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Bulgaria to replace broken turbines in Chaira pumped storage hydropower plant
20 September 2024 - Bulgaria's NEK launched a tender for the supply and replacement of two out of four turbines in pumped storage hydropower plant Chaira
EPS must change to survive and ensure Serbia’s energy security
03 September 2024 - In an interview with Balkan Green Energy News on the transformation of Elektroprivreda Srbije, Dušan Živković spoke about investments, decarbonization, CBAM and emissions
Slovenia’s HSE to install 800 MW of flexibility capacity by 2035
29 August 2024 - Slovenia’s state-owned power utility, Holding Slovenske Elektrarne, posted a EUR 391 million profit in 2023
Bulgaria, Oman seek to boost energy cooperation
29 August 2024 - Bulgaria and Oman intend to develop mutual projects in the sectors of natural gas, hydrogen, renewable energy production, storage, and oil
Dozens of pumped storage hydropower projects underway in Greece
16 August 2024 - The pileup of wind and solar power projects in Greece bolstered the interest in investments in pumped hydropower storage facilities
Romania won’t allow pumped storage project Đerdap 3 to jeopardize other Danube hydropower plants
07 August 2024 - Minister of Energy of Romania Sebastian Burduja said his country would closely follow the Đerdap 3 pumped storage hydropower project
Greece needs 7 GW of energy storage by 2030 to avoid high curtailments
27 July 2024 - Up to 20% of renewables capacity is expected to face curtailments by 2030 in Greece if no new investments are made in energy storage
Serbia publishes Draft Energy Sector Development Strategy up to 2040
25 July 2024 - Thermal power capacity is seen decreasing by 45% and the capacity of renewable energy facilities is expected to increase by 20 times
World Hydropower Outlook: Pumped storage hydropower providing over 90% of energy storage
02 July 2024 - The 2024 World Hydropower Outlook tracks and directs the progress of hydropower development globally against net zero pathways
Transelectrica: Romania requires up to 4 GW in energy storage in balanced mix
02 July 2024 - Transelectrica urged the authorities in Romania to back large-scale energy storage projects, especially for pumped storage hydropower plants
Greece’s PPC boosts pumped storage hydropower project pipeline to 1.6 GW
01 July 2024 - PPC obtained an electricity storage permit for a pumped storage hydropower project at an open-cast lignite mine in Kozani in northern Greece
Masdar to take over Terna Energy in deal worth EUR 3.2 billion
20 June 2024 - Masdar is expanding in Greece and Europe by buying Terna Energy for EUR 2.4 billion, translating to an enterprise value of EUR 3.2 billion
Iberdrola plans Portugal’s first wind-hydro hybrid power project
18 June 2024 - A 274 MW wind farm will be linked to the Tâmega hydropower complex in Portugal's biggest hybrid energy project, says Iberdrola
Bulgaria’s NEK gets help to prepare construction of two large pumped storage hydropower plants
14 June 2024 - The pair of new renewable energy sources, named Batak and Dospat, will each add generation capacity of approximately 800 MW
Harnessing gravity to turn supertall buildings into energy storage systems
11 June 2024 - Energy Vault plans to deploy this innovative concept in supertall buildings around the world with Chicago-based architecture firm SOM
Belgrade Energy Forum – energy transition in Southeast Europe is accelerating
13 May 2024 - The Western Balkans would gain a strategic advantage by joining the EU’s single electricity market, Energy Community Secretariat Director Artur Lorkowski said at the opening of BEF 2024