UNECE launches study, tool-kit for for sustainable renewable energy investments and deployment
A study by UNECE on linkages between renewable energy and nature and food production was created alongside mechanisms for political leaders, companies and representatives of affected communities to address issues and come up with mutually beneficial plans. UNECE said stakeholders can come up with win-win options in the renewables-water-food-ecosystems nexus through dialogue. Experience and research […]
Hidroelectrica plans to install first offshore wind park in Black Sea
Romania’s biggest power producer laid out an ambitious long-term plan to its shareholders, leaning to a large extent on funds it expects from the European Green Deal. Hidroelectrica proposed to develop capacities in hydropower, biomass, photovoltaics, chargers for electric vehicles, hydrogen and wind turbines including an offshore wind park in the Black Sea of as […]
GGF celebrates 10 years of green impact with renewables portfolio of over 1 GW
The Green for Growth Fund has so far supported the development of over 1 GW in renewable energy capacity. Southeastern Europe accounts for two thirds of the portfolio that GGF built until its tenth anniversary at the end of 2019, matched by the share of primary energy savings. The Green for Growth Fund said it […]
Contracts signed for solar power plants of 21 MW in N. Macedonia
North Macedonia’s government has signed contracts with 23 investors for the construction of solar power plants of 21 MW in total on private land in 16 municipalities. Investors will also get feed-in premiums. The tendering procedure for photovoltaic installations on private land, backed by feed-in premiums, was published last year. The first round of tendering […]
Three major environmental challenges clim@ 2020 finalists address
We are only two weeks away from the clim@ 2020 pitching event to select the winner of this year’s competition. Fifteen finalists from the whole world will pitch their innovative projects and business ideas to provide solutions for some of the most pressing environmental and climate challenges: waste disposal and pollution, global warming and emissions, […]
GE Renewable Energy to supply 52 wind turbines to Fina Enerji
GE Renewable Energy will deliver 52 of its 3 MW platform onshore wind turbines to Fina Enerji for four wind farms in Turkey: Bağlama, Tayakadın, Yalova, and Pazarköy. The deal also includes a 10-year servicing agreement. With a total capacity of 193 MW, the wind farms will produce enough clean energy to power the equivalent […]
Over 1.2 million people in Europe request green post-COVID-19 recovery
The European Parliament passed a resolution urging the EU’s authorities to put citizens at the heart of the revival strategy after the devastation from the coronavirus. MEPs overwhelmingly insist the upcoming budget must be in line with the European Green Deal. Ahead of the vote, more than 1.2 million people signed an environmentalist organizations’ petition […]
Turkey to schedule 1 GW solar tender for third quarter
Turkey plans to complete the tendering procedure for 1 GW in solar power in the next quarter, Turkey’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Dönmez said during the online Turkey Energy Summit. The tendering procedure was first planned for January 2019, but it was later pushed back to April of this year, and then […]