Montenegro preliminary approves 120 MW agrisolar project Kosanica in Pljevlja
02 July 2024 - Montenegrin company Permonte passed an important milestone for its solar power project Kosanica of up to 120 MW in peak capacity
Pope Francis to make Vatican energy independent with agrivoltaics
28 June 2024 - The Vatican intends to achieve energy independence with solar power. Moreover, it is turning to a combination of agriculture and photovoltaics, according to Pope Francis.
Turkish firm buys mature PV project of 214 MW in Romania from Econergy
21 June 2024 - Entek Elektrik's subsidiary Enspire Enerji took over a 214 MW solar power project in Romania from Israel-based Econergy
Biggest solar power plant in Balkans takes shape
03 June 2024 - The Apriltsi solar power plant of 400 MW is completed and scheduled to get the remaining sections online by July
Two agrisolar projects launched in northern Serbia
02 May 2024 - In the vicinity of Kikinda in Serbia, two new agrisolar projects are underway: Solar Power Plant Delta and Brankov solar
Brite Solar to complete agrisolar panel plant in Greece by end-2024
23 April 2024 - Greek startup Brite Solar is building a production line in Patras for transparent solar panels for agrivoltaic production
Europe’s largest solar farm Witznitz commissioned in eastern Germany
11 April 2024 - Hansainvest and developer Move On inaugurated the Witznitz solar park of 605 MW in peak capacity on coal land near Leipzig in Germany
Turkey’s first floating solar power plant installed on irrigation reservoir
27 March 2024 - DSI placed a 1 MW floating photovoltaic plant on a dam reservoir in Elazığ in Eastern Anatolia to power the irrigation system
Albania to limit final project approvals for renewables to one year
12 January 2024 - Final approvals for renewable electricity plants in Albania will last 12 months. KESH is working on a pumped storage hydropower project.
NextE signs Romania’s longest corporate PPA for its solar power plant
24 November 2023 - A 7.4 MW photovoltaic system in Romania will supply a manufacturing facility under a PPA of a record 25 years, its developer nextE said
EU approves Italy’s EUR 1.7 billion agrivoltaic state aid scheme
17 November 2023 - The European Commission has approved Italy's EUR 1.7 billion state aid mechanism for supporting agrivoltaic installations
EU can meet its 2030 solar power target with agrivoltaics alone
13 October 2023 - Using a minuscule part of agricultural land for agrivoltaics would greatly contribute to the EU's 2030 renewables goals, a study showed