North Macedonia’s green energy output rose 14.7% in 2021
Production at photovoltaic power plants increased 38%, from 37 GWh in 2020 to 51 GWh last year.
Turkey seeks to produce biomethane from animal waste to cut natural gas imports
Turkey has built a prototype of a device for upgrading animal waste biogas into biomethane, a renewable alternative to natural gas.
IRENA: World’s renewable electricity capacity surpassed 3 TW in 2021
Renewables accounted for 38.3% of global electricity generation capacity at the end of last year, IRENA said
Turkey becomes 6th country in Europe to reach 100 GW in electricity capacity
Turkey became the 14th country in the world to cross the 100 GW level in combined power plant capacity – most additions are from renewables.
Greece has biggest combined share of wind, solar in electricity generation in SEE
Greece is eighth in the world by the share of wind and solar in electricity generation and Croatia came in seventh in the bioenergy section
Croatia publishes auction rules for premiums for large power plants
Premiums will be granted for solar power plants, wind farms, geothermal, biogas, and biomass power plants, as well as hydropower plants
New Law on Renewable Energy Sources has entered into force in Republic of Srpska
The changes include the division into small and large plants for production of electricity from renewables
EU rolls out plan to cut demand for Russian gas by two thirds in 2022
The European Commission outlined a plan to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels well before 2030, starting with gas