Romania can connect 17% of planned renewables via its hydropower plants, bypassing gridlock
Ember calculated that 18% of planned wind and solar power across seven major hydropower markets in the European Union requires no extra grid capacity
Albania allows renewables on agricultural land
The Kuvendi – Parliament of Albania – cleared the way for agrisolar and wind parks as well as energy storage on agricultural land, drawing controversy
Greece changing net billing framework, introducing microsolar systems
A sweeping new ministerial decree attempts to rectify errors in Greek net billing and introduce a new category of self-consumption
Investors, contractors warn EU that Chinese inverters ban jeopardizes energy transition in CEE
Central and Eastern European Clean Energy Industry Alliance criticized the European Commission for the halt of public funding for projects using inverters from high-risk countries, primarily China
Aksa enters ancillary services market with Turkey’s first standalone BESS
While accelerating the expansion of its hybrid power plant portfolio, Turkish company Aksa Energy also installed the country's first standalone BESS
Greece-based MORE builds hybrid power plant in Romania
MORE, the renewables subsidiary of Motor Oil Hellas, put a solar park with a battery energy storage system into trial operation northeast of Bucharest
Shikun and Binui Energy set to build wind-solar hybrid power plant in Romania
Shikun and Binui Energy Europe received the final regulatory goahead in Romania for a hybrid power plant with a 76 MW connection capacity
LONGi redefines solar-storage integration: launches full-stack LONGi ONE BESS portfolio at Intersolar Europe 2026
At Intersolar Europe 2026, LONGi Solar officially unveiled its revolutionary LONGi ONE full-stack battery energy storage system portfolio