Renewables
Petrol to install rooftop solar panels on all its gas stations
25 July 2022 - Petrol is about to equip its first 46 filling stations in Slovenia with rooftop photovoltaic systems with the help of European funds
Nofar preparing to build Romania’s biggest solar power plant
22 July 2022 - Israel-based Nofar Energy expanded its Romanian renewables portfolio with an advanced 255 MW solar power project
Croatia announces winners from its first utility-scale renewables auctions
22 July 2022 - The Croatian electricity market operator (HROTE) has declared 16 bids as winners, while three were rejected
Wpd secures concession agreements for two wind farms in BiH
22 July 2022 - The concessions represent the beginning of the implementation of a regional wind farm system with a capacity of 1.2 GW in BiH and Croatia
Portugal, Switzerland launch pumped storage hydropower plants of over 2 GW in total
22 July 2022 - Iberdrola inaugurated its pumped storage plant Tâmega Gigabattery in Portugal and a similar facility was commissioned in Switzerland
Istria, biggest Adriatic peninsula, strives for energy independence
21 July 2022 - Croatia's Istria County will add solar farms of at least 10 MW each to the spatial plan and examine possibilities for offshore wind parks
Acciona to build two wind farms in Croatia after auction win
20 July 2022 - Spain-based Acciona is the only company that won wind power premiums at Croatia's first auction for large green power plants
Montenegro’s EPCG revamps Kruševo hydropower plant project
18 July 2022 - Montenegro's power utility EPCG will examine the possibility to build hydropower plant Kruševo on the Piva river
EPBiH signs concession for two solar PV plants
18 July 2022 - The photovoltaic plants will be built at the mine tailings dump site of the Gračanica coal mine in the municipality of Bugojno
IRENA: Solar, wind power costs defy inflation with massive price drop
15 July 2022 - The cost of electricity from onshore wind fell by 15% in 2021, compared to 13% for offshore wind and 13% for photovoltaics, IRENA said
Slovenia to freeze electricity prices, add 1 GW in solar power to supply homes
15 July 2022 - Prime Minister Robert Golob said large solar power plants of 1 GW in total would be built by 2025 to supply Slovenian households
Cero signs Greece’s first utility-scale corporate PPA for solar power
14 July 2022 - Macquarie's subsidiary Cero Generation signed Greece's first utility-scale bilateral PPA for solar power with Axpo, for a 100 MW unit
Energy Community can integrate 30 GW of renewables without investments in flexibility
14 July 2022 - The Study on flexibility options to support decarbonization in the Energy Community has assessed the flexibility needs, options for balancing
GGF takes green finance graduates on study tour in Berlin
14 July 2022 - GGF's Technical Assistance Facility and the Renewables Academy (RENAC) hosted a study tour in Berlin for the graduates of the Green Finance Expert Course
BiH abolishes grid connection limit for renewables
13 July 2022 - The decision makes BiH the country with the most advanced environment in the region for the development of variable renewables
Green for Growth Fund achieves record expansion in 2021
12 July 2022 - GGF recorded its strongest ever net growth in its outstanding portfolio, with EUR 1.3 billion in green loans to over 42,000 end borrowers