electricity
PPC to build gas peaker plants in Romania of 300 MW in total
18 November 2024 - Public Power Corp. is planning two or three gas peaker plants in Romania. It already has 435 MW in solar and wind there under construction.
Priorities for grid decarbonization in focus of second Regional Power Exchange event
18 November 2024 - The annual Regional Power Exchange conference brought together technical and regulatory stakeholders in the Western Balkans
Albania to establish renewable electricity operator
17 November 2024 - Albania's new state-owned operator will purchase renewable electricity and sell it in the market, and run the green energy support fund
CCE completes PV plant of 40 MW in Romania’s northwest
15 November 2024 - CCE Holding finished the installation of a 40 MW photovoltaic facility in Arad county in Romania in less than a year
Electrica to issue green bonds, start building two large PV plants
14 November 2024 - Electrica's shareholders voted to raise up to EUR 500 million through green bonds, take a EUR 623 million loan and begin building two solar power plants
Serbia adopts new regulations for second round of RES auctions
14 November 2024 - The Government of Serbia completed the regulatory framework for the second round of auctions for wind and solar power projects
Masdar, Albania’s KESH ink deal on renewables joint venture
14 November 2024 - Masdar and state-owned power utility KESH are exploring the development of gigawatt-scale green energy projects in Albania
Vučić: Serbia wants Azerbaijan to participate in major gas power project
13 November 2024 - Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said the government is starting talks with Azerbaijan to build a 1 GW gas power plant or two smaller ones
Turkey’s offshore wind power potential by 2040 estimated at 7 GW
12 November 2024 - The World Bank Group and Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources outlined the 2040 scenarios for the potential for the country's first offshore wind farms
Turkish-Chinese joint venture to build two PV plants in Romania
11 November 2024 - YEO Technology and Chinese company Shanghai Electric Power (SEP) earmarked EUR 65.8 million for two solar power plants in Romania
Global solar power capacity doubles to 2 TW in just two years
11 November 2024 - The Global Solar Council declared that the 2 TW threshold of total photovoltaic capacity has been reached
Slovenia adopts spatial plan for Ojstrica wind farm amid local outcry
08 November 2024 - The Ojstrica wind power project got its spatial plan but locals and the Municipality of Dravograd remain opposed to it
Dama Solar project of over 1 GW in Romania stuck in court over biodiversity
07 November 2024 - At 1.04 GW, Dama Solar would currently be the largest photovoltaic system in Europe, but environmentalists are disputing the project in court
Greece’s PPC working on 727 MW solar power project in Romania
07 November 2024 - PPC Renewables Romania is developing a 727 MW solar power project. The company is about to double its operational capacity in the country.
City of Zenica in BiH calls for bids for energy storage project
06 November 2024 - The City of Zenica in BiH is organizing a bidding procedure for an energy storage facility in the Zenica 1 business zone
Albania to roll out obligatory zero-emission standards, solar panels for buildings
06 November 2024 - Albania drafted a law on the energy performance of buildings including zero-emission and nearly zero-emission standards and solar energy use