Bulgaria’s NEK launches floating solar, battery, pumped storage projects
18 April 2024 - NEK intends to invest in two floating solar power and two pumped storage hydropower plants and battery energy storage projects
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
Slovenia’s HSE to install 140 MW floating PV system next to TEŠ coal plant
26 March 2024 - Slovenian state-owned HSE plans to cover a part of the Družmirje lake, next to the Šoštanj coal plant, with floating solar panels
Giant floating hybrid power project planned offshore southern Italy
05 March 2024 - Floating wind turbines and solar panels are set to be combined in the Gulf of Taranto into a giant hybrid power plant
Rooftop solar could generate half of electricity consumed in BiH – Avdaković
04 March 2024 - There is solar energy potential in BiH not only on roofs but also in agriculture and on artificial lakes
Turkey to enable wind, solar power projects on lakes
05 February 2024 - Turkey's parliament is about to vote on a proposition to allow solar and wind power projects on lakes, reservoirs and seas
Projects worth EUR 5.6 billion underway in Bulgaria to replace coal
22 January 2024 - Coal plants in Bulgaria may close much faster than planned. Companies submitted over 70 proposals for the Just Transition Fund.
North Macedonia to install floating solar within irrigation network
16 January 2024 - The country has signed a contract with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain and consulting firm Globatek
Rezolv Energy advances projects for biggest solar power plants in Bulgaria, Romania
11 January 2024 - Rezolv received a green light in Bulgaria for a 229 MW solar park. In neighboring Romania it is building a 1.06 GW PV system.
North Macedonia’s utility ESM appoints Viktor Andonov as investment, development chief
12 October 2023 - Energy expert Viktor Andonov joined the Board of Directors of Elektrani na Severna Makedonija as Director for Development and Investments
Emerging solar power solutions require little or no land
11 October 2023 - All types of photovoltaics that use as little land as possible are good, SolarPower Europe CEO Walburga Hemetsberger said
Hidroelectrica, Masdar mull joint investment in floating solar power of 1.5 GW
26 September 2023 - CEO Bogdan Badea said Hidroelectrica is considering a joint investment in floating solar panels of 1.5 GW with its partner Masdar