North Macedonia awards strategic investment status to wpd’s, EFT’s renewables projects
The Government has awarded a status of strategic investment projects to wpd’s wind farm Virovi and to EFT’s solar PV plant Erdželija.
EPBIH ready to continue construction of Tuzla 7 coal project
The coal-fired unit project has been stalled for almost a year after General Electric decided not to supply the equipment.
Two biomass heating plants to be operational in Serbia as of October 1
Two facilities with an installed capacity of 9.8 MW will use wood chips instead of coal, fuel oil and natural gas.
Romania to adopt law on offshore wind this year – minister Popescu
The offshore wind law will be finished this year, as soon as possible Romania’s Energy Minister Virgil Popescu said.
North Macedonia starts construction of first power link with Albania
The construction of the Bitola-Elbasan power line started with the construction of the new 400/100 kV substation near Ohrid.
SET Green Technology to invest EUR 12 million in four biogas power plants
Total installed capacity of the four facilities planned for construction is 4 MW. The first one should be put into operation by the end of the year.
Serbia to construct pumped storage hydropower plants Đerdap 3, Bistrica
The Ministry of Mining and Energy will present a EUR 17 billion investment plan in September including two major pumped storage hydropower plants.
Most of bilateral financing of power plants from China, Japan, US went to fossil fuel projects
Between 2000-2018 three countries financed coal and gas power plants with installed capacity of 243 GW.



