EU’s key energy market reforms coming into force
22 May 2024 - The EU enacted electricity and gas market reforms and a framework to boost the development of hydrogen and other decarbonized gases
Woodburn Capital Partners inks PPA with automotive company Magna
20 May 2024 - Automotive company Magna has signed its first ever power purchase agreement (PPA), with Woodburn Capital Partners
Banks in Serbia receiving lot of requests for grid connection guarantees
17 May 2024 - Banks in Serbia are receiving numerous requests for guarantees for renewables requiring grid connection and most investors have firm collateral instruments, according to speakers at Belgrade Energy Forum
Krivača, first wind farm in Serbia south of Danube, officially starts production
16 May 2024 - MK Group and Alfi Renewables inaugurated their Krivača wind farm in Golubac in eastern Serbia
BIG Mega Renewable Energy secures financing for landmark Urleasca Wind Farm in Romania
07 May 2024 - BIG Mega Renewable Energy, a leading renewable energy developer, has successfully secured financing for the construction and operation of its landmark Urleasca Wind Farm in Romania
Microsoft signs biggest-ever corporate PPA for green energy
06 May 2024 - The deal between Microsoft and Brookfield is almost eight times as big as the largest single corporate power purchase agreement ever signed
UK-based Lightsource bp to build Europe’s second-biggest solar park in Greece
29 April 2024 - British solar energy developer Lightsource bp is launching works on a 560 MW photovoltaic park in Greece, in a EUR 395 million investment
Renewables in Greece get shortcut to grid connection with PPAs
23 April 2024 - Renewables projects in Greece with PPAs with energy-intensive industrial consumers get priority in the transmission grid connection queue
European Parliament passes electricity, gas market reform
12 April 2024 - European lawmakers adopted the energy market design reform proposal to facilitate decarbonization and ease the impact of sharp price swings
Europe’s largest solar farm Witznitz commissioned in eastern Germany
11 April 2024 - Hansainvest and developer Move On inaugurated the Witznitz solar park of 605 MW in peak capacity on coal land near Leipzig in Germany
Greece makes U-turn on energy policy, climate ambition
02 April 2024 - Greece is expected to again revise its National Climate and Energy Plan (NECP) before submitting the final version
Enlight completes financing for wind power project Pupin in Serbia
26 March 2024 - Israeli renewables developer Enlight signed loan, offtake and balancing deals for its 94.4 MW Pupin wind power project in Serbia