protection Goran Trivan has announced an initiative to change the country’s...
Tender launched for geothermal energy exploration in Croatia
13 July 2018 - The Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency has announced a public call for the selection of the best...
Bids sought for three small hydropower plants
12 July 2018 - The Ministry of Industry, Energy, and Mining of Republika Srpska has launched tenders for concessions...
Returns on green investments are down, but so are costs
11 July 2018 - On the sidelines of the Green for Growth Fund’s (GGF) recently held Sustainable Future Forum...
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...