Decarbonizing Western Balkan power utilities: ambitious but flexible plans, with focus on investments and new technologies
Power utilities in the Western Balkans have ambitious goals for 2050, but are flexible in mapping the path because the development of technologies is unpredictable
Five Serbian heating plants to be converted from coal, oil to biomass
Serbia will build heating plants in Niš, Bajina Bašta, Prijepolje, Rača and Novi Pazar to replace fuel oil and coal in district heating systems
Banks in Serbia receiving lot of requests for grid connection guarantees
Banks in Serbia are receiving numerous requests for guarantees for renewables requiring grid connection and most investors have firm collateral instruments, according to speakers at Belgrade Energy Forum
Statkraft acquires Neoen’s project portfolio in Croatia
According to Arnaud Bellanger, Country Manager for Croatia and France at Statkraft, the takeover deal covers about ten projects
Turkey adds 1.3 GW in solar power capacity in April alone
Photovoltaic capacity in Turkey reached 13.9 GW by the end of last month or a stunning 1.3 GW more than on March 31
Krivača, first wind farm in Serbia south of Danube, officially starts production
MK Group and Alfi Renewables inaugurated their Krivača wind farm in Golubac in eastern Serbia
Serbia, Hungary to start market coupling within weeks
An MoU on electricity market coupling between Hungary and Serbia will be signed within weeks, CEO of HUPX Mátyás Vajta announced at Belgrade Energy Forum
CWP Global’s Crandall: Governments should help set renewable electricity price floor
Marc Crandall from CWP Global believes governments should influence market prices to reassure developers and banks they can make profit by investing in renewable energy
