renewable energy sources
Cement giant Holcim joins Croatia’s first virtual power plant
10 June 2022 - By joining KOER's virtual power plant, the Komoračno cement plant is contributing to the integration of renewable energy in Croatia, Holcim said
E-Grus may seek coinvestor for its Golič wind farm project in Slovenia
10 June 2022 - Savaprojekt's subsidiary E-Grus will probably look for a coinvestor when it advances the Golič wind farm project in Slovenia
Germany’s GIZ to help Serbia make renewables available to everyone
09 June 2022 - Minister Zorana Mihajlović signed an agreement with GIZ on the Promotion of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Serbia
Renewables are cornerstone of Kosovo* energy strategy through 2031
08 June 2022 - Kosovo* aims to boost its renewables capacity by 5.6 times within a decade to 1.4 GW including 100 MW from the prosumers segment
One more step to definitely ban small hydropower plants in FBiH
08 June 2022 - The Parliament of FBiH must ban small hydropower plants before the elections or the initiative may fail, environmentalist Anes Podić warns
Croatia examining alternative fuels for its retired coal plant Plomin 1
07 June 2022 - A consortium will determine the best solutions for using gas, biomass and waste in defunct thermal power plant Plomin 1 in Croatia
Priority of new Government of Slovenia is to tackle energy crisis
06 June 2022 - Prime Minister Robert Golob promised everyone would take their fair share of the burden from rising food and energy prices
Eightfold increase in number of prosumers recorded in Romania in 2021
06 June 2022 - Reforms, subsidies and investments enabled the growth in capacity installed by prosumers last year in Romania by 424% to 85 MW.
Green power purchase agreements are key for total decarbonization in Western Balkans
02 June 2022 - Instruments like power purchase agreements are becoming more important as the energy market in the Western Balkans is opening up
HEP to expand Korlat wind park with solar power, make it Croatia’s first hybrid power plant
31 May 2022 - The 99 MW Korlat solar power plant will be built next to the eponymous wind farm to establish the first hybrid power plant in Croatia
Serbian City of Pirot is attracting major investments in solar power
30 May 2022 - The local authority in Pirot in Serbia's southeast is working on solar power projects of all sizes and bringing investors to the sunny city
Nuredini: Wind, solar power plants should be built on degraded land
30 May 2022 - In identifying suitable locations for solar and wind farms, degraded land should be considered а priority, Minister Nuredini said
Wind, solar save Turkey amazing USD 7 billion in last 12 months
27 May 2022 - Wind and solar power plants saved Turkey USD 7 billion over the last 12 months as it would have had to compensate for the shortfall with gas imports
Romania to use EUR 1.4 billion of EU funds to strengthen its energy sector
27 May 2022 - The EU allowed Romania to use its share of the Modernisation Fund for the makeover of coal plant owner CE Oltenia and the electricity grid
Bulgaria to abolish limitations for rooftop solar panels for own use
26 May 2022 - Bulgaria is introducing a law to eliminate the administrative procedure for renewables on buildings, as long as they are for own use
Virtual power plants to enable power market access for prosumers in Croatia
26 May 2022 - The law in Croatia allows households with solar panels to group and place excess energy in the market, though it is too expensive for now