Serbia to turn its electricity giant EPS into joint stock company
Citizens may get 15% of Elektroprivreda Srbije or EPS this year as the Government of Serbia plans to change its status from a public company to a joint stock company. It informed the International Monetary Fund in a letter of intent that it is transforming the power producer with the help of the European Bank […]
SHPP license abolished in Paraćin; Užice to shelve all 18 plans
The Department for Property and Legal Affairs of the Municipality of Paraćin has annulled the decision to approve the building license for small hydropower plant Grza on the river of the same name. The news was published by organization ‘Odbranimo Grzu’, which means defend the Grza. It had initiated the repetition of the process in […]
Metro Bulgaria equipping supermarket roofs with solar power plants
Three retail units in total out of 11 will have photovoltaic arrays on top of them, Metro Cash and Carry Bulgaria Eood announced at the opening of its first roof power generation system. The project was launched with the installation of over 1,360 panels or 423 kW in Blagoevgrad, in the country’s southwest. Chief executive […]
PPC Renewables to add 1.5 GW in solar including on former coal mines
The Regulatory Authority for Energy revealed Greece’s dominant power producer is already taking steps in line with its recently published five-year plan. PPC Renewables SA, tasked with Public Power Corp. SA’s envisaged energy transition, filed applications for photovoltaic units with a total capacity of 1.5 GW. The ambition is to add 1 GW by 2024 […]
Energy transition is region’s development opportunity, experts say in REPCONS survey
The energy transition is a development opportunity for the region, and the key factors for its implementation will be the European Union’s influence on local politicians as well as the downward trend in costs for wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant technology, according to experts from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia. They expressed […]
Most Read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in 2019
Pollution of air and water, new fossil fuel subsidies together with incentives for renewables and energy market liberalization drew the readers’ biggest interest in the English language section at Balkan Green Energy News this year. Dynamic changes in the regulatory frameworks of the countries comprising the Balkan region, mostly in the sector of renewables but […]
Dravske elektrarne Maribor buys infrastructure firm RGP
Following the entrance into ownership structure half a year ago, Slovenian producer of electricity from renewable sources Dravske elektrarne Maribor Doo has paid EUR 6.9 million for a majority stake in construction business RGP d.o.o. The update reveals 5.1% remains in the hands of Termoelektrarna Šoštanj d.o.o., controlled by Holding Slovenske elektrarne, as is the […]
Kalyon building solar systems factory to make 500 MW in panels per year
Production of photovoltaic equipment is scheduled to begin at the end of April in Ankara’s organized industrial zone, OIZ, where Kalyon Group began the construction of its integrated plant. At the presentation, its representatives said they earmarked USD 400 million in the project. Board member Haluk Kalyoncu claimed the unit would substitute USD 300 million […]