Greek PPC Group expands into Hungarian renewables market
Public Power Corp. marked its entry into Hungary by acquiring a subsidized 57.5 MW photovoltaic park from Greenvolt, including an option for a BESS project
Montenegro’s EPCG signs deal with Masdar on solar, pumped storage projects
A joint venture of Montenegrin utility EPCG and the UAE's Masdar agreed to build two solar farms in Montenegro and consider 400 MW of pumped storage
Turkey achieves historic solar energy surge in June
Türkiye achieved an all-time record in solar power generation in June, driven by increased sunny hours
City of Iași starts building Romania’s largest municipal solar park
Iași, the third-largest city in Romania, is building a PV plant for self-consumption, of 9.8 MW in peak capacity. It would be the biggest in the country.
Romania can connect 17% of planned renewables via its hydropower plants, bypassing gridlock
Ember calculated that 18% of planned wind and solar power across seven major hydropower markets in the European Union requires no extra grid capacity
BiH cuts electricity imports by nearly 40%
Electricity imports into BiH in 2025 reached a record BAM 629 million (EUR 321.6 million)
Albania allows renewables on agricultural land
The Kuvendi – Parliament of Albania – cleared the way for agrisolar and wind parks as well as energy storage on agricultural land, drawing controversy
EU solar boom cuts gas import costs by EUR 20 billion since Middle East war began
For the first month ever, solar power provided a quarter of EU electricity this June