Renewables
Coal plant operator KEK to begin construction of Solar4Kosovo PV plant
15 September 2025 - Government-controlled Kosovo Energy Corp. said it is preparing to build the Solar4Kosovo 1 plant on a coal ash dump near Prishtina
Nine times more licenses in Greece than grid capacity
15 September 2025 - Licensed renewable energy projects in Greece currently stand at about 90 GW. New submissions have been falling sharply.
Von der Leyen: EU needs more homegrown renewables with nuclear as baseload
11 September 2025 - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered her 2025 State of the Union address at the European Parliament in Strasbourg
Greece loses EU grant intended for renewable electricity for vulnerable consumers
11 September 2025 - The ambitious Apollo program is losing a EUR 100 million EU grant for renewables and storage, intended to lower energy costs for vulnerable consumers
European electricity industry issues Paris Pledge on pumped storage hydropower
10 September 2025 - IHA and Eurelectric launched the Paris Pledge, a call to action aimed at unlocking the potential of pumped storage hydropower in Europe
LONGi and Nofar Energy forge landmark partnership for Romania’s largest solar project using revolutionary BC technology
10 September 2025 - LONGi Solar and Nofar Energy have announced a historic partnership to develop one of Romania‘s largest solar installations
Parliament of Montenegro installs solar power plant
10 September 2025 - Montenegro is likely the first country in the former Yugoslavia to install solar panels on the roof of its parliament
September 15 – new deadline for applications for 2025 Female Leader in Sustainable Energy
09 September 2025 - The application deadline for the 2025 Female Leader in Sustainable Energy competition has been extended until September 15
Turkey launches solar, wind power auctions with November deadlines
09 September 2025 - Turkey issued a public call for renewable energy auctions for 2 GW in total, including the first floating PV plant in the YEKA mechanism
Airport in Cluj-Napoca secures grant for battery-backed solar park
08 September 2025 - International Airport Avram Iancu Cluj will cover more than half of the costs for a solar farm with battery storage from European funds
Romania preparing to include biomethane in gas grid
08 September 2025 - Romania has drafted a directive that would regulate biomethane and mitigate the impact of the extension of an EU emissions pricing scheme
Serbia’s EPS plans to build 500 MW of wind farms with strategic partner
05 September 2025 - A 1,000 MW solar power project is expected to be online by 2029, according to Aleksandar Latinović, Head of Ancillary Services at EPS
Europe’s wind installations in H1 2025 insufficient to meet EU’s 2030 targets – WindEurope
05 September 2025 - Europe installed 6.8 GW of new wind farms in the first six months of the year, according to a report by WindEurope
New generation of sodium-ion batteries developed in Estonia
05 September 2025 - Estonian company Freen OÜ has introduced a new generation of sodium-ion battery systems
Wind installations in Greece remain low this year as new applications drop
05 September 2025 - WindEurope expects Greece to add 300 MW of wind capacity in 2025, after installing 152 MW during the first half of the year.
Montenegro’s power utility seeks contractor for two battery storage systems
04 September 2025 - State-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore has launched a tender for the purchase of two battery energy storage systems.