IRENA, IHA promote role of sustainable hydropower on path to climate goals
IRENA and IHA argue sustainable hydropower should be incentivized due to its importance for the carbon neutrality push
Albania’s KESH to build 5.1 MW solar power plant at Qyrsaqi dam in Vau i Dejës
State-owned KESH intends to build a 5.1 MW solar power plant at one of the three dams at the reservoir of its Vau i Dejës hydropower plant
GEN-I to roll out option to supply power produced without fossil fuels
Households and firms in Slovenia will soon be able to purchase power produced only from carbon-free sources, as GEN-I plans to introduce the offer in January. It said it would sell electricity from solar, nuclear and hydroelectric facilities. GEN-I committed to a future without fossil fuels. The Slovenian company said it would be the first […]
Mladen Bojanić in charge of energy in new Government of Montenegro, Ratko Mitrović gets environment portfolio
Minister of Ecology and Spatial and Urban Planning Ratko Mitrović and Minister of Capital Investments Mladen Bojanić start tenure in Montenegro
HESS to build biggest photovoltaic plant in Slovenia, link it to HPP Brežice
HESS plans to add a 6 MW photovoltaic unit to its Brežice hydroelectric plant, located on the lower part of the Sava river in Slovenia, which would make it a hybrid power production system. The solar unit would be the biggest of its kind in the country at the moment. After installing a rooftop photovoltaic […]
Renewables make up 99.6% of new power capacity in Turkey this year
Hydroelectric units had a 66.6% share in the commissioned power capacity in Turkey in the first three quarters, compared to 99.6% for all renewables
Slovenia’s NECP: Local communities, protected areas limit renewables growth
Obstruction by local communities and environmental restrictions are the main obstacles for renewables in Slovenia
IEA: Solar PV is to become “king” of power supply in decade ahead
Solar PV appears set for massive expansion, with a projected average growth rate at 13% a year from 2020 to 2030, meeting almost a third of electricity demand growth over the coming decade and becoming the new “king” of power markets, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2020 report. “I […]