electricity
Zoran Gjorgjievski becomes CEO of North Macedonia’s MEMO power exchange
08 August 2024 - Zoran Gjorgjievski took over as CEO of North Macedonia's National Electricity Market Operator MEMO, which operates the power exchange
Romania won’t allow pumped storage project Đerdap 3 to jeopardize other Danube hydropower plants
07 August 2024 - Minister of Energy of Romania Sebastian Burduja said his country would closely follow the Đerdap 3 pumped storage hydropower project
Greece’s PPC doubles portfolio in Romania with acquisition
06 August 2024 - PPC is taking over an operational renewables and battery portfolio of 629 MW in Romania from funds run by Macquarie Asset Management
Romania to allocate grid capacity through auctions
06 August 2024 - Romania is breaking the grid congestion deadlock by introducing a competitive process for capacity allocation for power plant projects
Romania approves CfD scheme for auctioning 5 GW of wind, solar capacity
06 August 2024 - Romania approved the contract-for-difference subsidy mechanism for wind and solar power projects that win the support at upcoming tenders
Serbia, Romania kick off gas interconnection project of 1.6 billion cubic meters per year
05 August 2024 - Serbia and Romania Sebastian Burduja signed a memorandum of understanding on a gas interconnection project
Trafigura’s JV starting construction of 99 MW wind park in Romania
05 August 2024 - Nala Renewables, Trafigura's subsidiary with IFM Investors, took over a ready-to-build wind power project in eastern Romania of 99.2 MW
Leaked paper shows Romania’s power sector coal-free in 2026
02 August 2024 - Transelectrica reportedly doesn't see coal power plants having any share in Romania's transmission system in 2026 and beyond
YEO’s Reap Battery launches joint venture in Turkey with China-based Great Power
01 August 2024 - YEO Technology said its subsidiary Reap Battery would control 51% of an energy storage joint venture in Turkey with Great Power
OMV eyes Serbia, Bulgaria for investments in renewables
01 August 2024 - OMV intends to expand its renewables business. It said Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria and Hungary have great wind and solar power potential.
Romanian construction firm preparing to build 230 MW of photovoltaics
31 July 2024 - RICHRBT is about to start the installation of the first of the four solar power plants in its project pipeline in Romania
Greece’s PPC Renewables begins construction of 140 MW wind farm in Romania
30 July 2024 - PPC Renewables started building a 140 MW wind power plant in Romania's east. It said it would complete the facility at the end of next year.
Fortis Energy buys 180 MW solar power project with batteries in Serbia
29 July 2024 - Fortis Energy acquired a 180 MW photovoltaic project in Serbia. It said it would include...
Turkey’s highway authority to build PV plants throughout country
26 July 2024 - After the first two, Turkey's General Directorate of Highways is installing its third solar power plant and developing three more projects
Greece’s DEPA Commercial obtains financing for 816 MW solar power portfolio
26 July 2024 - State-controlled DEPA Commercial received a EUR 390 million loan from the EIB for photovoltaic projects across Greece
Ameresco Sunel Energy starts building 560 MW solar power plant in Greece for Lightsource bp
26 July 2024 - Ameresco Sunel Energy is the contractor in Lightsource bp's solar power project of 560 MW in peak capacity, in the central part of Greece