energy transition
Enerjisa Enerji to rebuild grid, install solar in earthquake-hit region in Turkey
21 August 2025 - Enerjisa Enerji will rebuild and upgrade the power distribution grid and install solar power plants to supply corporate customers.
Montenegro’s power utility gets EUR 25 million loan to expand Gvozd wind farm
20 August 2025 - The installed capacity will be increased to 75.6 MW, making Gvozd the largest wind farm in Montenegro.
Prosumers in Romania are neck and neck with commercial PV plants in capacity
20 August 2025 - Prosumers in Romania don't have a much larger total capacity anymore than commercial solar power plants, a segment accelerating in expansion
Winners of 2025 Just Transition Young Voices Awards revealed
20 August 2025 - Tringë Shkodra, Ani Gogokhia, and Kateryna Pereloma have been announced as the winners of the 2025 Just Transition Young Voices Awards
University in Antalya signs deal for 50.4 MW solar power plant
19 August 2025 - Akdeniz University in Antalya established a partnership with Kopuz Group, which will build and operate a solar power plant of 50.4 MW in peak capacity
Šahmanović: Montenegro expects first large private wind and solar plants to be online in 2026
19 August 2025 - Admir Šahmanović, Minister of Energy and Mining, spoke with Balkan Green Energy News about the ministry’s achievements so far and plans for the future.
Cyprus TSO favored in national battery storage tender
19 August 2025 - Cyprus is rushing to deploy a centralized battery storage system, under indirect state control, on the transmission grid
CWP Europe invests in rooftop solar plant for Henkel Serbia
18 August 2025 - In partnership with Resalta, CWP Europe led the investment in a rooftop photovoltaic system of 6 MW in peak capacity in Kruševac in Serbia
Battery storage investors in Romania rapidly expanding project pipeline
16 August 2025 - In an rising investment wave, firms in Romania are combining energy storage with solar, wind and hydropower or building standalone systems
North Macedonia’s draft law envisages renewable energy auctions for CfDs
14 August 2025 - North Macedonia's draft Law on the Use of Energy from Renewable Sources covers auctions, CfDs, prosumers and renewable energy communities
Floating solar farm ready to be merged with North Sea offshore wind park
14 August 2025 - Oceans of Energy has assembled its floating PV plant Nymphaea Aurora in three days, to integrate it into a giant offshore wind park
Wind power takes lead in new renewables investment wave in Romania
12 August 2025 - The number of maturing wind power projects and the ones under construction in Romania is rising steadily after a decade-long pause
Water shortages in Southeastern Europe point to desalination as strategic approach
08 August 2025 - Turkey got its first floating desalination facility, running on wind and solar power, while other Balkan countries are examining such options
Greek coal region of Megalopolis opens new chapter after lignite
08 August 2025 - Megalopolis, in the Peloponnese peninsula, is one of Greece's two coal regions, along with Western Macedonia
WindEurope urges Germany to drop negative bidding in wind auctions, switch to CfDs
07 August 2025 - Germany’s auction for 2.5 GW of offshore wind failed to attract bids, exposing the inadequacy of negative bidding, says WindEurope.
PPC launches first tender for pumped storage hydropower plant in former lignite mine
06 August 2025 - Public Power Corporation (PPC or DEI) is moving forward with a pumped storage hydroelectric project at its former open pit lignite mine in northern Greece